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…
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…
If Only
A friend sent me this. Could the cartoonist who drew this be looking at sedition charges in the future, or, at the very least, termination of the non-lethal kind?Recommend this…
The Art of Life
Here's a nice distraction from our nutty lives: I watched this lovely film about Michael Behrens, a math prodigy who studied at MIT, then left it all at 29. Now…
Gifted lifter of political veils and pretenses
A decade ago, the New York Times included American cartoonist Jen Sorensen on a short list of the "most gifted lifters of political veils and pretenses." Her work might be…
The shame of what we’ve done
Ruins of the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Photo by Muhammad Sabah. The dominant self-conception of the Jewish story is innocence, repeated persecutions, and then redem...
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ryan Meili discusses how we should define Canada as a country through an ethic of care - rather than through opposition to any foreign…
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Title (Optional)The Fish Lands: German trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroe Islands in the late 15th and 16th Century OAPEN : Open Access Book Based on newly uncovered archival…
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Title (Optional)The Fish Lands: German trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroe Islands in the late 15th and 16th Century OAPEN : Open Access Book Based on newly uncovered archival…
The shame of what we’ve done
Displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa. The dominant self-conception of the Jewish story is innocence, repeated persecutions, and ...
Legal News Post of the Day: January 27, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law decree #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/LTGUmvnL9k - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
IHR
On this #InternatHolocaustRemembranceDay I am filled with sadness about the past, and anxiety about the future. Never forget. Never give up.
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Posts for the Week of January 27, 2025
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 27, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 27, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 RiotersCanada’s Environment and Climate Change…
Canada’s vassal status on full display with return of Trump
Donald Trump, on his first day as president during his second term signing executive orders, and taking press questions on January 20, 2025 in the Oval Office. Photo by the…
The Jasper fire funding flip-flop: The UCP is prepared to let families go homeless to pursue its vendetta against Ottawa
It sure looks as if Alberta’s United Conservative Government is prepared to let more than 600 families whose homes were destroyed by last July’s wildfire go homeless if that’s what…
Pro tem PM?
An interesting commentary about the next Liberal leader arrived in my inbox from David Graham, a former member of Parliament, political staffer and journalist. Mr. Graham says only two Liberal…
Saturday Photo: Ducks and Oil Sands This Wednesday
A heads up: the Atwater Library book group will be talking about Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. It…
Kurt Vonnegut on Swooping Versus Bashing
Kurt Vonnegut is my literary hero, who called himself a “swooper.” A swooper is someone who lets the story appear, higgley-piggley, in the first draft.… The post Kurt Vonnegut on…