Democracy is at risk… everwhere!
PhD historian Giordano Nanne wrote that his main focus was "comparative colonialism in the 19th-century British Empire; and more specifically, settler-colonialism in Australia." Nanni's focus may have shifted because he…
My latest: wake up, Team Tory
If the polls are accurate, this has never really happened before. The Conservative Party of Canada has dropped nearly 30 percentage points in six weeks. Now, in 1984, there was…
Who do you believe?
The BBC issued a February report that found “significant inaccuracies” with news summaries generated from artificial intelligence (AI) engines including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini and Perplexity AI. “The…
Who do you believe?
The BBC issued a February report that found “significant inaccuracies” with news summaries generated from artificial intelligence (AI) engines including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini and Perplexity AI. “The…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 11, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: A Guide to the Lawsuits Against the Trump Executive Orders #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/JrBLD4Y9ca - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman discusses how Donald Trump and Elon Musk are severing the U.S.' ties around the world. And Eamon James and Dan Mangan…
Italo Calvino and His Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino is a writer I’ve admired for some time, particularly his book, Invisible Cities. Somewhere in the middle of my new collection, The Gates… The post Italo Calvino and…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Discrimination in the Workplace
Ontario employers are prohibited from discrimination in the workplace against any employee.Employers may not discriminate on the basis of- Race- Religion- Citizenship- Gender- Sexual Orientation or Identification- Disability- AgeIf you…
UPDATED: A Repository Of Wisdom
I read a letter to the editor the other day to the effect that policy-makers would be wise to consult the op-ed pages for inspiration. Good journals offer repositories of…
Hard times are here
Boxes wait to be filled with provisions at the Daily Bread Food Bank warehouse in Toronto. Last year there were close to three million visits to Toronto food banks—a 50…
Where the hell is our head of state?
Where the hell is our head of state? I speak, of course, of His Majesty, Charles the Third, by the Grace of God King of Canada and His other Realms…
Our Tangled Border War — comments by Charlie Angus, Wesley Wark, Dan Gardner, Paul Krugman. And new tariffs!
To illustrate this post, here is an artwork called Non-Sign II, which was built at the Peace Arch border crossing in 2010 - I think that messy tangled black border…
Canada Is
Canada is a sovereign countryCanada is a rich mosaicOf equal, beautiful partsNative and landedRuled by lawsNot men.We will never succumb#CanadaIs #no51stState
Canada Is
Canada is a sovereign countryCanada is a rich mosaicOf equal, beautiful partsNative and landedRuled by lawsNot men.We will never succumb#CanadaIs #no51stState
If we want to preserve an automobile manufacturing Industry in Canada, the Federal Government should keep our Electric Vehicle mandate.
President Donald Trump seems to want to get rid of the North American Automobile Industry; an industry which was started on both sides of the border. President Trump wants to…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 10, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Former chief of Canada's largest First Nations police service sues claiming wrongful dismissal #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/6aPXy5yM5n - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Close to the Wind
“Close to the Wind” is the sequel to the first story I’d ever had professionally published, “Any Port in a Storm” (Parsec, 1999). They both… The post Close to the…
What Wine Pairs with Hitler?
What wine pairs with Hitler? I mean, if you do use his flesh in a spicy stir fry, I’d guess a sweeter Gewürztraminer would work.… The post What Wine Pairs…