My latest: the cancellers
Cancelled: there’s much talk about cancel culture, since October 7. It’s everywhere. So, too, one of the oldest anti-Semitic tropes – which is that Jews control Hollywood and the media.…
February 2024
About That Consultation Thing
I'm sure that we all heard Premier Smith claim that she has consulted widely on the draconian anti-transgender policies that she announced last week. Now it starts to come out…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 5, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Greta Thunberg, 4 others acquitted on London climate protest charges #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/tyhte3w5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Paris Triples Parking Fees for SUVs
Paris is undergoing a transportation revolution that champions the movement of people over the movement of vehicles and the most recent change was put to the people of the city.…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 5, 2024
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Dr. Duncan’s Interview on Long Covid
Dr. Rae Duncan, a consultant cardiologist, explained concerns with Long Covid: The interview is just 13 minutes, but here’s the gist of it below, just a little cleaned up and…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 5, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 5, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: ‘Desperation borrowing’ due to low incomes fuels payday-style lenders: debt counsellor OMA…
Why Danielle Smith’s proposed anti-trans legislation is so wrong…
Sadly, it was probably only a matter of time before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used her majority government power as Conservative premier to try to control and even put at…
Why Danielle Smith’s proposed anti-trans legislation is so wrong…
Sadly, it was probably only a matter of time before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used her majority government power as Conservative premier to try to control and even put at…
‘Nenshimania’ grips social media, but would choosing Calgary’s former mayor to lead Alberta’s NDP really be a good idea?
Before we get carried away by the current outbreak of Nenshimania, let’s just remember that it wasn’t the Alberta Party or the Alberta Liberals that toppled this province’s 44-year Progressive…
Book review: Overlook: A Rock and Roll Fable, by Paul Smart
This is a story of two men on road trips toward Woodstock, New York in 1986. This is not the Woodstock made famous by a music festival; that was actually…
Something is Very Broken
There’s a resignation and disillusionment hitting some Covid-cautious, with some pulling away from larger society, feeling gaslit by it all: “Other than my job, I have zero desire to interact…
Book review: Overlook: A Rock and Roll Fable, by Paul Smart
This is a story of two men on road trips toward Woodstock, New York in 1986. This is not the Woodstock made famous by a music festival; that was actually…
Danielle Smith’s Parental Rights Agenda
Last week in pursuit of her “parental rights” agenda, Premier Smith announced a set of policies that limited medical treatment for transgender youth and did a whole lot more. I…
The worst photo op in history
Fascinating debate between Jewish and Palestinian historians in the new New York Times magazine. The only point they really agreed on was that the Holocaust accelerated the migration of surviving…
Alberta’s Proposed Trans Policy
It's been 3 days since Premier Danielle Smith dropped a bomb on Alberta's transgender community, and I'm still reeling. I'm alternating between being angry with the government, and grieving for…
Alberta’s Proposed Trans Policy
It's been 3 days since Premier Danielle Smith dropped a bomb on Alberta's transgender community, and I'm still reeling. I'm alternating between being angry with the government, and grieving for…
Alberta’s War on Rights Will Become Poilievre’s War on Rights
Alberta’s War on Rights Will Become Poilievre’s War on Rights The post Alberta’s War on Rights Will Become Poilievre’s War on Rights first appeared on Excited Delirium.
John Saul and the meaning of solidarity
John Shannon Saul was a Canadian political economist and socialist solidarity activist whose academic work focused on liberation struggles in southern Africa. He died last year in September. John Shannon…