Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 28, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 28, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up GoogleHarvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to…
One more sleep
Here are some good cartoons that sum up this campaign: SAnd some final words: View on Threads View on Threads Lying right to the very end:Perspective is everything. Same venue,…
Whatever happens in today’s election, don’t expect sunny days again any time soon
Whoever emerges as the victor in today’s federal election, don’t expect many sunny days in the aftermath. Been there, done that. It was 2015 and it didn’t work out quite…
How the Online News Act came back to haunt the federal election
Well funded right-wing social media pages including Canada Proud have dominated the platforms this election by playing fast and loose with the facts, leading to a downward online spiral into…
Please Vote!!
Let's see if we can avoid our own Timbit Trump tomorrow!! If you're not sure of the best candidate to beat the cons in your riding, check out Smart Voting!…
Please Vote!!
Let's see if we can avoid our own Timbit Trump tomorrow!! If you're not sure of the best candidate to beat the cons in your riding, check out Smart Voting!…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Jim Stanford offers a reminder of the problems with treating raw GDP as a proxy for well-being or social development. Dario Radley highlights…
Saturday Photo: First Daffodil…
Well, spring had better come soon. A few snowflakes this morning. But I saw bees yesterday afternoon. We'll get there yet!
Saturday Photo: First Daffodil…
Well, spring had better come soon. A few snowflakes this morning. But I saw bees yesterday afternoon. We'll get there yet!
Addressing The Horrors
The horrors in Gaza - none of us can claim to be unaware of them. Even harder, despite the efforts of Israel's apologists, is to adhere, with any conviction, to…
welcome travel readers and a bit of a warning
1982-1994Wmtc has some new readers who are interested in following my travels. I feel I should warn you new folks: it's a lot of words. Like, all text. We do…
The Bloc’s Missed Opportunity
The Bloc Québecois could have been a force for good across Canada.
With the federal election tomorrow, don’t expect Danielle Smith to surface today
With the federal election tomorrow – either nail-bitingly close, or not, depending on which pollster’s analysis you’ve just finished reading – what do you want to bet Alberta Premier Danielle…
Coming around the clubhouse turn, heading for the tape…..
It's just too damned hard to act all solemn and serious right now -- I'm laughing on the outside but quivering on the inside, just waiting for Monday to be…
My final campaign notebook: the story so far
When the story of the 2025 election campaign is written, when it takes up its place in the history section in the library, what will be said? What will be…
Is it too late to bring Justin back?
I miss Justin Trudeau. Seriously. I desperately wanted him to lead the Liberals to an all-time election catastrophe. After ten years of running this country into the ground, the least…
Villainizing The Judiciary
One would have to be living a very blinkered existence to be unaware of what is going on in the United States. It is very quickly devolving into an authoritarian…
Close Call…
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/04/poilievre-rushed-to-safety-after-actual-journalist-question-makes-it-past-security/