Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for December 7, 2011

Here are the leading legal headlines for Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from Wise Law on Twitter: BC court dismisses as ‘fishing expedition’ application for access to Facebook … – Vancouver Sun http://bit.ly/d62xgF Stephen Harper, Barack Obama set to unveil border deal http://bit.ly/vAquvd Court Brings Clarity to Amended Summary Judgment Rule – Blakes http://bit.ly/d62xgF 

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Perfect morning music…

if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find yourself returning again and again…then link me. if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you,

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CalgaryGrit: Outsiders

Last week, I lamented that kind of dirty tactics we saw in Mount Royal are turning Canadians off politics (as did Bruce Anderson). As luck would have it, the good folks at Samara released a report today looking at why politically disengaged Canadians are disengaged. It makes for a good

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Northern Reflections: Morally Adrift

There has always been an unpleasant stench of righteousness about the Harper Conservatives. I use the word “stench,” because they so obviously do not practise what they preach. They lack a collective conscience. But, Frances Russel writes in The Winnipeg Free Press, “the Conservatives’ penchant for playing hardball and dirty

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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Research Studies Exclude Low Functioning Autistic Participants

Discrimination against persons with low functioning autism disorders takes many forms. It is particularly rampant in the autism research world where studies purporting to inform us about autism almost invariably exclude low functioning autistic participants. Conclusions are again being drawn about persons with autism spectrum disorders based on a study which

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Trashy's World: The Ontario Liberal…

… anti bullying legislation has brought out of the woodwork some prime examples of how narrow-minded self-interest can trump common sense and compassion. Essenatially, the proposed legislation puts into place mechanisms that will mandate schools to act aggressively against those who bully. It also lays out some ground rules for

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