A Disturbing Report
A disturbing report in The Star suggests there has been a serious campaign of disinformation to promote Islamophobia in Canada. The source of this campaign? The state of Israel. I…
My latest: a rally for sanity
Fifty thousand people. Fifty thousand! By any standard, that’s a lot. That’s about the population of Belleville, Ont. or Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.! This week’s Walk for Israel was perhaps the biggest…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Termination Without Cause
Can an employer lawfully terminate an exceptional employee who has had consistently good performance reviews? Under Ontario law, an employer may terminate any employee without cause, so long as… The…
Wide world of … sports?
There’s a little sports spectacle, something about a cup that belongs to some guy named Stanley, that has been taking up most of the oxygen in the sports universe lately.…
Opposition to stampeding Bill C-70 through Parliament grows
If passed, Bill C-70, the Countering Foreign Interference Act, could give Canada’s spy agency more power, potentially threatening freedom of expression and freedom of association, undermining due process in courts…
Legal Post of the Day: June 10, 2024
#LegalPostoftheDay: B.C. woman awarded over $1M for 2014 hockey puck injury after court dismisses appeal #law #legal #lawpost via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/yvvmff7p – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Crisis in Cuba: a role for Canada?
Hand painted mural showing the Cuban flag and Che Guevara in the neighbourhood in Old Havana, Cuba. Photo by Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress. Cuba is facing its most significant humanitarian…
A Clear And Present Danger
Some countries are messing with our democracy. Michael Harris writes: Canadian democracy has been weakened this past week by a signal failure of transparency, a dire error of priorities. On…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News for the Week of June 10, 2024
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Independent media group chosen by Google to distribute news funding
Photo by Anthony Quintano/Wikimedia Commons There’s nothing we at Canadian Dimension like more than a good collective. After all, Canada’s original socialist magazine has been produced since 1975 by a…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of June 10, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 10, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Hunter Biden faces criminal trial over gun purchase Fauci to testify over…
Shannon Phillips to quit as MLA, citing the disinformation and viciousness women are subjected to in public life
Shannon Phillips, the high-profile NDP MLA for Lethbridge-West with a reputation for toughness and commitment, is leaving politics. Her resignation will take effect on Canada Day. Ms. Phillips on skates,…
ישראל חיה
A great day. Good job, UJA and Toronto Police.
The UCP Goes Over The Top: Bill C-59
It was bound to happen sooner or later. The UCP government’s over the top reactions to anything the federal government does finally pushed it into the looney zone. On May…
Canada is still blocking aid to Afghanistan
A Taliban soldier in Kabul, August 21, 2022. Photo by Callum Darragh/Wikimedia Commons. It has been almost three years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. Since then, the United…
Willy Loman Lives
One of the plays I most enjoyed teaching during my career was Death of a Salesman. It told the tale of a salesman, Willy Loman, who lived a delusional life,…
Willy Loman Lives
One of the plays I most enjoyed teaching during my career was Death of a Salesman. It told the tale of a salesman, Willy Loman, who lived a delusional life,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Rohan Best, Fatemeh Nazifi and Han Cheng study the effects of carbon pricing, and find that charges attached to carbon pollution also help…