So I’ve been sort of following the NSICORP (National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians) report revelations about foreign interference in Canadian politics, except there really hadn’t been any, nothing concrete at any rate, about exactly who did what and to whom. Until this happened: https://t.co/jN71L25Yxt — National Newswatch (@natnewswatch)
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Time for trickle up?
When, in the 1980s, we embarked on our binge of free trade agreements, we were assured by their political and business promoters that they would benefit all of us. By making things good for global corporations, they would prosper and their prosperity would trickle down to the rest of us.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Alberta Energy War Room is no more – except for the FOIPs that are bound to follow its demise
The Alberta Energy War Room is kaput. Supposedly, it’s about to be folded into a government department. NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley released the news before the government could put its spin on the decision (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). So, did the government of Alberta conclude it really is safer
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: The Conservative Party of Canada’s spending reduction fantasy
I was listening to CBC Radio Monday afternoon, and the topic was the proposal from the Federal Liberal Government to increase Canada’s capital gains inclusion rate from 50% to 67% for individuals earning more than $250,000 in capital gains in a year, and on all capital gains realized by corporations
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Geoffrey Diehl wonders when we’ll see a revolution – while noting that even as some of the challenges we already face demand systemic change which is being put off through corporate demurral, some of the plausible sources include people determined to impose even
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates June 11, 2024
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Triangulate your information
Ali Velshi is a journalist often seen on MSNBC. Promoting a new book, he appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air. The program covers much ground and is worth our attention. The end segment resonates since it cautions us to know the difference between news and nonsense…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Post of the Day: June 11, 20204
#LegalPostoftheDay: 6 charged during Toronto Walk with Israel event #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/mw8x93st – 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 Disturbing Report
A disturbing report in The Star suggests there has been a serious campaign of disinformation to promote Islamophobia in Canada. The source of this campaign? The state of Israel. I have added emphasis in parts of the following: On June 5, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz — citing sources and information
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: a rally for sanity
Fifty thousand people. Fifty thousand! By any standard, that’s a lot. That’s about the population of Belleville, Ont. or Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.! This week’s Walk for Israel was perhaps the biggest event of its type – ever. Bigger than the Covid-era protests, bigger than the Black Lives Matter rallies, bigger –
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Termination Without Cause
Can an employer lawfully terminate an exceptional employee who has had consistently good performance reviews? Under Ontario law, an employer may terminate any employee without cause, so long as… The employer provides reasonable notice, or pay instead of such notice, to the employee. If you receive a termination letter, you
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Activist Left Loses Their Marbles in Duncan BC – Meghan Murphy has the Audacity to Speak.
Of course there was a protest. Because women speaking about their rights and boundaries is a hateful activity. “Vancouver is baffling to me, in retrospect. Having left I can see it more clearly, as a place teaming with proud progressives who believe themselves to be very invested in diversity and
Continue readingIn This Corner: Wide world of … sports?
There’s a little sports spectacle, something about a cup that belongs to some guy named Stanley, that has been taking up most of the oxygen in the sports universe lately. I’m told it’s quite exciting. Personally, I’m more of a niche sports guy. I mean, it’s hard to not get
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Post of the Day: June 10, 2024
#LegalPostoftheDay: B.C. woman awarded over $1M for 2014 hockey puck injury after court dismisses appeal #law #legal #lawpost via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/yvvmff7p – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Clear And Present Danger
Some countries are messing with our democracy. Michael Harris writes: Canadian democracy has been weakened this past week by a signal failure of transparency, a dire error of priorities. On an issue of monumental importance, the public was informationally dealt out. What makes that harder to take is that the Trudeau
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News for the Week of June 10, 2024
– Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of June 10, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 10, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Hunter Biden faces criminal trial over gun purchase Fauci to testify over the origins of Covid-19 Hunter Biden’s Gun Case Goes to Trial Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Surgical Castration Bill for Child Molesters During
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