My latest: too soon.
Too soon? That was the question being asked, online, 24 hours after the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump. People – not always anonymous, and some of them not necessarily…
what i’m reading: the red parts: a powerful, haunting memoir of trauma, loss, and the limits of justice
This is why I keep a running book list that is decades long. For more than 15 years, my list has included this note.The Red Parts - Maggie Nelson -…
Why I Attribute
Alan Levine gave me the old h/t (hat tip) for referencing a post recently on AI and copyright law. In a follow-up he recognized my own version of the h/t,…
New U.K. Government Signals Ambition on Labour Reforms
The new UK government is signaling some reasonably ambitious reforms on the labour policy front (certainly more ambitious than most were expecting, given the Labour Party’s austere pre-election rhetoric and…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 17, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Toronto flooding: Pictures, videos show heavy rainfall in downtown core #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://rb.gy/shfdnf - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
LCBO strike is also about public health
Photo by Douglas Sprott/Flickr More than 9,000 unionized workers of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) have been on strike for almost two weeks against Premier Doug Ford’s privatization…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Same-Sex Marriage in Canada
The first same-sex marriage in Ontario occurred on January 14, 2001.Its legality, along with the legality of many other same-sex marriages, was affirmed by the Ontario Court of Appeal on…
The Most Sincere Liberal Vice
Democratic liberals tend to self-defeat
Canada’s response to Sudanese humanitarian crisis reflects systemic racism
A Chadian camp for displaced people who fled violence in Darfur at the Chad-Sudan border where over 90,000 people have fled and thousands have been displaced. Photo by Henry Wilkins/VOA/Wikimedia…
Frozen Logger
As I stepped out one morning into a small cafeA 40 year old waitress to me these words did say…She said, “I see, sir, that you are a logger, and…
Starmer’s Labour: the UK establishment’s supernova
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at Cambridge. Photo by Chris Boland (www.chrisboland.com). Speaking from 10 Downing Street, newly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that...
Legal News Post of the Day: July 16, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Toronto police officers were 'misleading' to justify use of force during raid of rapper's condo: judge #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://rb.gy/y95y7b - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Connecting The Dots
Were we abundantly blessed with critical-thinking skills, we would have no problem asking some serious questions about the direction in which Ontario is headed with Doug Ford at the helm.…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Severance Entitlements of Long-Term Employees
In 2015, an Ontario Court awarded 27 months’ of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to a 65-year-old civil engineer who had been employed for 40.66 years. In exceptional circumstances…
What did Danielle Smith say after the shooting at Edmonton City Hall? Nothing! She was too busy chatting with Tucker Carlson!
We could use a little more civility in Canadian politics nowadays, but the irony of Premier Smith’s military-grade gaslighting in Halifax is palpable.
Trump and inciting violence
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has responded to the Trump shooting by asking progressives to “dial... The post Trump and inciting violence first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
What’s on your mind?
As you may have gathered Ms Soapbox is still under the weather. I’ve realized that what I miss the most about not writing is not getting your comments. Consequently I’d…
Chris Hedges: the old evil
“Which Genocide Are You On?” Illustration by Mr. Fish. It comes back in a rush, the stench of raw sewage, the groan of the diesel, sloth-like Israeli armoured personnel carriers,…
All hail the talented editor!
One of the great joys of writing at a professional level (however you define that) is getting to work with a talented editor. I’ve been… The post All hail the…