Thin Skin
For people who think critically rather than merely listen to the echo chamber of their choice, it should be obvious that having a thin skin is not an attribute. While…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Marriage Contracts in Ontario
Marriage contracts, also known as pre-nuptial agreements, enable spouses to privately determine how issues relating to their property and support will be resolved if they separate in the future.To ensure…
Canada and the Trump-Musk Dictatorship
There is really no more pretending that the Musk-Trump administration is anything more than a white supremacist dictatorship with all that it implies.
Some days, we just need to laugh…
How funny people can be about politics, even when things are just so grim!First, isn't this good news!And isn't this the way we all feel now: Moving on: Can’t spell…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Wide-eyed cat.
Content and Cognition
In response to a post from Clark Quinn.My view is that if you're still channeling Paul Kirschner you are at the very least endorsing an idea of cognition as a…
Content and Cognition
In response to a post from Clark Quinn.My view is that if you're still channeling Paul Kirschner you are at the very least endorsing an idea of cognition as a…
Trump = idiot.
Trump is such an idiot. 1. He’s united Canadians like nothing else has in decades. 2. He’s single-handedly revitalized the Liberal Party, which he hated. 3. He’s fast-tracked trade between…
We have us a race, folks!
I like this. Why? 1. I like horse races – they’re more fun. 2. It forces Poilievre to be definitive on opposing Trump. He was slippery before. Not now.
Sidewalk Ethics and Etiquette
There is a theory that a person’s moral compass may be judged by how they deal with shopping carts. Those with even a modicum sense of ethics and morality return…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Pema Levy observes that Elon Musk's use of the U.S. government to line his own pockets would be illegal under any standard in…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 18, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: B.C. Labour Relations Board finds Starbucks made threats against pro-union employee #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/SDvkGumkIg - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: Carney’s silence
With an uneasy ceasefire in place, and some hostages finally being released, it’s likely that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s brain trust figured they could keep doing what they had been…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Posts for the Week of February 18, 2025
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 18, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 18, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:A Guide to the Lawsuits Against the Trump Executive OrdersOntario's Landlord and Tenant…
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana stated the words shown here in his work The Life of Reason. With the rising tide of fascism in the USA and elsewhere, we should be…
Bob Rae’s NDP and the fight to pass an anti-scab law
Bob Rae in 1990. Photo by Ron Bull/Toronto Star. The following is an excerpt from The Left in Power: Bob Rae’s NDP and the Working Class by Concordia University professor…
Canada and Ukraine: the careful suppression of a shameful history
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Waffen-SS Galizien division, 1944. A few days before Remembrance Day, November 11, 2024, the Government of Canada announced that it would not release the portio...
And Now for Something Completely Different
"We are entering uncertain times internationally and the need for strong, domestic food production is again becoming more acute. On behalf of everyone on the farm, thank you for all…