R. v. Zhao, 2013 ONCA 293 requires subjective intention to cause bodily harm before consent for assault bodily harm is vitiated. The Court also considered whether (without deciding) vitiation of consent is limited to socially valueless conduct – such as consent fights. Consent might be available as a defence even where
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Econoline Crush – Surefire
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Angus Reid BC Poll: 41% NDP, 34% BC Liberal
With yesterday’s releases from Forum and InsightsWest, we saw the beginning of a much closer race in BC’s election campaign, and it seems its followed after the April 29th debate. Now the province’s most frequent pollster, Angus Reid, has come out with a corroborating poll that shows this mini-surge just
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5948…Stephen Harper Reads History
Incorrectly. Last night on CBC’s long running The Peter Mansbridge Show it was revealed that they had a hoop di do for the space program, the Canadian space program, at the Canada’s Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. For those of you not familiar with this cool building it is right, right,
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
This evening’s proceedings will begin in a recording studio and finish up at the White House. This the Tedeschi Trucks band live in the studio with Learn How to Love. I believe this was recorded in Austin, Texas which would explain why they’re making jokes about Dallas-Fort Worth. This is
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Fave song of the week. Nice mix of emotion in this one. It’s from one of Avicii’s recent sets that now has over 1.2 million listens in the past 20 or so days. Wow. A great hour if you like this kind of music. And shhhh, don’t tell anyone…it’s my
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
Fave song of the week. Nice mix of emotion in this one. It’s from one of Avicii’s recent sets that now has over 1.2 million listens in the past 20 or so days. Wow. A great hour if you like this kind of music. And shhhh, don’t tell anyone…it’s my
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Demandez un choix pour le futur de l’accessibilité à Internet
Les grandes compagnies de télécom ont conclu une entente secrète qui étouffera les choix futures en matière d’accès à Internet et fera grossir votre facture de téléphone cellulaire. Nous méritons mieux. Les grandes compagnies de télécommunications doivent être obligées à suivre les règles. Exigez du Ministre de l’Industrie qu’il fasse
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: For The Regime In Ottawa So Convinced Of Its Competence….
A few reminders that the truth is otherwise from our friends at Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper Recommend this Post
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Stop Bell’s Takeover
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Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Polozogistics: Nine Thoughts About the Choice of the New Bank of Canada Governor
1. He’s Number Two: Stephen Poloz was widely acknowledged in economic and political circles as the second-best choice for the top job at the Bank of Canada. So the surprise was not that he was chosen. The surprise was, Why Not Tiff Macklem? Will someone please find out and tell
Continue readingwmtc: jeju island and the constitution-free u.s.-canada border: empire and resistance, at home and abroad
I’ve been hoping to write about this for months, but the right post and adequate time never seem to arrive at the same time. Rather than put it off any longer, I’ll pretend this is Tumblr or Pinterest or somesuch, and post it here without additional commentary. * * *
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Here is a snapshot of opinion from Cowichan Conversations readers who voted in the poll in response to changing our electoral system from ‘First Past the Post’ to a ‘Proportional Representation’ system that is used in many countries throughout the world today. There is a
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Husky sizing up natural gas offshore Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
Husky Energy is sizing up the potential of developing natural gas offshore Newfoundland and Labrador within the next decade, according to the leading petroleum industry news source upstreamonline.com. First exports could begin in 2025, if enough resources can be certified, according to upstream. The likely export destination would be western
Continue readingArt Threat: Show us your moxy
The newest agit-POP video from the folks at the Albino Squirrel Vimeo Channel asks Morgan Freeman and CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi to stand with Palestinians and consider cancelling an event set to take place in a few days.
Continue readingCanadian Trends: In the future there will be no law and order (only corporate policy and terrorism)
Hey folks, don’t worry about that “bail-in” clause, Mark Carnage says. Your deposits are safe! they’re insured! We’ll never need it, which is exactly why we’ve added it. As we all know the CDIC is in a perfectly sound position to protect Canadian deposits, don’t we? According to the CDIC’s
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Check Out Solar Impulse, Live, Online
Think of it as an aerial solar panel. The aircraft, Solar Impulse, is now winging its way across the United States. It’s currently on the San Fransisco to Phoenix leg of the trip. You can watch it live at live.solarimpulse.com Right now it’s at 15,900 feet with an airspeed of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Anniversary Many Would Like To Forget
In his column today, Tim Harper reminds us that yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the Harper majority government. It is hardly an occasion that progressives take delight in as columnist Harper makes reference to some of the regime’s retrograde policies and ‘achievements’: – streamlined environmental regulatory reviews – the
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: New series Alberta politics-themed childrens books released.
TweetPremier Alison Redford was criticized this week after she harshly denounced her opposition in a campaign-style speech to a group of school children in Calgary. In response to the Premier’s fiery words, book publishers jumped on the opportunity to reach impressionable young minds by releasing a series of children’s books
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