Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Life Insurance and Your Estate #law #legal #EstatePlanningLife insurance policies that designate a beneficiary become that beneficiary's property on the day the…
In Canadian events today, some interesting maps showing how Canadians voted -- much more clearly than just showing big empty blocks of red and blue: In response to the election…
Happy May Day, the day of the worker just about everywhere in the world except North America. Once upon a time, Canadians used to think of the New Democratic Party…
Canada’s 45th General Election is over and my reaction is mostly relief. A few short... The post Comments on the 45th first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Let’s not do this again. Let’s not have another election in which many Canadians, I have no doubt, voted not for the party that best captured their aspirations for Canada…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Robert Reich argues that the overriding theme of the new Trump regime is ineptitude, with Paul Krugman's observation that he's staking the U.S. economy…
The only slightly disconcerting issue of this trip was the border. I don't need to elaborate why. It is a very strange time to be traveling to this very strange…
In Tel Aviv, the sky is full of smoke. Eyes burning, harder to breathe – because of wildfires raging between here and Jerusalem. Here’s a screenshot of the coverage of…
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Caleb Freestone, please stop as he hasbeen released to a halfway house. Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates.…
Ontario Family Law recognizes separation of spouses who intend to live separate and apart even if they don't immediately live in separate residences.Many couples live separate and apart “under one…
I worked on Saturday, then we had two ridiculously busy days. But whatever, we were getting ready to leave, so I was happy. A cleaner bailed at the last minute,…
Pierre Poilievre may have lost the election to Mark Carney, but nobody seems to have told him that it’s over.
I have been seeing some great "takes" on the election results: View on Threads Great routine from Colbert: View on Threads Here is Carney dancing at the Liberal celebration Monday…
Former NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who resigned after losing his seat on Monday. The NDP also lost official party status after failing to win the required 12 seats. Photo courtesy…
In a spasm of Trump-like rancour in the wake of the Liberal victory in Monday’s federal election, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doubled down yesterday on her pre-election threats to national…
It was a colossally bad idea to let every person catch COVID-19, as it is shown to have an impact on intelligence by infecting the brain. There are still publications…
Outreached cat.
To say the recently concluded federal election was bad for theNew Democratic Party is like saying the Hindenburg had aminor accident. The NDP has suffered their single worstresult ever. The…
I think this photograph is just amazing. E took it today at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Christ’s tomb, showing her mother’s rosary in the foreground. E left…
