Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of July 31, 2023
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Intellectually Dishonest
A cabinet shuffle offers us an opportunity to conduct our politics differently — something, Michael Harris writes, that we desperately need to do. But Pierre Poilievre is having none of…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 31, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 31, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Most illegal eviction fines are less than one month’s rent: Ontario NDP…
Measuring Risk in the Woods
I was up north, camping, and started chatting to neighbours. I had a mask in my pocket, but thought it would be fine to just have a brief conversation together,…
From a Trickle, To a Torrent.
Watch out Doug Ford, the liberals are going to get you. You pulled out all stops to win the two provincial by-elections last week. Local radio ads for your government…
Every alarm bell is ringing, but political reporters aren’t listening
I looked at the writings of Vaughn Palmer, a person considered by many to be the Dean of the BC Press Gallery. The province’s production of fossil fuels is accelerating,…
Saturday Photo: When the Sun’s Not Out, At Least There Are These
It’s been rainy and hot, but not so gloomy that the various sorts of sunflowers are not bursting into bloom. Lovely to see the yellow…
Covid is Still Here (likely worse in fall), and Masks Still Work
Jeff Gilchrist summarized the results of a recent study on mask mandates: “Over only a six week period in 2022, during a period of sustained respiratory viral activity in Ottawa,…
Unpeeling the Onion.
The tale has many layers as the Toronto Star continues to unpeel the doings of the last federal conservative leadership farce. The why of Patrick Brown’s ejection from the race…
Will BC Hydro make another multi-billion dollar mistake?
BC Hydro is preparing a call for power and expects to award new contracts to independent power producers in 2025. The 500 MW Revelstoke 6 is deferred again, even though…
Look up! Look way up!
Starting in the evening of July 30, until dawn July 31, may be the best chance to catch a glimpse of the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower, as long as…
The amazing American economy
Reading a very good book recently I was once again reminded of the irrepressible nature of the American economy. The book is Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most…
AMOC – What it is and Why You Should Care
AMOC stands for Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. It’s slowing down significantly, and people in the know are pretty worried about it. According to Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, AMOC is “a near-surface…
Why saying Alberta Health Services’ original mandate was only running acute care hospitals is dangerous and false
A dangerously misleading statement appeared in an op-ed story under Health Minister Adriana LaGrange’s byline Thursday in the Calgary Herald. To wit, “that Alberta Health Services has evolved beyond its…
This week’s tonic: Lawrence O’Donnell: “We now know who the star witness in the Trump docs case will be”
MSNBC’s super awesome host Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes a new superseding indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the Mar-A-Lago classified documents case this week, including new details about Donald…
DEMOCRACY
Throughout the globe we are witnessing democracy under threat. Political scientists who for decades assumed that “the arc of the universe” inevitably bent towards more democracy, are now documenting its…
The Deckchairs Are Moved.
It is not what we thought. You might have supposed that the best person available, in this recent cabinet shuffle by Justin Trudeau, would get the right job. That might…
On A Mostly Harmless Birthday
Today, I turn 42. In my family, this number holds special significance. I learned in my teen years that 42 is the central number to the cult classic the Hitchhiker’s…
Sometimes, Québec Does it Better
Québec is banning most private health agencies. Why is Ontario going in the opposite direction on this? Here’s a tiktok explaining it (link because embedding is still so weird). @frankdomenic…