The ICC warrants—no equivalence
The decision of Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel has caused predictable outrage. Needless to say, Hamas…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Simon Torracinta reviews Branko Milanovic’s Visions of Inequality in tracing historical conversations in inequality, while pointing out the importance of identifying power…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 23, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Elvis’s Graceland all shook up by allegations of fraud, talk of foreclosure #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/2n25p9aa – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
News Alert: Masks Work! Better Masks Work Better!
A new paper is out that definitively concludes absolutely, without question that masks/respirators reduce transmission of respiratory infections.It's important that this work is published, but it's a shame that it's…
News Alert: Masks Work! Better Masks Work Better!
A new paper is out that definitively concludes absolutely, without question that masks/respirators reduce transmission of respiratory infections. It’s important that this work is published, but it’s a shame that…
Western Canada’s climate change actions are inadequate or illusory
Climate change actions of British Columbia and Manitoba are inadequate and the main efforts by Alberta and Saskatchewan to reduce greenhouse emissions are illusory. While provinces in central and eastern…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?
When you name a person in your last will to be the Executor of your Estate, that person sometimes needs to also apply to the Court to be appointed formally…
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Canada needs a federal community wealth building agenda
The non-profit Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) is promoting economic democracy and empowering the local community to address Toronto’s affordability crisis. Photo by Sandro Pehar/Instagram. In the midst of…
Great threads: from sculptures to libraries, from Curb Your Enthusiasm to Cow 88, from TikTok to Kermit (NEW: update on Cow 88)
Here are some fascinating threads I have seen recently on Twitter - click to see all of the posts: Amazing sculptures:2. Melancholy, a sculpture created by Albert Gyorgy, portrays the…
Great threads: from sculptures to libraries, from Curb Your Enthusiasm to Cow 88, from TikTok to Kermit
Here are some fascinating threads I have seen recently on Twitter – click to see all of the posts: Amazing sculptures: 2. Melancholy, a sculpture created by Albert Gyorgy, portrays…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian O’Boyle discusses how Ireland’s choice to act as a tax haven for the ultra-wealthy has done nothing to help its citizens. And…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 22, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: A Black Teenager Was Wrongfully Executed in Pennsylvania in 1931. Now His Family Is Suing #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/3trkfnm5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
A Voice From The Past
Lately, I have been spending more time reading than writing. A tome I have almost finished is a biography of Albert Einstein by Walter Isaacson. While I do not pretend…
A Voice From The Past
Lately, I have been spending more time reading than writing. A tome I have almost finished is a biography of Albert Einstein by Walter Isaacson. While I do not pretend…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Mediation of Parenting Disputes in Ontario
Many parental disputes in Ontario Family Law matters are now resolved through Mediation, rather than court action. Mediators work with parents to create parenting plans and residency schedules that are…
The Lighter Side of Hill Work
When I started working for him, Scott Simms was the elected chair of the Atlantic Liberal Caucus, and, as the biggest regional caucus in the emaciated 2011 National Liberal Caucus,…
Choosing death in a society that doesn’t support life
If assisted dying is extended and thoroughly normalized, writes John Clarke, the right to choose may be transmogrified into an ugly way to reduce costs and dispose of those who…