Democracy Requires Participation
Just 18% of registered voters was enough to give Ford a majority back in June 2022 because so many people stayed home. The polls predict another Con win, but screw…
Trudeau’s parting gift to Ukraine is a mistake
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with President Volodymyr Zelensky to express solidarity with Ukraine on the three-year mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Photo courtesy Office of the Prime Minister/X. ...
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Separation Agreements in Ontario
A family law Separation Agreement is a binding legal agreement signed by both spouses to document the resolution of all or some of the legal issues arising from their separation.…
French debate, English debate and several polls
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Picking a Leader to Fight the Oligarchs
The end of the Liberal leadership race is nigh, and it is clear that the Canadian political landscape has changed considerably since Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on January 6th,…
Deny! Distract! Deflect! The Alberta Legislature resumes sitting
The Alberta Legislature got back to business yesterday, with a desperate United Conservative Party Government mired in a dodgy contracts scandal of its own creation flailing about for ways to…
Today’s News: Liberal debate night two "Chrystia Freeland won on tone, Mark Carney won on policy"
It was the second night of the Liberal leadership debates, and once again, no fireworks: View on Threads This Liberal leadership debate is so boring, so rife with specific policy…
Legislature loonies
On February 24, Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Jennifer Blatherwick made a motion in the BC Legislature asking the House to condemn U.S. President Trump's proposed tariffs and endorse retaliatory action. Eighty-six MLAs…
Unqualified, conflicted governance
Even without his massive conflicts, Is Elon Musk qualified to restructure programs created by elected representatives of the people?
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cat with buddy.
My latest: Canada warned of terror attack – and does little
Canada could experience a lone-wolf terror attack soon, intelligence authorities have advised the federal government – and antisemitism is overwhelmingly the motivating factor. “Amid anti-Semitic hate, an undetected lone actor…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 25, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: RFK Jr. Announces New HHS Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/uZZ5tzih8B - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Who is going to buy Alberta coal?
If you listen to Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) and the government it runs, you might have heard them talk about the economic need to mine coal on the Eastern…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Cox writes that the combined cruelty and incompetence of the new Trump oligarchy should remind us of the need to tax the…
Canada has no excuse left: it’s time for a wealth tax
Photo by aisletwentytwo/Flickr This Black History Month, it’s important to recognize that economic injustice—both in Canada and around the world—is deeply rooted in racism. The property system i...
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Severance Entitlements of Long-Term Employees #law #legal #wrongfuldismissal #termination
In 2015, an Ontario Court awarded 27 months’ of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to a 65-year-old civil engineer who had been employed for 40.66 years. In exceptional circumstances…
Today’s News: Liberal leadership debate, night one; and Trudeau in Ukraine
My photo is by "PoliLEGO" on tonight's Liberal leadership debate from @polilego.bsky.social -it shows @markjcarney.bsky.social @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social @karinagould.bsky.social and Frank Baylis.So tonight I went spinning through X, Threads, ...
Make no mistake, the UCP’s planned ‘compassionate intervention centres’ will be jails
Make no mistake, the two “compassionate intervention centres” planned by Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government will be jails. At a fancy televised news conference in Calgary yesterday with a large…
Actively working for change…
Audre Lorde was particularly focused on issues involving race and oppression, but her words are relevant to all of today's critical issues. Individually, we may not affect material change, but…
rtod: a folk song is what’s wrong and how to fix it
Revolutionary thought of the day: "I think real folk stuff scares most of the boys around Wahsington. A folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it, or it…