Happy Rosh Hashanah!
From all of us at Wise Law, we wish everyone good health, happiness, and a sweet New Year. Happy Rosh Hashanah! – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
LASCARIS: Ukraine’s worst enemies are those who demand Russia’s strategic defeat
Ukrainian soldiers ride on the back of an armoured vehicle in the Luhansk region. Photo courtesy the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook. There is certainly a moral…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Alberta Tribunal Addresses the “Great Prima Facie Debate” on Family Status Workplace Accommodation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/alberta-tribunal-addresses-great-prima.html – Garry J.…
Don’t Be Fooled
Global News reports that in 2018 Doug Ford instructed his Environment Minister, Rod Phillips, to make environmental legislation ineffective: When Ontario Premier Doug Ford first took office in 2018, his…
How to Profit from Pandemics
Three threads from this week outline the political and media pandemic protocol being followed around the world, the similarities and differences between prior pandemics, and how the profit motive fuels…
The Promise of Canada.
Did Justin Trudeau break the promise of Canada to followers of Pierre Poilievre? No. It is not true. For the promise of Canada is opportunity for all. That’s it. It…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 14, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: New batch of vaccines available in Ontario this fall #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/mwyrmmzp – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Experimental Rice in Bali Increases Yields & Decreases Emissions
You love rice, everyone loves rice and we need more of it. Growing populations and the impact of the climate crisis on crops raises the stakes of rice cultivation. As…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: If a family member has put money into an investment in your name and you have co-signed on changes to the investment, does the investment belong to you?
The answer will very often depend on what you and your family member intended. Did they put the investments in your name with the expectation that you would hold it…
How Vaccines Work
Poilievre wants to make it illegal to have mandated vaccinations as a condition of employment and travel. He introduced the bill last June, and a second reading in the house…
Poilievre’s Petulant Promises.
When Pierre Poilievre—the guy I think of as Little Boy Blue—gave his speech last week to conservatives in Quebec City, he was not speaking to a broad swath of Canada’s…
Police-involved deaths involving force
Data collected by Tracking (In)Justice shows disturbingly high police-involved deaths Canada’s northern region and reports police-involved fatalities in four western provinces (2.69 per 100,000) are much higher the six provinces…
The Messiah
Iggy in Ottawa, of all places. Took his shirt off, naturally.
Yet Another Inconvenient Truth
crimes against humanity a deliberate act, typically as part of a systematic campaign, that causes human suffering or death on a large scale. One hardly knows where to begin, but…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mary Van Beusekom discusses new research showing that a quarter of COVID-19 survivors are still facing impaired lung function (among other health problems)…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 13, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. premier says he’s ‘white-hot angry’ that stabbing suspect was on day pass from psychiatric hospital #law #legal #lawtwitter via @cbcnews https://tinyurl.com/mr25bryd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Climate Solution Simulator
Avoiding a bigger climate catastrophe should be a concern for everyone, but understanding how to do that could be a challenge for some. The EN Roads simulator is a way…
The Quality of Debate
The quality of regular debate in the Chamber is so poor that in order for a speech a Member makes to be heard anywhere at all, it has to be…