Refaat Alareer: Literature as resistance
“If I Must Die.” Illustration by @beqararkarke/X. In contexts of class struggle, national liberation, and the fight for self-determination, art is a cultural weapon. It is a tool for educating,…
You Had One Job! On IPACs Refusal to Prevent or Control Infection
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) of Canada is a registered charity making some questionable decisions recently. They promote themselves as, “Focussing on infection prevention and control in the community…
Poilievre’s Protagonist.
There is only one target that interests conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. It is the prime minister’s job. It is the job the conservative wants and it is one he has…
After a day of negotiations, deal lightly taps the brakes on mass Christmas clearances of Edmonton homeless camps
Lawyers for the Edmonton police and the city of Edmonton on one side and the Coalition for Justice and Human Rights on the other reached a deal last night that…
All I want for Christmas is …
“What do you want for Christmas?” I’ve heard those six words dozens of times since I was a child. As a kid, it was an invitation to go crazy. The…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Geoffrey Johnston examines how the latest wave of COVID-19 is swamping Ontario’s health care system while its cumulative effect is reducing life expectancies.…
Abolish The Monarchy?
Abolish the monarchy? A better idea, since it is actually achievable within the relatively near term, is to create a new British constitution, which clearly enshrines – and re-asserts –…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 18, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Universities can take Quebec to court over tuition hikes and French requirements, lawyers say #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/mvdc2sss – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
My latest: first they came for the Jews
Protest movements come and go. But they are quite different. These days, protest movements happen more on the Left then on the Right. There are exceptions, of course, like the…
Rwanda’s opposition leader faces renewed threats but vows to continue the struggle
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza. She spent eight years in prison before her release in 2018 following a pardon by President Paul Kagame. Photo by Shant Fabricatorian/AP. The Rwandan…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of December 18, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of December 18, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 18, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: India’s Supreme Court upholds decision to end Kashmir’s special status Special Counsel…
Yo, Podcasters! Read This.
An excellent, important video was the inspiration for this short post (linked here, below) from a generally lackluster podcast. The musings arising after watching the video, however, I would say…
On Lookers and Thinkers
Can we teach how to think and problem solve our way out of a total collapse? I’m curious why some people are facing it all head on, reading the news…
Conservative Comrades?
They are certainly not comrades at arms. Recently Toronto Star writer Martin Reg Cohn wrote that the cancellation of the splitting up Peel region into the stand-alone municipalities of Mississauga,…
The contagious toxicity of Trump
Rudolph Giuliani was once a man of substance. A man of integrity. He served as the U.S. Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983 and as the U.S. Attorney for…
Saturday Photo: Ice Doesn’t Reflect
Maybe you knew this, but I didn't. Ice doesn't reflect the same way that waer does. This morning at the Lachine Rapids, it was chilly and windy, but the terempuerature…
Saturday Photo: Ice Doesn’t Reflect
Maybe you knew this, but I didn’t. Ice doesn’t reflect the same way that waer does. This morning at the Lachine Rapids, it was chilly and windy, but the terempuerature…