Success with CR Boxes and CO2 Monitors in Classrooms!
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 be Damned.
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…
Proposed federal clean-electricity rules are ‘unaffordable blackout regulations’? … UCP environment minister floods the zone
“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…
Efficiency of BC Hydro dams slowly dropping – Site C may produce 1/4 less than promised
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…
Musical interlude
Jax Jones, Au/Ra – I Miss U
Lack of transparency at BC Hydro may conceal massive fraud
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…
Talking to China
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.…
Trying out Threads
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…
Happy Labour Day!
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…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 1, 2023
#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
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…
Word Without Thoughts
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…
As West African states take greater role in mining sector, how will Canada respond?
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…
Endgame Vision
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” ~ Proverbs 29:18 In many versions of that passage it says with prophetic vision people cast off restraint, but I think vision…
Guilbeault’s Guilt.
If, by some miracle, the twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline is completed this year, where will the tar sands bitumen come from to fill that greedy sucker? On one…
BC revenues from fossil gas
An examination of revenue the Province of British Columbia has taken in from production of fossil methane gas in the fiscal years 2000 to 2023.
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michael Klare writes about the growing indications that the climate breakdown is pushing us toward a civilizational collapse. Jeff Renaud discusses new…
Dangerous distraction
A key element of Canada’s future climate policy is carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). The federal government is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to advance the commercial viability…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 31, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Giuliani found liable for defaming Georgia election workers after 2020 vote #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/4efz2332 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…