I recently led a research study comparing spending by large Canadian municipalities on homeless-related services and affordable housing. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of the study:https://nickfalvo.ca/comparating-municipal-spending-o...
On this blog I have never made a secret of my disdain for those who are willfully ignorant and mindlessly led. To allow someone else to do our thinking for…
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Today it seems people are realizing the Biden-Must-Go campaign could be retitled as "Elitist Dems and Fat Cats v. Biden" - yes, Biden stumbles over his words, but his ideas…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 5, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Warman and Fournier: Divisional Court Protects Online Anonymity, Overturns Motion Court Ruling https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/warman-and-fournier-divisional-court.html - ...
The Free Press Building in downtown Winnipeg. Photo courtesy Heritage Winnipeg. Some old-time journalists are dead set against public subsidies for journalism despite our news media dying on the...
A student carries a Palestinian flag. Photo courtesy University of Windsor Palestinian Solidarity Group/Facebook. In October 2023, as Israel began its genocidal bombing and starvation ca...
I didn't watch it - apparently a good decision - but here are some comments about the Trump speech at the Republican Convention last night:He's insane. Boring, but insane. This…
Albertans are within their rights to wonder if it’s OK for any Alberta lawyer to throw a tantrum in their neighbour’s driveway in light of the ruling by the Alberta…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Manitoba youth in care allowed to go to homes where they were sexually exploited: search warrant #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://rb.gy/evum7u - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
I have been avoiding most American news these days, given how the media are fixated both on the attempt against Trump's life and his coronation via the Republican National Convention.…
What is an Executor? An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and…
Progressives in the United States and Canada have a leadership crisis on their hands. Michael Harris writes:In both countries, the progressive parties are in a crisis of leadership. For very…
Progressives in the United States and Canada have a leadership crisis on their hands. Michael Harris writes:In both countries, the progressive parties are in a crisis of leadership. For very…
I have been reading about the history of British Columbia's forest industry. I lack thorough expertise, but I think it is fair to say that short-term thinking by self-interested industrialists…
My last meal on February's trip to Montreal Restaurant La Sirène de la Mer, a Lebanese seafood place outside of the downtown core. Recommended by a friend, I knew it…
My last meal on February's trip to Montreal Restaurant La Sirène de la Mer, a Lebanese seafood place outside of the downtown core. Recommended by a friend, I knew it…
Too soon? That was the question being asked, online, 24 hours after the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump. People – not always anonymous, and some of them not necessarily…
This is why I keep a running book list that is decades long. For more than 15 years, my list has included this note.The Red Parts - Maggie Nelson -…
Alan Levine gave me the old h/t (hat tip) for referencing a post recently on AI and copyright law. In a follow-up he recognized my own version of the h/t,…
