Marine Services International Ltd. v. Ryan Estate, 2013 SCC 44 effectively eliminates the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity: Interjurisdictional immunity exists to protect the “basic, minimum and unassailable content” or the core of the “exclusive classes of subject” created by ss. 91 and 92 of theConstitution Act, 1867: Bell Canada, at p. 839. This Court discussed
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Arms Race Update – Chinese Prepare for "Peoples’ War" in Cyberspace
It doesn’t take bullets, bombs and rockets to kill people and cripple nations. Our almost insane dependence on computers today creates all the vulnerability a determined, sophisticated enemy needs to take us down. Enter China. China’s military is preparing for war in cyberspace involving space attacks on satellites and the
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, August 2, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 2, 2013: “We have now entered into an era where our assurances of confidentiality must always be asterisked.” We’ve been busy, busy, busy relaunching our brand, which we are proudly revealing with our newsletter today! Lawyers’
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Don’t tell the Newfoundlanders – Uncle Gnarley version #nlpoli
If you want some really sharp insight into the latest developments in the Muskrat Falls saga, check out the Thursday post at Uncle Gnarley titled “Don’t tell the Newfoundlanders”. Don’t stop when you get to the end. Read the comments. There are 10 more from different people who add even
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sure, the Iron Curtain Fell, But What’s Going Up In Its Place?
When the Berlin Wall came down it quickly led to the liberation of eastern Europe and the demise of the Soviet Union. Western European leaders, egged on by the United States, pulled out all the stops to sign up eastern Europe into the E.U. and NATO. America sought to drive
Continue readingLeDaro: Rob Ford’s crack buddy is arrested
Rob Ford is very unhappy.;) CBC News Rob Ford with his buddies.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: How To Beat Corporate Newspaper Pay Walls-Free Radio-TV & Alternate Media Options
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Like many of you I check the news, email etc. in the morning with a few cups of coffee. It is a nice way to start the day. In days past I would go out to the porch and pick up the morning paper that
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 2: Wow! 12 billion dollars just for jobs in NB
That’s certainly the impression given by the headline on p. 1. “$12B pipeline is ‘a game changer’ “The same tone is picked up in the story (several stories, actually) and the editorial and Alec Bruce’s column. Yes. Those who left will come streaming back. NB’s economic problems are solved. We’re
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Krugman – Sexism and the Federal Reserve
Misogyny in the U.S. goes straight to the top, even right into the Federal Reserve. Paul Krugman shines a light on the sexist campaign going on to undermine the eminently qualified Janet Yellen’s shot at taking over the Federal Reserve when Ben Bernanke steps down as chairman. Last week, The
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Why Do They Want Us To Shut Up?
If we were harmless, the riot cops would stay home. It’s Friday. It’s been a long week. Like most weeks. We are taught to fit in and obey. We are told that individuality and the search for social justice will get us in trouble, either by government surveillance or social
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Abuse of process
R. v. M.T., 2013 ONCA 476: [67] Helpful summaries of the doctrine of abuse of process are found in the recent decisions of R. v. Nixon, 2011 SCC 34, 2 S.C.R. 566 and R. v. Regan, 2002 SCC 12, 1 S.C.R. 297. Those cases identify two categories of abuse of process. The first, and more common, category
Continue readingLeDaro: UConn basketball players give President Obama bunny ears
Obama’s bunny ears. Basketball players got it all wrong. This is how they should have done. 🙂
Continue readingLaziest. Spammer. Ever!
Received in my Spam folder today: (no subject) zed1(@)iprimus.com.au 10:37 PM (8 hours ago) to Your ID was allocated 1.MILLION POUNDS in our 2013 DRAW.Send Name. There is no creativity in this one! He/she is not doing it for the love of spamming obviously….At least all the other ones
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: At $12 billion, it’s no small lie.
TransCanada Pipelines announced its Energy East Pipeline yesterday. It has been in the plans for a while. For a $12 billion scheme, they gave it a few extra trumpet riffs. Yet, you would think that for so much money, they would come up with a few new lies about the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: "This Is The Future. Get Used To It."
China has declared a “level 2” weather emergency, a warning normally reserved for typhoons. This time it’s for a massive and prolonged heat wave that has settled in over the south and east with cities seeing more than three weeks of continuous 35C plus temperatures. Is it climate change? No,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Battery Recharger
Still trying to get my psychic energy back, I thought I would take this opportunity to post an interview of Neil Turok conducted a few months ago by Alan Gregg. Turok, the currrent head of the Perimiter Institute, delivered this year’s Massey Lectures on The Universe Within. While some of
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: New TransCanada Pipeline Plan Dwarfs Keystone XL
TransCanada Corp. announced yesterday they will proceed with plans to create a pipeline capable of shipping 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and tar sands bitumen from western Canada to refineries and ports in Quebec and New Brunswick. Called “Energy East“, this west-to-east pipeline would dwarf the oil
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: By-election Olympics
It’s superficial, of course, to always declare political “winners” and “losers” the morning after. But people (me included) like to do it. It’s fun. And, in electoral terms, the fact is that there always are winners and losers. Except last night in Ontario was more like the Olympics, to me. Everyone
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Problem-solving psychology
Writer Ray Grigg urges Canadian government to action in problem-solving current and future environmental challenges. Grigg writes, “The psychological dynamics of problem solving are well known. When a problem is identified and assessed, and when a corrective strategy is formulated and activated, then people begin to feel better. Hope replaces
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Frances Woolley rightly challenges the conventional wisdom that there’s no such thing as a popular and efficient tax: Few taxes generate enthusiastic popular support, but some are more popular than others. Those are the ones that fill the red circle. The area labelled
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