And voters get what they deserve
Why do so many think democracy is eternal? Why do they think we are in an enlightened age? It isn’t. We aren’t.
From Kanehsatà:ke to Palestine
In the summer of 1990, Ellen Gabriel (Katsi’tsakwas) was chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke to be their spokesperson during the infamous “Oka Crisis,”…
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from January 23, 2008
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from January 23, 2008 via Wise Law Blog: “Wrongful Life” versus “No Life” - Court of Appeal overturns Wrongful Life Decision https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2008/01/wrongful-life-versus-no-life-court-of_23.html - Gar...
At the risk of sounding like Jason Kenney, where’s John A. Macdonald when we need him?
At the risk of sounding like Jason Kenney, where’s John A. Macdonald when we need him? I speak, of course, not of the policies that gave rise to the tragic…
Today in The Stupid: Canada v. Trump
Canada got to see its premiers in action yesterday, facing the first of the many existential crises that will define the Trump Administration, and it wasn't a pretty sight. Dale…
Legal News Post of the Day: November 28, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: A social media ban for under-16s passes the Australian Senate and will soon be a world-first law #law #legal #legalnews via @APNews https://t.co/x8BBAyL258 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carbon Brief examines the results of the COP29 climate summit - with the main takeaway being a familiar combination of barely-existent commitments and…
Safer supply is under attack when we need it most
Cubicles at a supervised injection site in Strasbourg. Photo by Claude Truong-Ngoc/Wikimedia Commons. Across the street from a ceramics studio on Dundas Street in London, Ontario there’s...
A Novel Suggestion
In my more fantasy-laden moments, I imagine a response from Canada to Trump's tariff threats that would really get through to the Americans. Since appeasement never works, how about meeting…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Providing Guardianship of your Children
You can leave instructions in your Will for who will have custody of your children after your death.These custody appointments are valid for 90 days. After that, a Court must…
Greatest line in television history
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" And more here
Trump’s Tariffs
Yesterday Trump threatened, "'On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL…
Who should pay the piper for pollution?
“A paltry sum,” said Chandni Raina, India’s representative at the recent United Nations Climate Change... The post Who should pay the piper for pollution? first appeared on Views from the…
Building on the Floodplain
City council has allowed the builder- as it is so zoned, and they plan flood mitigation – to pursue this dream. The environmental authority, throttled
Legal News Post of the Day: November 27, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Serial killer Paul Bernardo denied parole for a third time: Key moments from the hearing #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://t.co/Xtkg0hSwMv - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
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A Question Of Confidence And Competence
Today, I'll let Theo Moudakis speak for many of us:And here is PP's political response to the threat of massive tariffs from the incoming American president:Poilievre's response somehow leaves me…
Why seek closer economic ties with a US dictatorship?
Donald Trump in 2019. Photo by Dana M. Clarke/Wikimedia Commons. It’s hard to believe that the federal government plans to forge closer economic ties with the US when Donald Trump…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: How do child support payments work in Ontario?
The amount of support payable by separated parents in Ontario is strictly governed by the Child Support Guidelines.The Guidelines tables establish basic child support obligations and are based solely on…