The Disrupter as President Peter Blaikie July 15, 2019 279 That's My View Peter Blaikie Napoleon is said to have remarked, “In politics, absurdity is not a handicap”. So it seems with Donald Trump. In Hamlet, Polonius, the chief counselor (and sycophant) to t...
The Government tries to destroy a good man Peter Blaikie June 21, 2019 259 Peter Blaikie As a general rule, I don’t comment on political affairs in Canada. However, as we are only a few months away from a federal election, and as the Liberal government’s treatment of Vice-Admiral ...
Are we carrying bans too far? linda.hammerschmid November 26, 2018 581 Ask the Hammer I’ll be honest. About the only thing I think should be banned are assault rifles – automatic/semi -automatic/non-automatic – all of them. I’ll also confess that many years ago (many) in th...
Food for random thoughts linda.hammerschmid March 18, 2018 1125 Ask the Hammer I don’t know about you, but I find the juxtaposition of 2 assault cases last October to be troublesome to “the collective” that we call justice. If the pen is mightier than the sword, w...
Justice isn’t blind – but it really should be! linda.hammerschmid November 18, 2017 1670 Ask the Hammer A long overdue apology to Stella Liebeck Sure, we all read or listen to news reports about events that contain factoids which may, or may not, be true. And those facts may remain with you, as p...
Still mad as hell for paying for services you’ve already paid linda.hammerschmid October 25, 2017 1436 Ask the Hammer Reading an article on Toronto’s possible tolling of the Don Valley Parkway and the Gardner Expressway got me to thinking, didn’t the users of those 2 main arteries already pay for the pleasu...
Polygamy only works… linda.hammerschmid September 24, 2017 1640 Ask the Hammer …if you are filing your income tax returns and have both a new spouse and a former spouse (or 2) to whom you pay support. Otherwise, not so much as a recent Court Judgment has determined. ...
Caveat Emptor also applies to seniors; (Be Smart = Be Happy) linda.hammerschmid July 23, 2017 1430 Caveat Emptor At what age do we abdicate our common sense and become fearful causing us to make decisions against our own self interests? Stories of seniors being bamboozled by scam artists, get rich quic...
Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines linda.hammerschmid March 18, 2017 2931 Ask the Hammer In 2005 the Feds tasked 2 professors to prepare guidelines to determine levels of spousal support that could be payable under certain scenarios. Practical Case/Formula (From the Spousal...
Systemic Legal Racism linda.hammerschmid February 28, 2017 1984 Ask the Hammer Recently the issue of racism in legal circles was taken up by the Legal Profession’s regulatory body in Ontario. Moreover, the Law Society of Upper Canada is set to examine measures that wo...
