Politics, 2023 style
The people who complained that Ottawa wouldn’t release details about China’s wrongdoing in Canada are the same people now complaining that Ottawa released details about India’s wrongdoing in Canada. Go…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Is a foreign Will valid in Ontario?
This can depend on the Will itself. Some factors to consider are: Does the Will intend to apply to property in Ontario? Can the words of the Will be interpreted…
The Spat With India
So, India is expanding its temper tantrum over Canada expressing concerns over the suspected role of the Modi government in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. To a certain extent,…
The conservative ‘debate’ over trans rights is no debate at all
LGBTQ2 rights supporters gather in Montréal, September 20, 2023. Photo by Kalden Rangdrol Dhatsenpa. The rapidity with which attacks against trans people have increased this year is a dark sign…
Chasing Pirola
I week I wrote that we don’t need to know all the specifics about different variants. It just confuses people. What the public needs to know is that there are…
Requiem for Truth.
When politicians fail to tell the truth, when the Internet is littered with individual versions of truth, and print media is failing to survive, where do you look for truth?…
Calgary gets serious about housing
Somewhat surprisingly, we have an issue which all three major parties have agreed on. A housing crisis. There is even agreement on how to deal with it. Both the governing…
Strategic misrepresentation, aka as lying
Bent Flyvbjerg of Oxford University is the most cited scholar in the world in megaproject management. One of his studies included this: “Underestimation cannot be explained by error and is…
Kinsellas Truth
Apparently I said this 11 years ago. Someone on Facebook found it. Sounds like me. “If you must know, Star Trek is really the best politics series: fly in, convert…
No one is imposing “gender ideology” on children in schools, decent folks are trying to save trans & queer kids’ lives and anti-LGBTQ protesters today are simply trying to hurt or even kill them
Let's call a spade a spade.Gender-non-conforming kids and queer kids in our schools are extremely vulnerable to bullying, discrimination, harassment, and violence. This was my experience as a gay youth…
No one is imposing “gender ideology” on children in schools, decent folks are trying to save trans & queer kids’ lives and anti-LGBTQ protesters today are simply trying to hurt or even kill them
Let's call a spade a spade.Gender-non-conforming kids and queer kids in our schools are extremely vulnerable to bullying, discrimination, harassment, and violence. This was my experience as a gay youth…
No one is imposing “gender ideology” on children in schools, decent folks are trying to save trans & queer kids’ lives and anti-LGBTQ protesters today are simply trying to hurt or even kill them
Let’s call a spade a space. Gender-non-conforming kids and queer kids in our schools are extremely vulnerable to bullying, discrimination, harassment, and violence. This was my experience as a gay…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Chris Hedges interviews Matt Kennard about the hostile corporate takeover of democracy. And Adam King highlights how Canada’s oil industry is profiteering at…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 23, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trudeau Accuses India in Killing of Canadian Sikh Leader #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/bde9cj25 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Sometimes It’s Difficult To Know
Sometimes it’s difficult to know what is going on in the mind and motivation of Ontario premier Doug Ford. Is he merely a benighted soul who embraces a simple mantra…
My latest: murder is murder
You’re on the Internet. You express opinions. You write a letter. You show up at a meeting. If you’re Irish and Catholic, let’s say, you express sympathy for those who…
Now This Is How You Make A Commercial
Just a change of pace for today. Besides, have you ever seen Samuel L. Jackson give a bad performance? Recommend this Post
A Backbenchers’ Theoretical Power: Private Members’ Business
One would assume that one of a Members of Parliament’s primary responsibilities is to bring forward, discuss, debate, and pass legislation. In reality, individual MPs have the technical power to…
We Should Be Ashamed
The news services are abuzz with Justin Trudeau’s accusation that the Indian government was involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen. But, on that subject, something happened in the…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Dying without a Last Will
There’s a popular misconception that if I die without a last will everything goes to the government. That’s actually not true. If you die without a last will in Ontario…