Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Brian Beutler discusses how U.S. Democrats need to respond to Donald Trump's attempt to end democracy and human rights with something more than complaints…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 29, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ticketmaster class-action settlement to reimburse 1 million Canadians for deceptive fees #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/j0ozSDTiaV - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw....
A Brilliant Red Thread named one of the Portland Mercury’s favorite books of 2024
Available from LeftWingBooks.net Good political writing is incendiary. It strikes a balance between the historian and the propagandist, while also (ideally) not coming off as the ravings of a complete…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: What are the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines?
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG) assist Ontario Courts in determining the entitlement, amount, and duration of spousal support payable by a spouse in Family Law proceedings.The Guidelines consider the…
A Transparent Ploy
H/t MoudakisWell, that stalwart 'steward' of the Ontario economy has called an early election. Flush with confidence that his $200 rebates (which only cost us $3.2 billion) and his beer…
The Death Of Social Media
Social media has gone from building communities to breaking communities.
To respond to Trump’s tariffs, Canada should nationalize its oil industry
The Athabasca oil sands in northwest Alberta. Photo by Kris Krüg/Flickr. The response to America’s renewed belligerence under Trump 2.0 has been all over the map. Doug Ford, perhaps Canada’s…
"Gargle my balls!"
Well, yes, maybe it's hopeless but we can still laugh."GARGLE MY BALLS!" will be my new battle cry. https://t.co/gkuezCaBtP— Qiilu (@Qiilu1) January 29, 2025 "Gargle my balls" is the revolutionary…
Promise made, promise kept: Thanks to the UCP, Alberta workers now face a significant ‘Alberta Disadvantage’
As far as wages go, Alberta workers now face a significant “Alberta Disadvantage,” says a report published yesterday on the continuing suppression of wages and salaries in the Western Canadian…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Active cat.
Corporate fun and games
This situation involving the collection industry amuses me, but there is a serious issue here. Some elderly citizens have their capacity for self-protection diminish as time passes. Extortionate collectors know…
Scott Sheppard, RIP
My great friend from my Hill days, always a voice of wisdom and decency. The fact that we agreed on most everything didn’t hurt, either. He was one of the…
Terrifying descent into authoritarianism, racism, and cruelty
Rather than speaking truth to power, legacy media have become stenographers with amnesia, hiding the truth through the use of anodyne adjectives, convoluted phrasing and buried leads. In some cases,…
How Might The King Reply to Trump’s Provocations?
King Charles III, King of Canada Donald Trump has made repeatedstatements in recent months aboutthe desirability of Canada becominga state in that most disreputable ofrepublics. This is besides Trump'sthreats to…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 28, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump administration fires Justice Dept. lawyers who brought criminal cases against him #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/GcsaczLQ6G - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
My latest: not every conservative is equal
CALGARY – There are different types of conservatives. In Canada, all will be facing big tests very soon. All of them get categorized as conservatives. But in personality and style,…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Common Law Entitlements Upon Termination
Do employees have different severance entitlements under the Employment Standards Act in wrongful dismissal cases that are decided in Court?Ontario's Employment Standards Act provides only for employees' minimum notice and…
Amazon closures an act of economic terrorism
Amazon’s message to workers is clear, writes Jim Stanford. Don’t even think about demanding better wages and conditions—we will shut you down and destroy your life. Photo by Elliott Brown/Flickr.…
Its addled report assailed by expert critics, UCP COVID ‘task force’ quickly descends into a task farce
As predicted on Friday, it didn’t take long for the debunking of the conspiracy-theory-riddled final report of the United Conservative Party Government’s so-called task force on Alberta’s response to the…