Some Interesting Graphics (A.K.A. America The Beautiful)
Make of this what you will, but it always puzzles me why the American dollar is so valued, while ours is not.And under The Land of Opportunity For Some rubric,…
December 2024
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: What is the role of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) in Ontario Family Law Matters?
In difficult parenting cases, a Court may request that the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) become involved to investigate and make recommendations to the Court or to provide legal…
Time’s Up
Next time the House of Commons is scheduled to sit will be on January 27th.
If Justin Trudeau takes a ‘walk in the snow,’ how will Alberta’s UCP ever fit up a replacement as nicely?
The Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa surely isn’t the only Canadian venue with more than a whiff of panic in the air these days. Consider the likely conversation in Premier…
Umm….about that deficit? Actually, it’s not as bad as we thought.
I was shocked - SHOCKED - when I saw how much the deficit has increased according to the Fall Economic Statement yesterday. Lots of people were freaking out.Turns out, it…
Musical interlude
Lastlings - Perfect World
Justin’s gong show
I’ll let Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, say it: “What the fuck? How does... The post Justin’s gong show first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Merry Christmas
I’m a bit bored, so to stir things up, I would like to remind everybody that Jesus was Jewish, almost certainly dark-skinned, spent several years living with a group of…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jo Lauder, Tyne Logan, Fran Rimrod, Alex Lim and Stacy Gougoulis discuss how a largely-forgotten 2009 heat wave is the deadliest natural disaster…
Legal News Post of the Day: December 17, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay:After religious symbols law, Quebec eyes ban on public prayer: Where the province is headed on secularism #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/uRAmylhrGf - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: How much am I owed if I’m being fired?
The amount payable to a wrongfully dismissed employee depends on the length of employment, age, salary, and several other factors.It can be as much as one month for each year…
In Times Of Uncertainty And Adversity
.... I always turned to trusted sources for perspective and commentary - editorial cartoonists. My favourite by far is Theo Moudakis:Recommend this Post
No more middle road
President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto sign the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, November 2018. Photo by Ron Przysucha. Th...
Today’s News: Trudeau decides not to decide
After a day of breathless anticipation, Trudeau is still Prime Minister tonight. But tune in tomorrow....Here's Scrimshaw's liveblog of what happened through this afternoon and caucus meeting: Liberals In Crisis…
Liberal Finance Minister and also Fraser are Out of Cabinet!
Big news, Freeland and Fraser are out of cabinet! Will Canada have postal mail again? All this and more in Doel’s latest video.
A ‘Proud Feminist’ No More
Things are unfolding at a rapid rate, so I shall just post a few excerpts from Stephen Maher's piece published in The Star just a few minutes ago.In a speech…
what i’m reading: prequel by rachel maddow
As I wrote in my last post, there were two relatively new nonfictions that I wanted to make sure I read this year. I wrote about Doppelganger: A Trip Into…
Making a Procreate page template
For the longest time I’ve wanted a quick way to open a fresh blank page in Procreate right from the Home Screen rather than open