Singh’s Demise
Jagmeet Singh has done it. Yesterday he cancelled his agreement with the Liberals. Max Fawcett writes:After months of speculation about the fate of the confidence and supply agreement that bound…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Life Insurance and Your Estate
Life insurance policies that designate a beneficiary become that beneficiary's property on the day the insured dies. They don't become part of the insured’s Estate and they are not subjected…
Pitting Health Against Education as We Debilitate a Generation
Covid is definitely causing a variety of longterm illnesses and public health still can't manage an effective PSA that undoes damage caused by their previous misinformation: teaching people how easily…
Ain’t we havin’ some fun now? Crazy stories today about Singh in Canada, and the Russians in the US
First in today's news, of course, was Jasmeet Singh's announcement that he is "ripping up" the Supply and Confidence agreement with the Liberals - whatever that means:You are delusional Sir.…
Breaking UCP promise, Devin Dreeshen pulls plug on $1.5B provincial grant to Calgary Green Line
Let’s try to figure this out: On July 29, Calgary’s $6.3-billion Green Line light rail transit extension project was worthwhile enough for Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen to assure Calgary…
Singh’s unilateral and questionable action
I received an email message this morning from Jagmeet Singh saying he wanted me to... The post Singh’s unilateral and questionable action first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
A Step Too Far
A Facebook post by Gordon F.D. Wilson, the BC Liberal leader who was pushed aside in 1993 by big business interests who wished to install the more submissive Gordon Campbell.…
Journalism without fact-checking
Beware of what you read about BC Hydro in news sites operating to benefit those who aim to privatize billions of public dollars. One example is a Derrick Penner article…
SACA is Over, Liberals Disapointing
The Supply and Confidence Agreement is over. The Liberals failed uphold many terms of the agreement. The CBC describes “drug meat sings” (autocucumber Jagmeet Singh’s) decision to end the agreement…
Evidence for Democracy (E4D)
Science did not fare well under the Harper government of 2006-15. It eliminated the long-form... The post Evidence for Democracy (E4D) first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Why Free Learning Needs Free Artificial Intelligence
'Free' learning means two things to me: first, the idea that learning ought to be zero cost, and second, the idea that learning ought to be open and inclusive. Together…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Andrew Nikiforuk discusses the immense economic and human cost of COVID-19 denial as another wave surges. And Matthew Frank et al. study how COVID…
The UCP Is Being Petty and Vengeful
The UCP government is now becoming vengeful - openly so. In the 2023 Alberta Election, rural Alberta voted UCP, and urban Alberta didn't (at least not the kind of sweep…
Legal News Post of the Day: September 4, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Judge Denies Trump Request to Move Hush-Money Case to Federal Court #law #legal #LegalNews via @nytimes https://t.co/VVwRivSnYq - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Forty years ago today
FORTY YEARS. September 4, 1984: 40 years ago today, I was on an Air Canada flight from Ottawa, heading home to Calgary to start law school. The pilot came on…
Why poverty reduction under capitalism is a myth
Abandoned row houses in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by Cranky Messiah/Flickr. From its beginnings, the capitalist economic system produced both critics and celebrants, those who felt victimized a...
Why Novavax: Choosing the Tortoise Over the Hare
Dr. Michael Lin explains what makes Novavax different from mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines. It's not in block quotes because this is all from him. It's comprehensive, but…
Could I go to prison for writing this column? Under Bill C-63, I just might
With our beleaguered Liberal government now plunging in the opinion polls and facing the final year of its mandate, Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act, could be its final showdown.…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Common Law Separation in Ontario
The property rights of Common Law spouses upon separation are not governed by any Ontario statute.Common Law spouses may still advance family property claims, especially where property has been acquired…
Substantive Reform
What, exactly, are some of the real social reforms we could be making to make a difference to our country for the long term?