Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 10, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 10, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:With the clock counting down, Toronto's historic Old City Hall faces an uncertain…
Silence
While a despot attacks Canada, total silence from Americans we had considered friends and allies. The silence is deafening, but it won’t ever be forgotten.
Will Poilievre’s pro-Trump past boost an ailing Liberal Party?
US President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and looming tariffs have become topic number one in Canadian political discourse. To some degree, Trump’s threats and insults have reinvigorated de...
The Captain Must Go Down with the Ship
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The Captain Goes Down with the Ship
“This isn’t mismanagement—it’s a scandal”—Mike Parker, president of the Health Sciences Association. Calling for an independent investigation into the Alberta Surgical Initiative (a $400 Mill effort to outsource surgeries to…
The Captain Must Go Down with the Ship
“This isn’t mismanagement—it’s a scandal”—Mike Parker, president of the Health Sciences Association, calling for an independent investigation into the Alberta Surgical Initiative (a $400 Mill effort to outsource surgeries to…
In hurting others, we hurt ourselves
Trump and his conservative supporters aim to hurt people who seem different from themselves. In the end, they will hurt us all.
Saturday Photo: Not a Place to Break a Leg
It was cold Saturday morning at the Parc des Rapides de Lachine, and the going was treacherous. Last time we'd been there in the winter, the paths had been cleared…
A Pierre Poilievre Synopsis. Consider this before you vote…
AFTER 20 YEARS OF POILIEVRE ON OUR DIME, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ? Synopsis of Pierre Poilievre &...
A Pierre Poilievre Synopsis. Consider this before you vote…
AFTER 20 YEARS OF POILIEVRE ON OUR DIME, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ? Synopsis of Pierre Poilievre &...
Now is the time to turn the tide on the deindustrialization of Canada
Closure of SKF’s Scarborough plant, December 9, 1981. Photo by Keith Beaty/Toronto Star. Donald Trump clearly has a bone to pick with Canada. By threatening a devastating 25 percent tariff…
Who’s Resisting the Auto-Coup?
Elon Musk and a team of six young engineers nicknamed the “DOGE kids” are systematically working through US government departments gaining access to their computer systems and databases.
Weekend funny stuff: new maps & cartoons & football plays & funny posts & animal crackers, plus Mark Twain at the end
After this week, we need a little break:First, some new maps for Canada to enjoy:A comment on DEI:Some comments on our times:I don't plan on watching the Super Bowl -…
In truculent statement, Danielle Smith denies any responsibility for misconduct at Alberta Health Services by government staff
In a truculent and defensive statement in response to this week’s bombshell allegations provincial officials improperly pressured Alberta Health Services to sign bad deals with private contractors, a stormy Danielle…
Is this what the Gaza invasion was all about?
It seems that no indignity is too great for the people of Gaza. After being... The post Is this what the Gaza invasion was all about? first appeared on Views…
Marx on the Liberal leadership and stuff
Marx: “The mass of the people have a sound aesthetical common sense. They have an instinctive hatred against everything ambiguous.” This is why Trump won. This is why Carney may…
My latest: why Poilievre is in trouble
Now we know why the Tories wanted an election right away. At the start of 2025, when Justin Trudeau was still in charge, pollster Angus Reid reported that the Pierre…
Today’s tonic: “The People Always Come Last in Doug Ford’s Ontario”
It's so nice to see Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie finally taking some good punches at corrupt Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford. This is one of the great ads…