It is worth considering a 2023 report authored for the David Suzuki Foundation by Daniel Horen Greenford, a postdoctoral researcher at Concordia University. It is titled ‘Debunking LNG as a Climate Solution.’ Unfortunately, it contains a great deal of bad news for people who care about future generations…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: February 29, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Husband sues Disney for wife’s death after eating ‘allergy-safe’ restaurant meal #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/y9sw7ya7 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Lack Of Appetite: The Canadian Government, The CRA, And Tax Avoidance
While I have written extensively in the past about tax evasion and avoidance in light of the revelations of both the Panama and Paradise Papers, I felt it was time to do an update. To summarize what I wrote previously, there has been a striking reluctance on the part
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: On Drug Policy
Alberta in particular continues to ride the “War on Drugs” policy train from the 1980s. In fact, in many ways the current UCP government has doubled down on it with an approach that basically says “recovery is the only option for addicts” – to the point of actually talking openly
Continue readingScripturient: Our Arrogant Mayor is At It Again
For me, I didn’t see the need for another letter at this time. Things could change,” Mayor Yvonne Hamlin sniffily replied to CollingwoodToday in her best “Let them eat cake” manner. “For me.” It’s always about me, me, me. It’s almost like she took selfishness lessons from Councillor Jeffrey. Hamlin
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Question
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Donald Trump’s claim for complete immunity. What’s important, Jennifer Rubin writes, is how the court has framed the question: The court determined that the only question to be addressed is whether a former president enjoys absolute “immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parents’ debt?
Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale of the assets of the estate to address the debt, but that’s it. There are some exceptions- like if a
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Permitting Preventable Suffering in Children
Recent studies still show that Covid is serious, particularly in children, and that masks and filtering the air in schools can dramatically reduce the spread. Katherine Wu, in The Atlantic asks, “Why are we still flu-ifying Covid? The diseases are nowhere near the same. . . . In 2023, Covid hospitalized more
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What Happens After Nuclear War – In a Nutshell
Spoiler Alert: Nothing good.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Will Take Back Alberta’s sinister supremo meekly submit to the premier’s command to quit tweeting?
Now that he’s been ordered by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shut the heck up and stop slagging federal Conservative boss Pierre Poilievre and his lovely wife, will Take Back Alberta’s founder and sometime executive director David Parker meekly do as he’s told or will he make like Darth Vader and
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: New one. PEC horse.
For sale. (The painting. Not the horse.)
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Greenwashing hinders climate solutions
Greenwashing promotes false solutions to the climate crisis that distract from and delay concrete and credible action…
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the next battlefield is closer than you think
It’s the next front in the war. There’s been no ceasefire reached yet. Fighting is still going on, in and around Southern Gaza. Rockets and bullets are still being fired into Northern Israel by Hamas and Hezbollah. Slowly but surely, however, Israel is winning the war. As of last week,
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: February 28, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto man charged after allegedly vandalizing buildings with antisemitic graffiti #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/5fvp4mav – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Susan Riley points out the glaring gap between the urgency of the climate crisis, and the Canadian political response which (Charlie Angus aside) ranges from mealy-mouthed corporatism to outright sabotage. And Gillian Steward calls out the UCP’s continued climate denial which is preventing
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Dying without a Last Will
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Continue readingExcited Delirium: The Creeping Conflicts of Corporate Contracts
With ArriveCan, Canadians catch wind of what’s supposed to be another scandal, but what if it’s just a repeat of a long-established trend of ripping of the public purse? The post The Creeping Conflicts of Corporate Contracts first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingA View From the Back Bench: Keeping Track
[ Continued from Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ] The one common thread of my life has been my love of trains. I was obsessed with trains, ships, and planes as a child. As a grown-up, I took photos of trains,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Transgender Ideology Destabilizes People
This is what transgender ideology looks on the inside. The vulnerable narcissism, the victim/persecution complex, and the complete inability to function in normal society. This is what happens when your beliefs cut you off from your family and friends. All you have left is your “glitter-family” whose support is conditional
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Here’s some great stuff – from the solar system to dogs, bruh!
Amazing! This is how our Solar system is.. ❤️🔥pic.twitter.com/zOXqT87Hob — The Random Guy (@RandomTheGuy_) February 27, 2024 You’ve seen me share a few maps and videos of the Panama Canal. I love that engineering marvel. This animation shows a map and a timelapsed journey through the canal. 15 seconds worth
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