Fred Wu

principal lawyer, wu law. scj civil/family procedures manual at link. he/him.

[Stephen Maher @stphnmaher]

Trump is playing hard ball. The joint board was established in 1940 at a meeting in Ogdensburg, NY, by Mackenzie King and FDR. This has to be seen as an unfriendly move, likely designed to force Canada into painful concessions.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

trump apparently recognizing his canada effort failed.

[Caylan Ford @caylanford]

My defamation trial against the CBC, Broadbent Institute (Press Progress), Toronto Star and others is now nearing the halfway point.

Over the last 7 weeks, we've heard testimony from 31 witnesses. Next Wednesday the media defendants will begin testifying, starting with Press Progress editor Luke Lebrun.

If you'd like to follow along or get caught up on the proceedings, my 87-year-old father (a retired trial lawyer) has been keeping a detailed blog, from which a live link to the proceedings is also available: https://t.co/tywjz4E9UQ

[Fred Wu @effwu]

@Daniel_Mann8 @MatinaStevis There’s no consequence for ignoring s 56.1—nothing stops the PM from ignoring the fixed-date timeline except for politics. The court has already refused judicial review on this issue.

The statute does not bind the PM.

[maro @ProofofMaro]

I’m a millennial so my retirement plan is societal collapse

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

5 billion..yes BILLION people have had a Covid vaccine

If they were anywhere NEAR as unsafe as antivaxxers would have you believe, we should have had a mass global population die off by now

We have not

They are lying

Have a lovely day

[Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter]

Our best-case scenario, ATM, is that our autocratic president is a bellicose liar who threatens genocide and war crimes to obtain totally undecipherable objectives.

Best case.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

New analysis from @MeidasTouch details Trump's conflicting claims throughout his war in Iran:

Mar 3: “We won the war.”
Mar 7: “We defeated Iran.”
Mar 9: “We must attack Iran.”
Mar 9: “The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully.”
Mar 11: “You never like to say too ⁠early you won. We won. In ​the first hour it was over.”
Mar 12: “We did win, but we haven’t won completely yet.”
Mar 13: “We won the war.”
Mar 14: “Please help us.”
Mar 15: “If you don’t help us, I will certainly remember it.”
Mar 16: “Actually, we don’t need any help at all.”
Mar 16: “I was just testing to see who’s listening to me.”
Mar 16: “If NATO doesn’t help, they will suffer something very bad.”
Mar 17: “We neither need nor want NATO’s help.”
Mar 17: “I don’t need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO.”
Mar 18: “Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.”
Mar 19: “US allies need to get a grip - step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz.”
Mar 20: “NATO are cowards.”
Mar 21: “The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don’t use it, we don’t need to open it.”
Mar 22: “This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait”
Mar 22: “Iran is Dead”
Mar 23: “We had very good and productive talks with Iran.”
Mar 24: “We’re making progress.”
Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.”
Mar 26: “Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away.”
Mar 27: “We don’t have to be there for NATO.”
Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing
Mar 30: “Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences.”
Mar 31: Claimed a deal was “very close” and Iran would “do the right thing”
Apr 1: “We’ll see what happens very soon.”
Apr 3: “Something big is going to happen.”
Apr 4: Said Iran must comply “immediately” or face further consequences
Apr 5: “Open the fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
April 7: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."

[Michael Lesage @michaelsfirm]

In @SCJOntario_en news, London is the most capable court for accepting routine filings, while Brampton is the most useless, rejecting 45% of civil filings (almost 4x as many as London). Otherwise, rejection rates are climbing, in a huge waste of tax dollars and court resources @fordnation and @douglasdowney

[Alison Boyce @Ali__B]

Law school should really consist of one year dedicated to studying law and two years focused on mastering Microsoft Word and managing 1,000 emails daily.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Its not Simcity, but business school students who were good at Civ V also turn out to be better planners, organizers, and problem-solvers in this small experiment.

[Alex Su @heyitsalexsu]

Claude writing legal contracts

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

The Facebook case involving Cambridge Analytica is before the Supreme Court of Canada being argued this morning. Major issues involving consent and interpretation of Canadian privacy law at stake. Stream available at https://t.co/99WGBzG2iT

[Matt Margolis @ItsMattsLaw]

Law School: in theory, this is how it should all work

Me: what about in practice

Law School: in what

[Fred Wu @effwu]

Seeking a quia timet injunction on one day's notice, without opportunity for responding evidence or to cross-examine the AG's witness, was a tactical choice and a *big* ask.

[Caryma Sa'd - Lawyer + Political Satirist @CarymaRules]

#BREAKING

Justice Centa is NOT SATISFIED the province has met the requirements to warrant an injunction against the Al Quds Day protesters.

Police will simply have to enforce the law.

#ProtestMania

[Caryma Sa'd - Lawyer + Political Satirist @CarymaRules]

#BREAKING

Lenczner Slaght is arguing the injunction motion to prevent today’s Al Quds Day protest.

You can join the webinar by following the link below.

READ MORE:
https://t.co/GWylv8ysQb

#ProtestMania

[Alison Boyce @Ali__B]

Not family law but ONCA confirms that litigants who rely on their understanding, or misunderstanding, of their legal rights effectively waive solicitor‑client privilege. Courts must be able to test those claims. https://t.co/dsaz8ZBUmj

[Ferre @FerreWeb3]

Look at the generational difference…

1990s:
• Get a university degree
• Get a 9–5 job
• Suit and tie
• Get promoted
• Get married at 21
• Buy a house at 25
• 4 kids, 1 dog
• Retire at 60

2026:
• Survive… Show more

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

Your periodic reminder that Ontario’s ‘Sunshine List’ now drags into the sunlight what would have been $53,000 salaries when the list was originally established in 1996.

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

It is impossible to win against stupid.