On open lanes
Mark Carney's ascent to the Liberal leadership has locked in a change in Canadian politics as compared to the period before Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement. But as the inevitable response…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 10, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
"We Used To Be The Best Of Friends"
There is no shortage of songs in response to the aggression from our southern neighbours. This, in my view, is one of the best, by Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy. I…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of March 10, 2025
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 10, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 10, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Trump confirms he will impose 25% tariff on Canadian goods TuesdayOntario Prermier Doug…
The banker vs. the beast
Tough act to follow. Jean Chretien, that is. Following Canada’s best-living speech-maker is a pretty tall order. Newly-minted Liberal Party leader Mark Carney was never going to beat Chretien at…
Trump’s second coming: the first six weeks
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in 2019. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. “This is going to be great television, I will say that,” said Donald Trump at the end of the…
It’s Carney!
Mark Carney is the new Liberal leader and Prime Minister designate - we will find out soon what the schedule will be for Trudeau resigning and Carney being sworn in.…
Saturday Photo: First Sun, Or Stonehenge in Outremont
The sun in its progression around the heavens shines in our back bedroom window just about the first of March every year. It was right on schedule this year, a…
Sabbatical
You may have noticed that Ms Soapbox has been a little quieter than usual. Like many of you, I’m trying to come to terms with the state of the world,…
Hey Blue States: Join Canada!!
I'm inviting all Blue States to join Canada or a new North American union. The post Hey Blue States: Join Canada!! first appeared on Excited Delirium.
It’s Go-Time!
There are only hours left until we learn — officially — who will be the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Special for our friends in the U.S. of Eh
I was recently watching a rather poor movie that was featuring individuals totally screwing up everything around them, it was so boring that I was switching back and forth between…
University crackdown on Palestine solidarity encampments a grievous violation of Charter freedoms
Encampment on the Quad at the University of Alberta in May 2024. Photo from the Kent report. If the repression of Palestine solidarity protests on Canadian campuses is permitted to…
Yes, the Annexing Canada talk is serious now. Deadly serious.
People have been chatting about this sotto voce for weeks, but also saying "it's so paranoid, I don't really believe it, not really..." We will look back on March 7…
Weekend funnies: Jim Cuddy’s song, some funny posts from Mark Hamill, the Beaverton, Trudeau and more; and Animal Crackers
...Oh no What went wrongUsed to be the singers in a two part song Guess all good things come to an end But we used to be the best of…
The Technology does Exist
If you are a “small c-” conservative in Canada, the argument against moving more quickly to decarbonize our economy has included many points. If you were to speak to Premier…