My latest: the Eylon Levy interview
Eylon Levy eats a slice of watermelon. Watermelon is green, white, black and red, like the colours of Palestinian flag. Online, a slice of watermelon has become an unofficial symbol…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Discrimination in the Workplace
Ontario employers are prohibited from discrimination in the workplace against any employee.Employers may not discriminate on the basis of- Race- Religion- Citizenship- Gender- Sexual Orientation or Identification- Disability- AgeIf you…
Council Screws Collingwood Residents. Again.
Like many other residents in council chamber yesterday, I was deeply disappointed but not surprised by our council’s decision yesterday to continue with staff’s anti-resident/anti-environment plan to deforest Sixth Street…
Lancet: 186,000 Palestinians or more killed in Gaza
Peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet has just published an article “conservatively” estimating that the death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza could be 186,000 people or more. Photo by Humberto…
Today’s News: Save the Last Dance For Me
So some Democrats may still be flirting on the dance floor, but Biden is telling them all to save the last dance for him. Josh Marshall describes the media frenzy…
Calling all moderate U.K. Tories: You can’t tame the alt-right; the alt-right will tame you
My friend “Art Sifton,” the social media gadfly found at @ArtSifton, is one of the sharpest political observers I’ve ever met, and not just of Alberta politics. The night I…
Ethics of Risk Taking
If you were having a lot of sex with various people -- or even if you just had a quickie with one person without any protection, then having unprotected sex…
Is the war against climate change already lost?
World Marks Full Year of Average Temperatures Above 1.5C Target
Be A Strike-Breaker
... if not in actuality, then in spirit. I said this in my previous post regarding the current LCBO strike: The longer the strike goes on, the more opportunities thirsty…
greetings from victoria, last post of the trip (days 13-15), plus the ethics of travel
Bluefin TunaYesterday morning we packed up, drove to one of the big drugstore chains, and bought a soft cooler case and ice. The leftovers from Asadero were just too good…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 8, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: TTC worker assaulted in suspected hate-motivated incident: police #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3VYCPrZ - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our websi...
The Very Model of Bureaucratic Inefficiency
Here is the textbook model of bureaucratic inefficiency and council sluggishness that deserves a satirical Gilbert and Sullivan song of its own: Collingwood is conducting a “speed limit survey” through…
Video Games Don’t Harm Brain Development
Video games are fun, and they won’t cause harm to your kid’s mental development. Of course, moderation is key since it’s good to experience a multitude of things to do;…
Wise Law’s Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of July 8, 2024
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 8, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 8, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:Biden Warns That Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Will Embolden TrumpA Fractured Supreme Court’s…
Collapse of Social Cohesion and Crisis of Trust and Truth
Frank Graves says we live in an era which sees a crisis of both trust and truth... Disinformation is polarizing our society in ways that we have never seen... But…
Don’t Buy The Image
Pierre Poilievre claims he's a man of the people. Linda McQuaig isn't buying it. She writes:Poilievre has managed to pass himself off as anti-elitist and populist largely because Canadians have…
Don’t Buy The Image
Pierre Poilievre claims he's a man of the people. Linda McQuaig isn't buying it. She writes:Poilievre has managed to pass himself off as anti-elitist and populist largely because Canadians have…
Canada’s whitewashing of Africa’s most ruthless regime
Rwandan President Paul Kagame poses for a picture with Robert Marawa and Masai Ujiri, right, at the NBA Africa Summit in Toronto, February 13, 2016. Photo from Flickr. The use…
Doug Ford’s alcohol politics an insult to Ontarians
An LCBO outlet situated at the Parkway Mall complex in Scarborough. Photo by Xander Wu/Wikimedia Commons. Throughout Doug Ford’s provincial political career, there has been one constant: an unma...