G77+China: Should we care?
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez delivering a speech during the G77+China Summit at the Convention Palace in Havana, September 15, 2023. Photo courtesy President of the Argentine Republic/Flickr. It seems to…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent’s debt?
Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale…
We are ALL the Immunocompromised!
Since Covid affects the immune system, everyone who has ever had it has a significant change of being immunocompromised now! Dr. Gary Payinda noticed, “Some viruses, which used to cause…
Leave the Old Feuds Behind.
When Stalin of Russia murdered more than five million Ukrainians by starvation in the 1930s, did the world rush to their aid? Didn’t Finland fight the Winter War alone against…
History is just one damn thing after another
Like everyone, I have been following the uproar with House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota and his ineptitude in hosting and applauding Yaroslav Hunka, who as a WW2 Ukrainian teenager…
Wednesday Night Cat Blogging
Drowsy cats.
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Leonie Thorne reports on new data showing that COVID-19 was Australia’s third-leading cause of death in 2022 even as conventional wisdom decreed that…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 27, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://tinyurl.com/84dj9v4k – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Ford’s Ongoing Legacy
Some of you, especially if you live outside of Ontario, are likely tired of hearing about the Greenbelt Scandal. Since I reside in the province, its tentacles of corruption continue…
It’s Time to Embrace that Boys do Cry
Boys will be boys, as in they will need emotional support and when they are babies they will need more of it than girls. The approach to raising boys who…
One Miss Is All It Takes
Yesterday’s resignation of House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota is historically awkward, with no previous Speaker having resigned in Canada’s history, and is a textbook example of how quickly things…
Québec public sector workers are ready for a general strike
Members of the front commun march down Park Avenue, Montréal, September 23, 2023. Photo by Lital Khaikin. “I make $30 an hour and am barely scraping by,” said Audrey Perreault,…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Making a Last Will
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2.…
Love Wins Over Hate
On social media, my Covid posts have suddenly lost all their troll-drawing capacity. The angry mob has moved on to bombard people’s 2SLGBTQIA+ posts. Just a few months ago, just…
Who Are We Hurting?
Listening and reading the advice of so many, we find we are in the hands of imperfect problem solvers. We complain to our politicians and yet we find them on…
Talk about embarrassing! Jim Dinning lends his faded credibility to Danielle Smith’s pension snake oil scam
What a pathetic coda to the respectable if not quite illustrious political career of Jim Dinning! Mr. Dinning at last week’s news conference about the Alberta government’s effort to hijack…
India—too big to hold accountable?
The world isn’t a fair place. The rule of law doesn’t apply globally. Might is often right. This reality overarches Canada’s accusation that the Indian government orchestrated the murder/assassination of…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Saima Iqbal discusses new research showing how much of the COVID-19 virus people emit while contagious. And Erica Edwards reports on the…