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R. v. Rudge, 2011 ONCA 791 has a useful discussion of when an adverse inference may be drawn by a failure to call a witness: [78]         The Supreme Court of Canada addressed the issue of an adverse inference in the context of the Crown's failure to call a witness in R. v. Jolivet,

TheLINOsCanFightCityHall TheBigMarshmallowVille Well, well, well…. It looks like nobody can blame Lotusland’s mayor Gregor Robertson for the fact that Terry Fox is still being forced to run for Budweiser and Pepsi under a blinding neon glare every single night. Bob Mackin has the FOI-assisted story. .

Canada eliminated mandatory retirement Friday after the government repealed sections of the labor code that had enabled employers to force workers to retire once they reached the age of 65.  …and the Harper gov. deserves some rare kudos for getting it done.  An event undeservedly ignored by the youth/twitter/facebook obsessed

Skullduggery and complete bullshit. And the new speaker, a conservative from Sask says it’s reprehensible, but ok. It didn’t affect Irwin Cotler’s ability to do his job. Scheer said. I say again, what a load of bullshit. So the Cons will keep on doing what they have been doing, pushing

Duty? WeDon’tNeedNoStinkin’DutyVille Remember those dock-destroying, fuel-guzzling ferries that British Columbians paid the Germans to build to make sure British Columbians didn’t. Build them, I mean. Well. Way back when (i.e. 2005) we talked about the nut-cutting that was required to make the thing work financially: “….the only way that Mr.