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…
My column that urged Joe to do what he did
Jean Chretien and Joe Biden. This isn’t the first time I’ve talked about how they were similar. Their similarities, in fact, were such that I was persuaded to support the…
1. “Workies”: The World’s First Labor Party
The idea of a Labor Party based on the existing trade union movement to defend working class interests is far from new. from https://www.lcipcommittee.org/1-workies-the-worlds-first-labor-party/
Where There’s Money, There’s Masks
"They only insist on unmasking you and your kids because you are not valued by the powers that be. Be smarter and mask up" (from Dr. Spela Salamon)On film and…
Trump—an aggrieved leader for an aggrieved people
Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such... The post Trump—an aggrieved leader for an aggrieved people first appeared on Views from the…
55 Years Ago, Humans Landed On The Moon
As a kid, and to this day I am envious of those who experienced this pioneering era of space exploration. https://x.com/JohnKleinRegina/status/1814701568320807202?t=4av0bJxbsZKeGFgZpB2ZhQ&s=19
Comparating municipal spending on housing and homelessness in Canada’s major cities
I recently led a research study comparing spending by large Canadian municipalities on homeless-related services and affordable housing. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of the study:https://nickfalvo.ca/comparating-municipal-spending-o...
This Epidemic Is Widespread And Growing
On this blog I have never made a secret of my disdain for those who are willfully ignorant and mindlessly led. To allow someone else to do our thinking for…
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Today’s update: That rascally Biden!
Today it seems people are realizing the Biden-Must-Go campaign could be retitled as "Elitist Dems and Fat Cats v. Biden" - yes, Biden stumbles over his words, but his ideas…