Spare me another national leaders’ debate! Please! Leadership debates are mostly a waste of time. Excruciating. Surely only masochists enjoy them. There are few surprises. If you’re a partisan praying…
Illustration by Ann Kiernan My ears perked up when Pierre Poilievre announced his plan to address the epidemic of intimate partner violence (IPV). According to the statement he made in…
Mark Carney gave an uneasy smile. Fifteen minutes in, it was a pile-on, and Carney was at the bottom of it. The Liberal Prime Minister looked a bit tired, and…
This week, the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) issued a ruling that on the face of it invalidates transgender women’s rights under the law. I haven’t finished reading through the…
This week, the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) issued a ruling that on the face of it invalidates transgender women’s rights under the law. I haven’t finished reading through the…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Matthew Yglesias implores the business sector which is increasingly recognizing the danger of Donald Trump's trade policy to notice that the balance of…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: CRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/vath8LDUMn - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
On Monday, Alberta’s former infrastructure minister complained that his 30-day suspension from the United Conservative Party Caucus in the Legislature with its accompanying gag order had lasted 48 days. Yesterday,…
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…
Media declares the French leaders debate was a draw:Wednesday was the first of the two leaders debates. View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads Poilievre and his short…
With three school teachers in the immediate family, I usually stay away from artificial intelligence platforms. However, I learned that Chat GPT can use AI to describe individuals who have…
Attentive cat.
The French-language debate: Brian Lilley and I watched so you didn’t have to. Some of my Kinsellian debate rules: people don’t watch debates to have their minds changed – they…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jared Yates Sexton writes about the unambiguous wrong embodied in the Trump regime's claim to be able to disappear anybody it chooses to. Timothy…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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...
Leaving Las Metas
Is the act of removing myself from Meta’s walled hellscape — deleting Facebook and Instagram — a kind of digital suicide? What will happen when… The post Leaving Las Metas…