Note to readers
In a few hours, I will undergo vascular surgery at Vancouver General Hospital. The prospect is a bit scary but the prognosis is good. I hope to resume work at…
“The opposite of poverty is enough”
Conventional wisdom says that economic disparities lead to political violence, or mildly violent collective actions. Yet few politicians anywhere are willing to address root causes of social difficulties. It is…
The insanity of spending two percent of GDP on the military
Members of the Airfield Activation Team board a CC-177 Globemaster at CFB Bagotville, Québec heading to Romania to participate in Operation Reassurance. Photo courtesy the Canadian Department of National Defence/Flickr.…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 23, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Canadians entering U.S. with their dogs won't have to fill out long forms after CDC drops changes #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/Ff0YumLKRR - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: The Duty to Accommodate Disability in the Workplace
Every Ontario employer has a duty to accommodate an employee's disability up to the point of undue hardship.An employee is however responsible for requesting the accommodation and providing the employer…
Thoughts on American Politics
First of all what is a non-American doing commenting on American politics in the middle of an American election. Do I hear people screaming foreign interference. Well so be it.…
It’s World Brain Day!
The WHO announced it on twitter with a list of things to do for a health brain: be active, eat well, sleep well, stimulate your mind, look after your heart,…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 22, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Biden drops out of 2024 race, endorses Harris to be Democratic nominee #law #legal #legalnews via @CTVNews https://rb.gy/ayeqej - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
A House Divided
That America has become a house divided is so obvious it hardly needs stating. That Don Trump has played a major role in cultivating and growing that division should also…
Wow
That was interesting. Joe Biden flipped the script. Dana Milbanks writes:On Sunday morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that President Biden absolutely, positively had to run for another four years…
Wow
That was interesting. Joe Biden flipped the script. Dana Milbanks writes:On Sunday morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that President Biden absolutely, positively had to run for another four years…
Wise Law’s Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of July 22, 2024
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Housing is the only solution to homelessness
People living in tents behind Hamilton city hall. Photo courtesy CHCH News/YouTube. In a recent political ad dubbed “Real change. The one promise he kept,” Conservative Party leader Pierre Poili...
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 22, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 22, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:Why the Ford government nixed deposit on soft drink cans, bottlesJudge hands Trump…
Farewell to Biden; Hello to Kamala
Biden was one of the best presidents America has had but I expect Kamala will be even better. Tonight, social media is full of great tweets and stories about Biden,…
Danielle Smith, the Sky Palace, and those Skybox freebies: What a difference a decade makes!
Alberta’s premier on the Sky Palace in 2014: ‘Duplicitous, entitled, completely out of touch’; on her Skybox tickets in 2024: ‘All the rules have been followed.’
Tough on crime!
Pierre Poilievre and other conservatives promise to be tough on crime. "Jail, not bail," says the man who aspires to be Canada's next Prime Minister. The John Howard Society is…
The UK election will truly effect Alberta
The UK is going to look a lot more like Scandavia by 2030. If you look at the parties in the new Parliament, most of their platforms said the same…