Did a little birdie just chirp in my ear that the United Conservative Government has already picked out a name for the new provincial police force it claims it hasn’t…
This must be a terrible time to be a bookkeeper, accountant, or tax prep person. Especially in the prairies. I’ve heard horror stories from our auditor at work of people…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Maanvi Singh reports on the corporate purchase of water rights in Arizona which signals the diversion of the necessities of life to…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: CRA paid out $37M to tax scammers, unsealed affidavit alleges #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/bdhk5fbf – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Well, Tim Horton’s has done it again – disappointed their customers. Of course, that’s nothing new, but I’m not referring here to the mediocre coffee that is inexplicably a national…
Alt-weeklies have fallen on hard times recently with the flight of advertising to social media, but Prairie Dog and its Saskatoon sister newspaper Planet S have endured through ingenuity and…
Having a Last Will is still important, even if you are young. There is no better way to provide for your family and your future. You can create a Last…
Lavender fields near Hitchin, England. Photo by DeFacto/Wikimedia Commons. “Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” —William Shakespeare, Macbeth,…
Yeah, lots of financial press whining in the last 2 weeks about how raising taxes on the rich or on corporations would be so unfair & so awful -- but…
Yeah, lots of financial press whining in the last 2 weeks about how raising taxes on the rich or on corporations would be so unfair & so awful — but…
Many readers of IN-SIGHTS examine public issues with great care and email private comments to me along with links to worthwhile material. What follows comes from a paper sent to…
Now about my tax dollars. Finance Minister Freeland tabled her 2024 budget Tuesday and, by and large, I approve. The signs are about right: the NDP non-committal and the Conservatives…
This item, contributed by a reader, comments upon BC Hydro now offering a ten to fifteen billion dollar commitment to private power producers. This continues Gordon Campbell’s aim of twenty…
It’s easy to get depressed these days. Whether you are Jewish or not, we live in a depressing, difficult time. Tuesday night‘s outrage was yet more of the same: foul-mouthed…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jenna Wenkoff discusses how “ethical oil” is purely a (risible) marketing concept rather than any meaningful description of actual fossil fuel operations, while…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Proposed class-action lawsuit against Shoppers Drug Mart alleges ‘unsafe and unethical corporate practices’ #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/yz84a4k3 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Craig Wallace writes that you can’t run a country on outrage and insults. But that, apparently, is what Pierre Poilievre intends to do. Wallace writes: If recent polls remain the…
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2.…
2008 had been a busy year for me. I wrote dozens of essays and articles, ran data for a pair of election campaigns, started my first newspaper column, became a…
To hear Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner tell it Monday, you’d almost think there’s been no inflation in Alberta since the pandemic. Alberta Union of Provincial Employees President Guy Smith…
