Living In A Void
Maybe I am in a bit of a mood today, but I can't help but be disdainful of those who live in a news void. Even if you don't subscribe…
August 2024
Legal News Post of the Day: August 23, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: CUPE vice-president vows to carry on despite calls to resign amid accusations of antisemitism #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/xOT1TrEk3g - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
In Canada’s housing policy circles, the land crisis remains unmentionable
North York, a suburban area in the Toronto region. Photo by Caribb/Flickr. “Consider what rent is. It does not arise spontaneously from the land; it is due to nothing the…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 27, 2008
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 27, 2008 via Wise Law Blog: A Tale of Three Judges: The Need for Family Law Reform in Ontario https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2008/05/tale-of-three-judges-need-for-family.html - Garry J.…
Today’s News: Kamala Harris, the Serendipity President
As I watched Kamala Harris's great speech tonight, I pondered the serendipity of the moment, the incredible chain of accident and surprise and coincidence and luck that brought her to…
RTIA faculty member is operations director of controversial B.C. addiction recovery society
One of the faculty members named on the Recovery Training Institute of Alberta’s website has ties to a controversial B.C. addiction recovery society that owns a tracking app that must…
lee zaslofsky, rest in power
This week I learned that a friend and comrade from my Toronto days has died: Lee Zaslofksy. Lee was a leader in the War Resisters Support Campaign, supporting men and…
Avoiding an MPOX on All Our Houses
The WHO has declared an international Public Health Emergency for a more lethal version of Monkeypox, now called mpox, which is clade 1b, aka 1 MPXV, and comes with a…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates August 20, 2024
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Legal News Post of the Day: August 22, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Multiple Jewish organizations, hospitals across Canada receive identical bomb threats #law #legal #legalnews via @CTVNews https://t.co/9xYM0URa9G - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net...
Wise Law’s Wills and Estates #LawFactoftheDay: What is a Power of Attorney for Personal Care?
You may complete a Power of Attorney for Personal Care to appoint one or more trusted persons to make medical decisions on your behalf in critical circumstances where you are…
The impasse of ‘lesser evilism’
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at a Black History Month reception in the East Room of the White House, February 27, 2023. Photo by Adam Schultz/Flickr. Now…
Today’s News: "The audacity of our hope; the vitality of our vote."
Here is poet Amanda Gorman's new poem The Sacred Scene at the Democratic National Convention. The speeches at this convention have been extraordinary. David Rothkopf thinks we're seeing the beginning…
Froomkin on political lying and fact-check failures
Froomkin says the party of America's right-wing — this applies in Canada too — abandoned forthright arguments in favor of dog-whistles and disinformation. In a late 2023 Globe & Mail…
The Carbon Tax You May Not Be Aware You Are Already Paying
Over the past few months there has been a lot of rhetoric by the BC United Party and the BC Conservative Party on scrapping the Carbon Tax. Of course, this…
BC NDP in 2024
My conclusion is that the BC NDP wants to do good things, but lacks the courage needed to achieve progressive goals. The party seems to believe that issuing a press…
Is it genocide?
The term “genocide,” like “racism,” is thrown around all too loosely these days. The definition... The post Is it genocide? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anna Betts reports that the fallout from the climate crisis may include threats to blood donations, while Zoe Schlanger writes about the dangers of…
Legal News Post of the Day: August 21, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Disney drops request to have wrongful death lawsuit tossed over Disney+ subscription #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/l5crY81hmm - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Worst Scenario for a School Start Yet
In the fall of 2020 and 2021, we had masks, even if some were a poor fit or made of cloth. Now we have zero mitigations. School is starting soon…