The High Price of Buying Jobs.
When I was working for a computer company back in the 1970s, our manufacturing manager came into my office one day with an idea. He had looked ahead at our…
Roundup: Hot and bothered
The news from all over is challenging this week. First up, I think I’m very glad I don’t live in the southern US – hotter than Hades this week. Overseas…
Stephen Harper – he haunts us still!
Stephen Harper is having a bit of a moment lately, thanks to his instantly notorious selfie last week with Hungarian neofascist Viktor Orbán, which both of them proudly tweeted about.…
Dimitri Lascaris on why we need to make peace with Russia
On Thursday, June 22, 2023, Canadian lawyer, journalist, and peace activist Dimitri Lascaris spoke in Winnipeg about his recent trip to Russia and the need for Canada to promote a…
Should We Bring Back The Lord’s Day Act
No I am not going all religious on you This would be more of a Day for Humanity, a day that would not belong to the billionaires and millionaires but…
Should We Bring Back The Lord’s Day Act
No I am not going all religious on you This would be more of a Day for Humanity, a day that would not belong to the billionaires and millionaires but…
Present view
Stick time. pic.twitter.com/9HLC3Q2mOe — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 10, 2023
Housing Shortages Being Accelerated by Our Own Cities
Cities are profiting from conversion of rental units to short-term vacation rentals. Maybe if our cities stopped this, we’d face less of a housing crisis? The post Housing Shortages Being…
Saturday Photo: None, Because We Were Playing…
Taking a break this week because our youngest grandchild came for a visit. Lots of activity, and no time to think blog.
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 10, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt checks #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/5ejzyks3 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Will Kindergarteners be Better at Fact Checking than Boomers?
Figure 1 from Cook, Ellerton, and Kinkead 2018. CC BY 3.0 We tach kids how to read so why not teach them to understand how to critique what they read?…
Journalists abandoned Julian Assange and slit their own throats
“When Goliaths Infiltrate the Fourth Estate.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The persecution of Julian Assange, along with the climate of fear, wholesale government surveillance and use of the Espionage Act…
A Quick Speculation On Titan Submersible
I’m mostly putting this up as a way to keep a record of my own own speculation on the sequence of events that happened with the Titan Submersible when it…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of July 10, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 10, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 10, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Prisons head said process to notify minister of Bernardo transfer was followed…
On Training Children
I have some nuanced or maybe fence-sitting views about Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) that I’ll try to sort out below. As a trustee, I went to a PD session in…
Waiting for Some Leadership.
This is not to complain about John Fraser’s performance as interim Ontario liberal leader at Queen’s Park. John has been doing his usual good job without much resources. It is…
U.N. “climate change is out of control”
Regardless of science, the corporate world and governments in Canada remain determined to increase fossil fuel production and consumption. Under the NDP, British Columbia continues to provide direct and indirect…
Harper’s Handshake
Recently former prime minister Stephen Harper tweeted about the “importance of centre-right parties strengthening their collaboration” The tweet was accompanied by a photo of Harper shaking hands with the Hungarian…
Harper reveals new conservative colours
Stephen Harper has recently been promoting closer ties between Canadian conservatives and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government. Harper is chair of the International Democrat Union, a global alliance of…