No big surpise here, when government’s go on uncontrolled spending sprees, the only one who benefits are those who work for and in government: The highest-paid federal employees are doing best of all on salary increases. Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in [...] [read more]

I'm betting it was a grease fire or maybe a spark in the storeroom where the make-up artists store Lloyd Robertson's supply of mortician's wax but, either way, a fire last night gutted CTV's Ottawa newsroom. Gone forever is the network's collection of commemorative Mike Duffy pizza boxes. [read more]

As our regular readers will know, here at Wise Law Blog, we'll occasionally segue from our usual law talk with a post on one of our other two major concerns, the Toronto Maple Leafs and music. [read more]

Child care is bandied about every election. The Liberals promise it, like they have since 1993. The Conservatives under Harper say they know a better way and send parents $100 for every child. The trouble is these parties make child care a carrot for voters. The carrot was held out there by Brian Mulroney back in 1989 and became a central part of the Jean Chretien Liberals infamous "Red Book". [read more]

For a certain Canadian political party, the Liberal Party of Canada, the future is unclear. [read more]