Politicizing Tragedy
I have observed over the years that whenever there is something like a school shooting in the U.S., there are two reactions. The progressive side calls for gun reform; the…
May 2025
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.…
Con media grasping at straws to claim Liberal bias in news coverage
Winnipeg Free Press headquarters at 1355 Mountain Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fresh off what must have been a crushing election loss by their favoured Conservatives, right-wing media are getti...
Harvard, keep your Elbows Up!
So the Trump administration is trying to wreak its vengence on Harvard for lèse-majesté -- they wouldn't knuckle under to the Orange King and his MAGA knuckle-draggers. Searching for excuses…
Sure sounds like Alberta separatists want to have their cake and eat it too
Do you get the feeling that Alberta separatists want to have their cake and eat it too? Last weekend, a social media post from the so-called Alberta Prosperity Project offered…
Antiques
Heads to give a shake. #ldnont #cityCouncil
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Edward Zitron writes about the idiotic results of purging all considerations from business decision-making other than goosing short-term share prices. And EuropeanPowell examines…
More Nonsensical Canada-Ireland Comparisons
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre recently circulated a post on several social media platforms claiming that Canada’s manufacturing industry has atrophied under excessive regulation and high energy prices to an extent…
MAGA and the pope
Pope Leo XIV Inauguration Mass In St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. Photo courtesy the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales/Flickr. Habemus papam—we have a new Pope, and...
Bond Markets Collapsing – This Is Giant
Bond markets are collapsing.This is giant. Financial collapse approaches again. To the skeptical I say, remember, I was one of the five people in the world on record as having…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Public Policy and Your Last Will #law #legal #EstatePlanning
A last will cannot have provisions that run contrary to public policy.For instance, a will cannot discriminate against a family member because of their…Religionmarital status, orsexual orientationIt cannot encourage people…
“There will be blood. Here.”
“…for those of us who are in the business of predicting the future, it feels like blood will be spilled — and not in Gaza City or an Israeli kibbutz,…
Pipeline myths
Some Albertans are unhappy that their guys lost the federal election, so they’re doing a... The post Pipeline myths first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Boy oh boys, what has happened to boys?
Being a teenage boy used to be so easy. Get a haircut when needed (basically when your dad told you to get a haircut), wear the same ratty old clothes…
US Corrupt Much?
Yale profs are leaving for Canada, and probably elsewhere too. They see the writing on the wall, the US is in a steep decline this decade, and we don’t yet…
Legal News Post of the Day: May 21, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario regulator charges GTA developer in connection with illegal sale of 453 homes #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/JrRmxyqvyz - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Mike Palecek discusses how the Trump regime's tariff chaos isn't aimed merely at conducting trade wars against other countries, but also serves to destabilize…
The devils advocate
#ldnont #homeless #supportiveHousing As long as they have no bad habits
It’s a dangerous world
Be careful, you might step out your front door and be run over #bikeLanes #notOnMyStreet #ldnont
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Same-Sex Marriage in Canada #law #legal #separation #FamilyLaw
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…