Scenes from inside the pro-Palestine student encampment on the grounds of McGill University’s downtown campus, Montréal, May 1, 2024. Photo by Andrea Levy. Students from all four Montréal universities came…
Assorted content to end your week. – Jessica Wildfire comments on the elite panic which has seen information suppression become the norm in order to maintain the status quo for…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Jury Hears Tape of Trump and Cohen Discussing Hush-Money Deal #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/36mcha2e – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
As the saying goes, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. And, dare I say, even PP might correctly take the people's pulse on occasion. However, even if…
As the saying goes, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. And, dare I say, even PP might correctly take the people’s pulse on occasion. However, even if…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: All Ontario Tribunals Must Apply Human Rights Code http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/04/supreme-court-of-canada-all-ontario.html – Garry J. Wise,…
It’s easy to paint Pierre Poilievre as the Trump of the North. His “everything is broken” meme is right out of Trump’s playbook. But Robin Sears writes that turning Poilievre…
I’ve written a blog post titled “Canada’s 2024 federal budget: What’s in it for rental housing and homelessness?” The English version is here: https://nickfalvo.ca/canadas-2024-federal-budget-whats-in-it-for-rental-housing-and-homelessness/ The French version is here: https://nickfalvo.ca/le-budget-federal-2024-quels-sont-les-avantages-our-le-logement-locatif-et-litinerance/
Protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, April 9, 2021. Photo by Eval Miko/Vecteezy. The Republic of Georgia has not enjoyed a stable life in the 30 years or so since it gained…
Alberta has a plan to create a “master plan” for a huge passenger rail network around the province! Really. OK, the unidentified man on the left above is Devin Dreeshen,…
https://tinyurl.com/jab4mmmb OTTAWA — The Crown has asked a judge to consider an Ottawa man’s pro-Hamas comments at a Toronto protest as an aggravating factor when deciding his sentence for breaching…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Markham Hislop offers up his apologies for cheerleading for the TransMountain pipeline – both due to its immensely increased price tag, and…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Poilievre hints to police he would use notwithstanding clause to change justice laws #law #legal #LawTwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/mr3zc4ze – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
In the ongoing war caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine power plants have been attacked by both sides to hurt military and civilian operations. Beyond the obvious horrors of war…
A Last Will only determines what happens to your property after you have passed. A Power of Attorney is used to appoint someone to manage your property and your medical…
A man examining a pipeline in Paloch, South Sudan, built on land once used for agriculture. Photo by Sven Torfinn. A groundbreaking criminal case against a multinational company accused of…
Less than 24 hours after the Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government pulled the plug on low-income transit programs in Edmonton and Calgary, Seniors, Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon…
Every year, the government of Alberta does something that even Danielle Smith can’t ruin: the baby name list. I love this list, not only because it is vastly amusing and…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thom Hartmann discusses how conservative policies and rhetoric both kill people even looking only at homicides and suicides. Cory Doctorow points out how…
Bike lanes are good for business and everybody knows it, except for business owners and local politicians afraid for of small minded businesses. Over at Business Insider they’re running an…
