On The March
Authoritarianism is on the march. Michael Harris warns that we should keep our eyes on Europe:Across the world the hard right is moving toward centre stage. The latest sign that…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: B.C. Court: Loss of "Promising" Law Career Assessed at $5.1 Million https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/bccourt-loss-of-promising-law-career.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: B.C. Court: Loss of "Promising" Law Career Assessed at $5.1 Million https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/bccourt-loss-of-promising-law-career.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Tantrum over Bill C-59 displays two key flaws of the UCP – no clue how to govern, or how to negotiate
Yesterday’s official tantrum over the rather weak and limited truth-in-environmental-advertising provision of Ottawa’s Bill C-59 by the triumvirate of Danielle Smith, Brian Jean, and Rebecca Schulz illustrates two troubling truths…
Capital gains taxes—a buck is still a buck
A rather modest tax reform has much of the business community and its attendant economists... The post Capital gains taxes—a buck is still a buck first appeared on Views from…
We’re back (for now)
Hello everyone. Apologies for being down for 2 days. We had some server issues. That said, I’ve been debating a bit whether or not its still worth the effort to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Bill Henderson writes that the immense temperature increases we've already seen - and the resulting spread of extreme weather events and other catastrophic…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Bill Henderson writes that the immense temperature increases we've already seen - and the resulting spread of extreme weather events and other catastrophic…
Legal News Post of the Day: June 20, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario court to hear U of T application to clear pro-Palestinian encampment today #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/5n993z3e - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Legal News Post of the Day: June 20, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario court to hear U of T application to clear pro-Palestinian encampment today #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/5n993z3e – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Hope for Long Covid in IgG Study
Professor Akiko Iwasaki and team just put out a pivotal paper showing that "passive transfer of IgG from patients with Long Covid into mice recapitulates increased pain and other symptoms."…
Hope for Long Covid in IgG Study
Professor Akiko Iwasaki and team just put out a pivotal paper showing that "passive transfer of IgG from patients with Long Covid into mice recapitulates increased pain and other symptoms."…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Dying Without a Last Will
There’s a popular misconception that if I die without a last will everything goes to the government. That's actually not true. If you die without a last will in Ontario…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Dying Without a Last Will
There’s a popular misconception that if I die without a last will everything goes to the government. That’s actually not true. If you die without a last will in Ontario…
In yesterday walks tomorrow
June 2024: Toronto District School Board votes to eliminate the Jewish state from its curriculum and silence any discussion of the Jewish state. April 1933: Germany suspends “Jewish activity” in…
Random Roundup: trying to kibosh the capital gains tax; trying to debunk misinformation; jousting over "likes"; hearing Dr. Fauci’s story; and laughing at Trump
Some interesting factoids and articles recently: First, some comments on how Canada's rich people are trying to kibosh the Liberal plan to increase tax rates on capital gain profits: Why…
Random Roundup: trying to kibosh the capital gains tax; trying to debunk misinformation; jousting over "likes"; hearing Dr. Fauci’s story; and laughing at Trump
Some interesting factoids and articles recently: First, some comments on how Canada’s rich people are trying to kibosh the Liberal plan to increase tax rates on capital gain profits: Why…
Citing ‘uncertainty’ about Bill C-59’s environmental truth-in-advertising provision, Pathways Alliance pulls all content from its website
The Pathways Alliance, the coalition of the largest and most powerful companies operating in Alberta’s oilsands, pulled all content from its elaborate and colourful website yesterday in reaction to the…
Some countries we like, others … not so much
A recent survey of Canadian attitudes toward various countries by the Angus Reid Institute produced some interesting results. The survey covered nine countries that have been much in the news…
What’s a little child labour among friends?
Local businesses: “we can’t find employees!” Chamber of Commerce: “how ’bout child labour?” L.Bs: “Do we have to pay, like, benefits and shit?” CoC: “Not if you only give them…