My latest: ten reasons Carney could win
All the polls show the same thing. The race has tightened up. The big Conservative lead has vanished. The Liberals are competitive again. Could Mark Carney win? Of course he…
Winning election line, gratis
“When you’ve got a circus, you need a carney.” Copyright 2025, a smart Daisy Group staffer.
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Net Family Property in Ontario
Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division of property between spouses upon marital separation.It applies only to spouses who are legally married.A spouse may be entitled to…
A governance failure at BC Hydro
The NDP has appointed a Board that is gender balanced and includes Indigenous people. However, the Board of 12 is drawn exclusively from people with backgrounds in business. Resource extraction…
Trump Assumes The Power Of Arrest
Saturday night, American immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents arrested pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who is a holder of a Permanent Resident (Green) Card, in his on-campus home in Manhattan…
Preparing for whatever comes
I think the world is already adopting the "Gargle My Balls" slogan in dealing with the United States.Preparations to fight Trump, with his annexation agenda and his pro-dictator policies, now…
Sure looks like it’s pride that keeps the UCP from just dumping that useless Turkish ‘Tylenot’ it bought in 2022 to own the Libs
Pride, according to the Solomonic wisdom, goeth before destruction. Here in Wild Rose Country, though, it goeth before a big storage fee! So far, for example, it’s cost something like…
The rule of law matters
Chris Murphy is the junior United States Senator for Connecticut. In 2024, The Guardian newspaper named him one of the Democratic Party's rising stars, active in several policy areas, particularly…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Blanketed cat.
Can we escape our nature?
In a recent New York Times article, editorial board member Farah Stockman refers to Donald... The post Can we escape our nature? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jill Lawrence discusses how the U.S.' current kleptocracy was caused directly by the dangerous conflation of concentrated wealth with free speech. Luke Goldstein…
Moving
It's been awhile since I published anything. I'm still around and I've been watching. I'm not happy that Donald Trump is president again. We are in for a rough four…
Moving
It's been awhile since I published anything. I'm still round and I've been watching. I'm not happy that Donald Trump s president again. we are in for a rough four…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 11, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario bike lane removal work could start this month. Cyclists seek injunction to block it #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/dMTut5U9Rl - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Time To Come Home
It wasn't until Don Trump was elected the first time that I made the decision never to travel to the U.S. again, barring unforeseen, exigent circumstances. And it wasn't until…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: How to Resign the Right Way?
An employee is obligated to give reasonable notice of intention to resign from his or her position of employment.The amount of notice to be given will depend on a number…
The world according to Trump
US President Donald Trump speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr. Political leaders and the corporate me...
Timing is everything
Justin Trudeau always did have great timing. You know, when you think about it, perhaps one of the greatest services Trudeau ever did for Canada was to resign at exactly…
Reshuffling EMS services to a redundant new bureaucracy may not make much sense, but that’s what the UCP is doing
Now that most of the province’s ambulances and their crews have finally all been transferred to Alberta Health Services, the United Conservative Party Government has decided to transfer them all…