20 Years of Wise Law Blog
Time won't permit an epic post, recapping our entire two decades through the law-blawgosphere that was (and could have been), but it's been fun and challenging and busy and a…
Today’s News: Carney says "We are masters in our own home" and Poilievre gets a "killer" endorsement
On Thursday, Carney gave a major speech about the US tariffs and it was great: "We must respond with both purpose and force," he said. "We are a free, sovereign…
Canada’s support for LNG is support for Trump’s new form of fossil-fuelled fascism
Cholla Power Plant, near Joseph City, Arizona. Photo by PDTillman/Wikimedia Commons. American so-called “natural gas” (the mixture of hydrocarbons made up mostly of methane) producti...
Socialism’s prospects have never been better
A Soviet mosaic crafted in the socialist realism style of art, Kazakhstan. Photo by Jon Evans/Wikimedia Commons. In 1995 I moved to St. Petersburg and lived there for ten years.…
Other People In Saskatchewan Get It
The Saskatchewan Government is not led by a moral man. He has said he literally does not care that Saskatchewan is the most polluting district in the world. He’s killed…
Legal News Post of the Day: April 3, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump takes on Canada again with sweeping new tariffs on goods including autos #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/BwwbN2gdjh - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
A little help here, please
Plus, I have a nation to defend… so I’m a bit busy right now.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Daniel Drezner examines how the Trump regime's (nearly) worldwide tariff announcement confirm the complete ignorance and incompetence of everybody involved. Paul Krugman notes…
So, Tariffs, Amiright?
Round of tariffs for all, except Russia.I have a friend in the states who isn't worried about any of this stuff. "Big businesses will stop it," she says. She expects…
So, Tariffs, Amiright?
Round of tariffs for all, except Russia.I have a friend in the states who isn't worried about any of this stuff. "Big businesses will stop it," she says. She expects…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Holograph Wills in Ontario
For an Ontario Will to be valid, it must be signed by the testator and be witnessed by two people who are not beneficiaries under the Will.A Holograph Will is…
My latest: a big day on the campaign trail
Before the tariffs hit, before Donald Trump kicked off his three-ring circus in the White House lawn, my genial colleague Brian Lilley suggested I come with him to see the…
Today’s News: Trump has a sad that the world is mean to America. Well, bub, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! #ETTD
Listening to Trump's babbling at his big Tariffs press conference this afternoon, he was talking again about his yearning for the Belle Epoque -- those golden olden days at the…
This just in from Alberta: ‘Vote like we tell you, or we’ll bust up your country!’
Something new is happening in the 2025 federal election campaign now under way. After a couple of years of polls suggesting that a Conservative victory was a deadbolt cinch and…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Julia Steinberg writes about Donald Trump's attempt to impose cataclysm capitalism on the U.S. - and the need for strategic organizing to stop it.…
Legal News Post of the Day: April 2, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario raising minimum wage to $17.60 starting October #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/G6l94oGTcT - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Say It By Its Proper Name: Genocide
Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide…
Governments Must Ensure Caregivers Have Support
Happy National Caregiver Day in Canada yesterday! Let's make supporting caregivers a key public policy issue in our current federal election and link it to economic recovery from economic challenges!…