The new UK government is signaling some reasonably ambitious reforms on the labour policy front (certainly more ambitious than most were expecting, given the Labour Party’s austere pre-election rhetoric and…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Toronto flooding: Pictures, videos show heavy rainfall in downtown core #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://rb.gy/shfdnf - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Photo by Douglas Sprott/Flickr More than 9,000 unionized workers of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) have been on strike for almost two weeks against Premier Doug Ford’s privatization…
The first same-sex marriage in Ontario occurred on January 14, 2001.Its legality, along with the legality of many other same-sex marriages, was affirmed by the Ontario Court of Appeal on…
Democratic liberals tend to self-defeat
A Chadian camp for displaced people who fled violence in Darfur at the Chad-Sudan border where over 90,000 people have fled and thousands have been displaced. Photo by Henry Wilkins/VOA/Wikimedia…
As I stepped out one morning into a small cafeA 40 year old waitress to me these words did say…She said, “I see, sir, that you are a logger, and…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at Cambridge. Photo by Chris Boland (www.chrisboland.com). Speaking from 10 Downing Street, newly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that...
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Toronto police officers were 'misleading' to justify use of force during raid of rapper's condo: judge #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://rb.gy/y95y7b - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Were we abundantly blessed with critical-thinking skills, we would have no problem asking some serious questions about the direction in which Ontario is headed with Doug Ford at the helm.…
In 2015, an Ontario Court awarded 27 months’ of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to a 65-year-old civil engineer who had been employed for 40.66 years. In exceptional circumstances…
We could use a little more civility in Canadian politics nowadays, but the irony of Premier Smith’s military-grade gaslighting in Halifax is palpable.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has responded to the Trump shooting by asking progressives to “dial... The post Trump and inciting violence first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
As you may have gathered Ms Soapbox is still under the weather. I’ve realized that what I miss the most about not writing is not getting your comments. Consequently I’d…
“Which Genocide Are You On?” Illustration by Mr. Fish. It comes back in a rush, the stench of raw sewage, the groan of the diesel, sloth-like Israeli armoured personnel carriers,…
Use your thumb for the clouds, my Mom said. It was the pandemic. My life had blown up, I was living with two labs in an old farmhouse on an…
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A decade ago, the government of Ontario replaced our LCBO with a much bigger building. It does a roaring business, particularly in the summer. These days, there's a long picket…
All hail the talented editor!
One of the great joys of writing at a professional level (however you define that) is getting to work with a talented editor. I’ve been… The post All hail the…