Our Current Consumerist Culture is Doomed AF
Business as usual means we’re risking our lives for conveniences we didn’t expect to have when I was young, and we pretty happily lived without. It’s not a call to…
June 2024
Why settle for performative truth-in-advertising rules? UN head calls for total ban on fossil fuel industry ads
Why settle for a milquetoast truth-in-advertising law? The Secretary General of the United Nations wants the world to ban all advertising by the fossil fuel industry. Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca…
80th anniversary of D-Day: "We will remember them"
Too much going on this week to do a longer post, but here's some interesting stuff about D-Day and the 80th anniversary. First, posted above is the Veterans Affairs video…
80th anniversary of D-Day: "We will remember them"
Too much going on this week to do a longer post, but here’s some interesting stuff about D-Day and the 80th anniversary. First, posted above is the Veterans Affairs video…
The Hong Kong tragedy
At a time when democracy seems to be losing ground around the globe, even in the United States, one of the saddest losses is Hong Kong. The former British colony…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Li Cohen discusses how the Earth has experienced 12 months of record heat in a row - but is on track to see today's…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Li Cohen discusses how the Earth has experienced 12 months of record heat in a row – but is on track to see…
A 30-Year-Old Warning About Rising Fascism
Convicted felon and insurrection supporter Donald Trump claimed in a media conference after his trial that, because the justice system works, Americans are “living in a fascist state.” It’s not…
Legal Post Of The Day: June 5, 2024
#LegalPostoftheDay: Ontario man’s $4,000 e-bike gets stolen, but insurance only covers $1,000 #law #legal #lawpost via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/266kcttj – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
House Eating Mushrooms are Good for the Planet
For the last one hundred years in North America we’ve been building low density energy inefficient housing and now we need to deal with the economic and environmental harm from…
We Can’t Unknow What We Know
I occasionally get anon comments telling me, in one way or another, to stop writing about Covid and/or climate change. It's really bizarre to me. I mean, I get that…
We Can’t Unknow What We Know
I occasionally get anon comments telling me, in one way or another, to stop writing about Covid and/or climate change. It’s really bizarre to me. I mean, I get that…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: When Can You Apply for Divorce in Ontario?
A Divorce Application may be commenced by either spouse at any time following separation. A final Divorce Judgment cannot be granted until one year following the date a married couple…
Winning the Nomination
At my nomination meeting at the Mont-Tremblant bowling alley on September 18th, 2014, party officials had assumed that my opponent would win. My opponent had told her supporters and local…
Could a federal climate change truth-in-advertising law pose a risk to the Alberta Energy War Room and its directors?
When Canadian Energy Centre Ltd., better known as “the Alberta Energy War Room,” was set up by premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party Government soon after its election in 2019,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Watchful cat.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Watchful cat.
Canadian Diversity and Right Wing Hate of Justin Trudeau
Yes, Justin Trudeau is a mediocre Prime Minister, but that is not why the right hates him. Nor is it because of carbon taxes or provincial vaccine mandates or lockdowns.…
Canadian Diversity and Right Wing Hate of Justin Trudeau
Yes, Justin Trudeau is a mediocre Prime Minister, but that is not why the right hates him. Nor is it because of carbon taxes or provincial vaccine mandates or lockdowns.…