#LegalTweetoftheDay: The federal government is launching a three-person commission in the new year to investigate systemic abuse and human rights violations in Canadian sports #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/42nhxbjm…
It is very difficult for employers to prove “just cause” for termination, unless there is evidence of gross or willful misconduct like theft, fraud, or intentional dereliction of duties. To…
Protest against Vancouver’s removal of a homeless encampment on the sidewalks in the Downtown Eastside, August 16, 2022. Photo courtesy PHS Community Services Society. Mass homelessness has persisted in Canada…
US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Robert A. Wood, raises his hand during a Security Council meeting on Gaza, December 8, 2023. Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP. On December 8,…
I recently watched a few things, back to back, to distract me from the news. One was openly apocalyptical, as so much is these days. Is it a trend, or…
The wife’s health has not been the best lately and she spends much of her time in her electrified Lazy-Boy chair. It is where she keeps two Apple I-Pads in…
An application by a group of Licensed Practical Nurses for their jobs to be reclassified as part of Alberta’s Direct Nursing Care bargaining unit on the not-unreasonable grounds that direct…
Western companies have to start paying the price for continuing to do business with Russia. Their war against Ukraine must stop. The post Ban Companies Doing Business With Russia first…
What do you do when hate shows up in your neighbourhood? In some cases, knowing how to react is pretty straightforward. When Heather Reisman’s bookstore in Toronto is attacked and…
Given the ultimate consequences, reasonable people should be applying the precautionary principle on climate and environmental matters. I suppose that means our governments are not populated by reasonable people.
The people's business took me to Saskatoon last month, and I quickly dusted off the dining recommendations I had received during my impromptu layover on The Canadian and did some…
The people’s business took me to Saskatoon last month, and I quickly dusted off the dining recommendations I had received during my impromptu layover on The Canadian and did some…
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O'Rourke is a important book. I would even call it a landmark. For ten years, O'Rourke suffered from a debilitating condition that…
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O’Rourke is a important book. I would even call it a landmark. For ten years, O’Rourke suffered from a debilitating condition that…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario auditor: at least 99 patients placed in LTC homes without their consent #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/yzhbn7pd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
It is hardly a revelation to say that words have power. They can delight, inform, edify, inspire and destroy. Unfortunately, it is the the latter effect that we see all…
In Canada, democracy is on the ropes. Michael Harris writes: Judging from the public’s view of politicians, especially incumbents, there is more than a little evidence that democracy is more…
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Responding to a mention of climate scientist Michael Mann (U of Pennsylvania), reader Tim Smith linked to an article by independent researcher Robert Chris and Hugh Hunt (Cambridge). It is…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 11, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: B.C. doctor fired for refusing COVID-19 shot loses bid to get hospital…
