Stay and fight it – together
I know Joe and respect him a great deal. My heart sank when I read, midway, that he and his family might leave Canada because of rampant anti-Semitism. He gave…
Manulife-Loblaw reversal shows urgent need for universal pharmacare
A Shoppers Drug Mart store on Dupont Street in Toronto. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. After a week of sustained bad press, insurance provider Manulife has reversed its decision to enter…
Open letter: Civil society coalition urges Canada to stop arms transfers to Israel
Aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal area of Gaza City, October 9, 2023. Photo courtesy the Palestinian News & Information Agency-WAFA/Wikimedia Commons. Send a letter to Canada’s Minister…
Intellectual Self-Defence: Time For A Reading Sabbatical
To be brief: The obsession with quantity and volume has to end. More is not always better. Quality matters most. But people in the 21st century are addicted to endless…
Revisionist history of the Sammy Yatim inquest
Surveillance video photo showing Sammy Yatim and James Forcillo on the evening of July 27, 2013. On February 1, jurors at the coroner’s inquest into the shooting death of Sammy…
Former justice minister Kathleen Ganley makes her bid to lead Alberta NDP official; others to follow soon
Yesterday was the official start of the Alberta NDP leadership race and Kathleen Ganley was the first to make official what pretty well everyone in political Alberta already knew –…
Tim Hortons has become the ultimate symbol of Canada
Canada is not a great country for symbols. Sure, there’s the maple leaf, but how many times do you actually see a maple leaf tree in Western Canada? There’s the…
On harm exacerbation
Ryan Meili offers an important values-based critique of the Sask Party’s “do more harm” policy on addictions treatment. But it’s worth taking a closer look at who stands to benefit…
About That Consultation Thing
I'm sure that we all heard Premier Smith claim that she has consulted widely on the draconian anti-transgender policies that she announced last week. Now it starts to come out…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Claude Lavoie examines the problems with the far-too-rarely-questioned assumption that public policy needs to be oriented toward top-end economic growth at the expense…
My latest: the cancellers
Cancelled: there’s much talk about cancel culture, since October 7. It’s everywhere. So, too, one of the oldest anti-Semitic tropes – which is that Jews control Hollywood and the media.…
About That Consultation Thing
I'm sure that we all heard Premier Smith claim that she has consulted widely on the draconian anti-transgender policies that she announced last week. Now it starts to come out…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 5, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Greta Thunberg, 4 others acquitted on London climate protest charges #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/tyhte3w5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Paris Triples Parking Fees for SUVs
Paris is undergoing a transportation revolution that champions the movement of people over the movement of vehicles and the most recent change was put to the people of the city.…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 5, 2024
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Dr. Duncan’s Interview on Long Covid
Dr. Rae Duncan, a consultant cardiologist, explained concerns with Long Covid: The interview is just 13 minutes, but here’s the gist of it below, just a little cleaned up and…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 5, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 5, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: ‘Desperation borrowing’ due to low incomes fuels payday-style lenders: debt counsellor OMA…
Why Danielle Smith’s proposed anti-trans legislation is so wrong…
Sadly, it was probably only a matter of time before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used her majority government power as Conservative premier to try to control and even put at…
Why Danielle Smith’s proposed anti-trans legislation is so wrong…
Sadly, it was probably only a matter of time before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used her majority government power as Conservative premier to try to control and even put at…
‘Nenshimania’ grips social media, but would choosing Calgary’s former mayor to lead Alberta’s NDP really be a good idea?
Before we get carried away by the current outbreak of Nenshimania, let’s just remember that it wasn’t the Alberta Party or the Alberta Liberals that toppled this province’s 44-year Progressive…