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…
This is the blog we need right now
We all have little things that irk us, things that other, more normal people would never notice or care about. In my case, it’s lazy and/or stupid media blather. I…
Another Embarrassment for the CBC
The CBC should be embarrassed for blindly quoting American right-wing think-tanks. With truth-in-advertising legislation, we will see a lot less of this nonsense. The post Another Embarrassment for the CBC…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Marianne Cooper and Maxim Voronov optimistically suggest that our state of denial surrounding the climate crisis and other collective action problems can't get any…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Marianne Cooper and Maxim Voronov optimistically suggest that our state of denial surrounding the climate crisis and other collective action problems can’t get…
Legal News Post of the Day: June 19, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ousted national chief sues Assembly of First Nations for $5M #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/2hyb2mdy - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Legal News Post of the Day: June 19, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ousted national chief sues Assembly of First Nations for $5M #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/2hyb2mdy – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Avoid the Best to Avoid the Rest
Covid is amazing for harming the immune system, right up there with HIV. Even mild and asymptomatic cases of Covid harm the body's ability to fight off infections, and makes…
Avoid the Best to Avoid the Rest
Covid is amazing for harming the immune system, right up there with HIV. Even mild and asymptomatic cases of Covid harm the body's ability to fight off infections, and makes…
Why capture carbon when it’s so much easier to capture a government?
As they would certainly agree in the C-suites of Calgary, why bother trying to capture carbon when you can capture a government? A Pathways Alliance banded bus in Vancouver –…
How Canada’s cultural lobby only serves corporate greed
Photo by Dominic Smith/Flickr Canada vs California: How Ottawa took on Netflix and the streaming giants Howard Law Lorimer, 2024 It has long been said that history is writt...
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Separating from your spouse in Ontario
Ontario Family Law recognizes separation of spouses who intend to live separate and apart even if they don't immediately live in separate residences.Many couples live separate and apart “under one…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Separating from your spouse in Ontario
Ontario Family Law recognizes separation of spouses who intend to live separate and apart even if they don’t immediately live in separate residences. Many couples live separate and apart “under…
A Year On
It has been one year since I started this SubStack. The idea began shortly after I lost the election in 2019. I had blogged before, starting somewhere around 2001, and…
The man in the hot air balloon
Much is wrong with Facebook, but occasionally, it circulates nuggets of gold…
Corus Entertainment update
Days ago, I commented on the share price of the company that owns Canada’s Global Television Network and numerous broadcasting outlets in Vancouver and elsewhere. Stock in Corus Entertainment Inc.…
If you fail, fail big
The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law. Virtually there is one law for the rich and another for the poor,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tuckered-out cat.