Years ago, Premier W.A.C. Bennett said the NDP "couldn't run a peanut stand." The BC Auditor General's report on the province's 2023-24 financial statements may reinforce that opinion. The Auditor…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jonathan Watts reports on a new Oxfam report finding that the carbon emissions of the wealthiest few result directly in increased hunger and…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Judge details loophole that makes it hard to get convictions for distracted driving in N.S. #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://t.co/hka4JJyCtq - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
While it can be convincingly argued that Justin Trudeau has done many good things during his tenure as prime minister, it is usually the shortcomings of leaders that are remembered.…
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 establish…
Donald Trump speaking at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr. We are being pushed…
So NDP leader Carla Beck came close, but it doesn't look like she will be Saskatchewan's new premier:Latest update from Saskatchewan election website44.53% so far270,000 advance100,000 election day ? pic.twitter.com/a6mqROe2i7—…
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any goofier, it looks like Alberta’s United Conservative Government is about to succumb to a long-standing lobby by financially hard-pressed game farmers to…
The announcement that Ontario’s Conservative government had appointed Dr. Jane Philpott, former federal Liberal cabinet... The post Give Ford an A for appointing Philpott first appeared on Views from the…
More than 100 years ago, American labor activist Eugene Debs said, "Every robber or oppressor in history has wrapped himself in a cloak of patriotism or religion, or both." Today,…
Miscellaneous material for your Saskatchewan election day reading. And if you haven't voted yet, now's the time! (Update: Also, ReginaPosterBoy's summary of the Sask Party's track record (via Cathie) is…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Judge upholds dismissal of Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter charge #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/MgFhoOZwl9 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit ...
Anticipatory obedience is a term I was unfamiliar with until reading an article in The Guardian.n On Tyranny, Tim Snyder’s bestselling guide to authoritarianism. Snyder defines the term as “giving…
Street scene in Havana, Cuba. Photo by Jorge Royan/Wikimedia Commons. Nobody can deny that Cuba is facing a major crisis—the most severe since the Batista dictatorship was overthrown in 1959.…
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Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 28, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:Exonerated Central Park Five sue Donald Trump for 'demonstrably false' debate remarksFederal government…
“Catch and Kill Journalism.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog…
The cover of the The Communist Threat to Canada, a booklet published by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 1947. In the past decade, a disturbing phenomenon has arisen in…
I just saw this amazing thread from Regina Poster Boy about the Sask Party's parade of screw-ups and I had to share it tonight -- our Saskatchewan election is Monday!…
According to some wag on the Internet, Blaine Higgs has changed his pronouns. They’re now Has/Been. I don’t know enough about New Brunswick politics to be certain if the cruel…
