I’ve been all day fixing my computer. (So I got my son to fix it.) So this is a very late blog – possibly a short one. A reader wrote to suggest that perhaps I should not be so hard on the TandT staff. After all, they know they have to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Privacy Commissioner of Ontario: Spying on Canadians is not the solution to safeguarding security
“[Surveillance] just can’t be done in a backdoor way as a fishing expedition on the entire population of law-abiding citizens. That’s not the way to do it. There’s a way to do it and also preserve our privacy. That’s what we want – security AND privacy.” – Dr. Ann Cavoukian,
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Gay marriage approved in Great Britain
George Takei posted this photo montage in celebration.
Continue readingLeDaro: Rev. Al Sharpton speaks out on Trayvon Martin case
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Civil rights activist Al Sharpton has announced a national movement – to protest in front of courts over the course of a year – in reaction to the verdict where George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: How social media has changed the news conference
This moment of snark brought to you by the incomprable XKCD. Alltop wonders if Google+ has a role to play.
Continue readingDISSTEMPER: Stephen Harper makes a joke
Pierre Poilievre named Minister of State for Democratic Reform.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Dean Blundell Show Sanctioned For Advocating Violence
Ottawa, July 17, 2013 – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning a conversation broadcast on the Dean Blundell Show on CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge, Toronto). The conversation was about a fist-fight that had broken out at the Toronto Remembrance Day ceremony. The program hosts commended a man who had beaten up
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: “Metadata” can be more revealing than actual content of communications [VIDEO]
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, warns that metadata can be more revealing than accessing the content of our communications. The post “Metadata” can be more revealing than actual content of communications [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Hostile and adverse witnesses
Canada Evidence Act: 9. (1) A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but if the witness, in the opinion of the court, proves adverse, the party may contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the court,
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Cross examination of own witness on prior statement
McInroy et al. v. The Queen, [1979] 1 S.C.R. 588: Section 9(2) is not concerned with the cross-examination of an adverse witness. That subsection confers a discretion on a trial judge where the party producing a witness alleges that the witness has made, at another time, a written statement inconsistent with
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Maybe We Need an Enemies Registry
Do you oppose/despise the Harper government enough that you would be willing to be considered an “enemy”? That would be a tough one if only Harper didn’t already consider most of you his enemy… and you know he does. Harper is wasting tax dollars tracking down would-be enemies. He’s even
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Yes It’s Hot But It Could Be Worse
The extended famile in Ontario has been keeping me up to date on the heatwave you’re enduring back east. Hot and humid, day in and day out. Makes me remember why I fled for the west coast 35-years ago. Yet a cold front is on your way in the next
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Leading questions during examination in chief
R. v. Muise, 2013 NSCA 81 considers leading questions during examination in chief: [23] The law on the use of leading questions during direct examination was reviewed by Charron J. (as she then was) in R. v. Rose,
Continue readingDISSTEMPER: Stephen Harper makes a joke
Pierre Poilievre named Minister of State for Democratic Reform.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: When a Raven Comes Calling for Medical Attention
A great video. A raven, fresh from an unfortunate encounter with a porcupine, seeks out human help to remove the embedded quills. Seeing is believing. Apparently the raven landed on a paddock fence and squawked for an hour until the owners came out to see what was wrong. Just watch
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Rail, pipeline and climate disasters are symptoms of fossil fuel addiction
Sadly, industry proponents quickly exploited the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster to argue for expanding pipelines. It’s true that rail accidents can be more devastating to human life than pipeline accidents – although when it comes to oil, pipeline breaks usually spill greater quantities and cause more environmental damage than train derailments.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6251…Cat Killing Quebec Mayor
I say this frequently. La Belle is the place where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis. For example, this weekend Stephane Gendron, the mayor of Huntington, a small town on the Quebec/New England border, went on his Radio-X show to proclaim that he is a hat hater. “Stray cats
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: HuffPo: me and the NDP on Pipsqueak
Here. Are we right? Are we wrong? Too harsh? Not harsh enough? Another question: did my own party do or say anything about Pipsqueak’s promotion? I sure didn’t see anything.
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Lest We Forget Department: Today’s the Anniversary of the First A-Bom Test
It wasn’t that long ago, the Cold War is over, but, boy, have things not changed all that much. J. Robert Oppenheimer reflects on the whole project. “Now I have become death, the destroyer of world.”
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