The Village Idiot
I suspect few regard British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as anything other than a village idiot. If you have been following the scandal surrounding his Chief Adviser, Dominic Cummings, you…
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We know what’s wrong with long-term care in Canada — we need politicians with the courage to fix it, not an inquiry
There are bound to be calls for formal inquiries after the long-term care horror show discovered in Ontario and Quebec, and quite likely on its way to being discovered in…
Opening Schools in September
The province is asking for our advice – the public‘s – in how to open schools in September. As much as I value democracy, getting advice on a public health…
Fighting the Boogeyman with Dwight, John, and Janice #nlpoli
Ontario Premier Doug Ford pleaded with Ontarians to get tested for COVID-19 on Sunday, even if they were not showing any symptoms. He repeated the call on Monday after a…
Who will see their pandemic money first? The UCP’s political staffers, or Alberta’s health care aides?
In case you were wondering if Alberta’s United Conservative Party was also going to apply for funds from Ottawa’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit to keep party staff employed, that question…
Federal Conservatives seek emergency support to help kick unemployed people off emergency support!
Surely there’s a special corner of Hell for the leaders of political parties who try to get unemployed people kicked off federal pandemic emergency supports at the same time they…
THE WORLD IS BEAUTIFUL
In the worst of times, the best we have is art. It transforms, heals, elevates us. We all need this simple message of hope. That, a walk in the woods…
Frustration grows as Tyler Shandro’s promised $2-per-hour top-up for health care aides fails to appear, again
More than a month has passed since Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro promised the government would pay the province’s health care aides a $2-per-hour coronavirus-crisis top-up — and there’s still…
Facebook And The Unravelling Of Truth
At a time when access to accurate, well-informed and well-researched information is crucial, it is probably not surprising that there are bad actors who promote disinformation. After all, chaos, their…
Moving Your Law Firm to the Cloud with Microsoft Azure
In this episode of “In Conversation With…” Kerry Cassanova, President of Micronova Software Solutions Inc, joins Wise Law’s Garry J. Wise to discuss the ease of migrating your law practice…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 19, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 19, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Air Canada temperature checks raise privacy concerns, experts say Top Roger Stone…
An Accelerated Deterioration
With the exception of his mindless cheerleaders and coterie of sycophants, it is obvious to the world that Donald Trump has led the United States into a steep, perhaps irreversible,…
When Jason Kenney Told Off China and It Backfired
Covid-19 upended everything. No one knows whether the world will snap back to “normal” like an elastic band or be gone forever. Economists, futurists, and historians are all over the…
I Rest My Case
Yesterday I offered, shall we say, an unflattering appraisal of the American ‘character’ and psyche. Further evidence supporting that assessment is to be found in the following video: Perhaps those…
If COVID-19 proves anything, it’s that Ernst & Young was out to lunch when it recommended privatizing Carewest and Capital Care
Does anyone remember the $2-million “review” of Alberta Health Services by Ernst & Young launched a year ago by the United Conservative Party Government? Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Alberta…
From Pandemic to Political Pandemonium
A man wearing a facemask sits on the subway. Photo by Jacques Paquier/Flickr. This is the second in a seven-part, multi-week series of commentary on the COVID-19 crisis entitled WHAT…
An Armchair Analysis
One of the benefits (and, to be honest, drawbacks) of having a blog is the freedom it confers on the owner. He or she can write on a range of…
Plague Update: Are We Going To Give Up?
WHO wants people to be aware that there’s no assured victory against COVID-19. I still think it’s possible to eradicate it, but it will take a global effort that surpasses…