IWD
#InternationalWomensDay, on which I recognize the three most important women in my life.
Out in the cold: Where does Canada stand on Sudan?
Refugee camp in Sudan. Photo by Alun McDonald/Oxfam/Flickr. “We feel shunned” On Saturday, February 22, on a bitterly cold and snowy afternoon in downtown Montréal, a demonstration was ...
IN-SIGHTS 2025-03-08 09:00:00
A reader responded to the IN-SIGHTS article, John Rustad: Trump is the victim. That comment is shown below...
Jason Kenney is back on social media, and boy, does he sound cranky! So what’s up?
Jason Kenney is back! And, boy, does he sound cranky! What’s up? Once upon a time, Alberta’s first United Conservative Party premier was an industrious social media commentator – or…
Norway’s national oil fund worth C$2.6 TRILLION!
Norway’s oil and gas taxation is far different from Canada’s. The northern country ensures that its future citizens will benefit significantly from resource exploitation, while Canadian governments prefer the immediate…
Canada’s strange response in the USA’s trade war
IN-SIGHTS reader, environmentalist, and businessman Pat McCutcheon believes Justin Trudeau has tied one hand behind his back while responding against the country that aims to destroy Canada:
Outrageous Trump news
It is clear that rich American plutocrats are willing to punish poor people and America's best neighbours, but intend to leave programs untouched if those schemes put more money into…
Musical interlude
Timmy, Tommy - Full Tiltin
Legal News Post of the Day: March 7, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump Suspends Mexico and Canada Tariffs on USMCA Goods for a Month #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/mG4s5MnOaP - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The Power Of Canadians
Normally, when world events overtake us, we feel largely powerless. Happily, that is not the case when it comes to the punitive and totally unjustified American tariffs. Many, many Canadians…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 22, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 22, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Scalia, Textualism and The Interpretive "Rule of the 18th Century Brits" https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/scalia-textualism-and-interpretive-rule.html - Garry J. Wise, To...
Every Canadian needs to read this New York Times report
I’m a longtime subscriber – that’s not going to change, either, because (a) they are the official opposition in the United States and (b) they are literally the only American…
Public sector pensions and the private to public pivot
Demonstration by public sector workers in Toronto, 1988. Photo by Ron Bull/Toronto Star. The following is an excerpt from Invested in Crisis: Public Sector Pensions Against the Future by...
JFK: “We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought”
John F. Kennedy gave the commencement address at Yale University in 1962. Words Kennedy spoke more than 60 years ago are meaningful today...
Today’s Memes: Trudeau Take Thursday, Musk Lose Sky, Trump Drop Trou, and today in "Elbows Up"
Following along with the "Trump Take Egg" meme, I think we need to title this one "Trudeau Take Thursday"Q: “The foreign affairs minister called all of this a psychodrama -…
Well said, Justin
Let us consider the ways the United States has betrayed us. First and foremost is... The post Well said, Justin first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Canada Needs a Red-Orange-Green National Unity Government
At a time when the country that has been our best friend, ally, and international partner for longer than we have been a country has decided that we are now…
Canada Needs a Red-Orange-Green National Unity Government
At a time when the country that has been our best friend, ally, and international partner for longer than we have been a country has decided that we are now…