BC’s government seems determined to continue the present model for private power in the intended 2024 call for additional electricity. The difference in 2024 will be that large contracts for…
Head’s up: The Atwater Library and Computer Centre’s book discussion group–led by yours truly– will be talking about Dimitri Nasrallah’s Hotline at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 13. The book in…
Ontario Education Minister Stephen LecceToday's tonic: "Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth", by writer Emma Teitel. Let's imagine young Stephen Lecce…
Ontario Education Minister Stephen LecceToday's tonic: "Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth", by writer Emma Teitel. Let's imagine young Stephen Lecce…
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce Today’s tonic: “Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth”, by writer Emma Teitel. Let’s imagine young Stephen…
Almost-end-of-summer, long weekend political bits and pieces: ** Crickets. That’s what you will hear if you are waiting for a public inquiry into Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021…
About a year and a half ago, I presented to the local school board about the benefits of masks to filter air before it hits our lungs and of using…
Integrity is a catch word for accountability. The report of Ontario’s integrity commissioner does much more than impeach the honesty of the minister of municipal affairs and housing. It brings…
“Unaffordable blackout regulations”? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). It wasn’t exactly a surprise that Alberta’s United Conservative Party started September by issuing a wildly misleading statement calling the…
Site C was conceived when output per MW of capacity was higher than it has been in recent years. BC Hydro has regularly claimed that 1,100 MW capacity at Site…
Jax Jones, Au/Ra – I Miss U
Economist Dr. Jetson Leder-Luis of Boston University studies fraud in public spending. He estimates that fraud in large projects may divert five percent of spending. On the Site C power…
Winston Churchill is credited with saying “It’s better to jaw-jaw than war-war.” It is very much better indeed when two protagonists are armed with nuclear weapons, say like the U.S.…
Assorted content to end your week. – Amy Goodman interviews Peter Kalmus about the need to start treating the climate breakdown as an emergency, while Joelle Gergis points out that…
Threads is finally available on a desktop and it has an “embed this post” button! So I am trying it out with this post — I really really hope I…
Our office is closed on Monday, September 4th for Labour Day. Warmest wishes to all our hardworking followers. Happy #LabourDay! – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘Pistol-whipping a white woman’: Ontario judge who made ‘racist, xenophobic’ comments is reprimanded in secret #law #legal #lawtwitter via @torontostar https://tinyurl.com/2s3p9kus – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 29, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Tax or Mandate? John Roberts As the Decider https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/tax-of-mandate-john-roberts-is-decider.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Just another short post today. There is a scene in my favourite Shakespearean play, Hamlet, in which King Claudius, who killed his brother and stole his crown, is suddenly overcome…
Illegal gold mining in Ghana. Photo by Randy Olson. Canadian mining companies are some of the largest investors in West African gold. Every year, these firms generate billions in revenue…
