Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Kate Raworth discusses the need to orient ourselves toward measures of progress based on well-being rather than growth – both due to its…
Water Wars
There's an extreme water crisis in Mexico City right now. They could run out of water within weeks. From Peter Dynes of MEER, "'Day Zero' is counting down to June…
Water Wars
There’s an extreme water crisis in Mexico City right now. They could run out of water within weeks. From Peter Dynes of MEER, “‘Day Zero’ is counting down to June…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 29, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Pope Francis apologizes over use of gay slur, Vatican says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/mr28h5fu – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Israel’s tent camp massacre in Rafah is a heinous war crime
The camp on fire after the strike. Photo courtesy Reuters TV. On the night of May 26, Israeli forces pounded a tent camp housing displaced people in a designated safe…
Aging with Humility
I had a birthday, and I was feeling pretty good with how I look and feel these days. Biking regularly and tons of energy and all my faculties intact, knock…
Aging with Humility
I had a birthday, and I was feeling pretty good with how I look and feel these days. Biking regularly and tons of energy and all my faculties intact, knock…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: What is the Role of The Office of The Children’s Lawyer (OCL) in Ontario Family Law Matters?
In difficult parenting cases, a Court may request that the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) become involved to investigate and make recommendations to the Court or to provide legal…
75,000
Hit 75,000 /Twitter followers overnight! Not sure why so many folks make me part of their online routine, but I’m grateful to be one of the spots they check out.…
On Deciding To Run
When I first moved to Ottawa, I did not believe I could ever be a Member of Parliament. In spite of Marva’s observation years earlier that politicians also put their…
From pink earplugs to 54 push ups, UCP leaders wear their contempt for the Legislature on their sleeves
Say what you will about the United Conservative Party, they wear their contempt for Parliamentary democracy on their sleeves. Opposition Leader Rachel Notley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Jason Kenney, the…
China—to trade or not to trade
It doesn’t seem that long ago that the U.S. and Canadian governments were assuring us that free trade would be the answer to everything from economic prosperity to world peace.…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Novinite surveys the numerous countries facing unprecedented heat warnings as the most extreme effects of the climate crisis hit earlier in the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 28, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: U of T seeks court injunction to clear encampment as protesters stay put #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/3z37xy8d – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Traffic Calming: Not My Job Say Town Staff
No residents have been successful in three years in meeting all the town’s absurdly stringent requirements for investigation of the installation of even rudimentary traffic calming in their neighbourhoods. That’s…
Will He Or Won’t He?
H/t Theo MoudakisWhen my son was young, he had a Magic 8 Ball which, if you asked it a question, would attempt to answer it after a fashion. One of…
Will He Or Won’t He?
H/t Theo Moudakis When my son was young, he had a Magic 8 Ball which, if you asked it a question, would attempt to answer it after a fashion. One…
What do Canadian corporations do with their profits?
Corporate profits have received much more scrutiny in recent years. High inflation provoked on-going debates about the role of profit margins with terms like “greedflation” and “price gouging” levelled at…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Can I get my job back if I have been fired?
Under Ontario law, reinstatement of non-unionized employment can only be required if the termination was discriminatory, the termination was an unlawful reprisal to a workplace safety, employment standards, or similar…