Clouds In The Future
Politics isn’t just about elections. It’s also about what happens between elections. Doug Ford made that abundantly clear yesterday when he reversed his decision to build houses on Ontario’s Greenbelt.…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 12, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 12, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Seven Years of Wise Law Blog https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/04/seven-years-of-wise-law-blog.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Nagorno-Karabakh and the failure of Armenia’s ‘colour revolution’
A billboard in Yerevan featuring the flags of Armenia and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, October 7, 2020. Photo by Garik Avagyan/Wikimedia Commons. Thursday was Armenia’s independence day. This year, however,…
How Canada’s bombing of Libya contributed to the flooding disaster
On September 6, the Libyan poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi attended a meeting at the House of Culture in Derna. The meeting was held to discuss the risks that a flood would…
Children Risk More Illnesses after Covid
What every pediatrician in the world needs to read – from tern: Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is a really bad thing, isn’t it? I wonder what the…
Reforming Voting.
It seems that too often we are looking at voting methods instead of examining the entire electoral process. There is much more involved in Canadian politics that the voter should…
Wildfires — deadly for some, unhealthy for hundreds of millions
Stanford research reveals the rapidly growing influence of wildfire smoke on air quality trends across much of North America. Wildfire smoke in recent years has slowed or reversed progress toward…
Big state takes on big oil—a lesson for Alberta?
Someone reading this blog might get the impression I take pleasure in hearing about environmental lawsuits against oil companies and their friends. They would be right. I do. And so…
Cultivating Mindfulness While The Climate Emergency Clock is Ticking
This past June I had the good fortune to spend five days on a family kayaking trip in Pacific Rim National Park, off the west coast of Vancouver Island. It…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Adele Waters writes about the large numbers of UK doctors who are suffering from long COVID as a result of their efforts…
Western Canada’s plans for fossil fuel expansion are the second largest in the world
2023 is the worst ever year for areas burned by wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta and the entire nation of Canada. For years before 2023, despite huge sums invested by…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 21, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Saskatchewan judge to hear school pronoun policy injunction application #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/4j4cw8ft – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
What Happened In Vegas
… didn’t stay in Vegas. Consequently, another one bites the dust. Dean Blundell explains all: The corruption obviously runs deep, and it runs from the top down. Doug the Slug…
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…