Closing, Closing, Closed
Sometimes, the creep toward authoritarian rule is slow, almost imperceptible, until it is a fait accompli. Other times, the coup is complete in little more than the blink of an…
April 2025
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: When Can You Apply for Divorce in Ontario?
Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: When Can You Apply for Divorce in Ontario? #law #legal #separation #FamilyLawA Divorce Application may be commenced by either spouse at any time…
‘MAGA’ Will Be A Synonym For Fascists For Generations To Come
The term “Nazi” has devolved into a derogatory catch-all term for anyone that anyone else opposes, losing the powerful meaning it is meant to have through dilution.
Today’s News: California, we won’t come; Americans gagging at Trump’s cruelty; American universities fighting back; Send Canada the huddled masses; latest Elbows Up; Election update
I think I'll just stay in Canada, thank you:Today, California governor Gavin Newsom decided he would try to get Canadians to visit .... Nah, one way tickets to El Salvador…
Could a Trump-driven trade crisis spur us to rethink economic growth?
Trump showing a chart of tariffs during his “Liberation Day” speech on April 2, 2025. Photo by Daniel Torok/White House/Wikimedia Commons. The era of neoliberal globalization seems t...
Contract expired, Chief Medical Officer of Health Mark Joffe is out, seemingly unexpectedly
Mark Joffe is no longer Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, a job in which he has been almost invisible for two and a half years. No one seems to…
Trump’s Chump In Charge
What’s wrong with Conservative leader PP? It’s not like he tagged all his YouTube with misogynist hashtags to attract them, then stopped when questioned by media. It’s not like he…
Political policing in Canada
In 2023, peaceful activists involved in the pro-Palestine movement pasted posters and splashed red paint on the windows of an Indigo bookstore in downtown Toronto. Screenshot courtesy CP24/YouTube. ...
Avoiding a tariff while saving the climate
Justin Trudeau’s government introduced a carbon-pricing regime with two components: a levy on fuel paid... The post Avoiding a tariff while saving the climate first appeared on Views from the…
Lambda Posters Year Three 1971-1972
This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda during the years I worked there while studying Political…
Lambda Posters Year Three 1971-1972
This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda during the years I worked there while studying Political…
Game, set, match
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My latest: godless
What would Jesus do? Well, if He ran Elections Canada, He probably wouldn’t do what Elections Canada is doing this year. Which is conduct advance polls on some of the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Nesrine Malik writes about the need for the rest of the world to imagine - and then build - an international order which…
Legal News Post of the Day: April 15, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario's severed ties with Starlink impedes access to legal services in remote First Nations #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/SJYilTlw6H - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Calling It For What It Is
Now that the Supreme Court of the United States has failed to act on the civil rights of a single citizen that was exported from the US to El Salvador,…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Can a temporary layoff be considered a termination of employment?
Temporary layoffs of employment may not be permitted unless there is an employment contract that specifically permits such layoffs. In most circumstances, legally permitted layoffs can only last:A. Not more…
Here’s why a lawyer hired by the government can’t represent public employees in an auditor general investigation …
According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, her government was just trying to be helpful when it instructed thousands of public employees to refer calls from the auditor general about his…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor write about the rise of end-times fascism - and its connection to the long-standing project among the wealthiest few…