R. v. Khan, 2011 BCCA 382 is an important decision from the British Columbia Court of Appeal. It deals with Oath Helping, Vetrovec and something akin to the rule in Browne v. Dunn (1893) 6 R. 67, H.L. The rule in Browne v Dunn says that a…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4051…"You Sound Like You Are Running…
…for the leader of the opposition.”The quote of the elex sports fans comes from Metro Morning’s Matt Galloway.In his ten minuteish interview with Buffalo Tim Hudak Mr. Galloway seemed confused. Confused by Buffalo Tim that is.Check out Warren Kinsel…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4050…On The Negative Side For Buffalo Tim
It looks like Benedict Tony Genco, known as Fat Tony to his friends, a candidate Buffalo Tim touted as a challenger to Greg Sorbara in Vaughn, is going to get beat like a rented mule.This will make Fat Tony some sort of answer to a trivia question in p…
Continue readinggritchik: The ONDP campaign has become a farce
This was raised yesterday. And now that I’ve seen it for myself, I agree. What a joke.
Spotted in the riding of Trinity-Spadina this morning. On public lampposts. One passerby summed it up nicely: Not cute, NDP.
Maybe It’s Just Me, But Isn’t The (O)NDP Supposed To Be a Forward Thinking Party?
I did see this pic of the orange stiletto on some of my facebook friends’ profile pics and wondered what it was. For them, I thought it was amusing; they were celebrating fall; the advent of Halloween; stuff like that. After all, I’m in Quebec and not privy to all . . . → Read More: Maybe It’s Just Me, But Isn’t The (O)NDP Supposed To Be a Forward Thinking Party?
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: What Saturday’s Win by Red Tory Redford Means in Alberta
Alison Redford was Saturday’s surprise winner of the Alberta PC leadership race. As stunned as frontrunner Gary Mar was, the most surprised may have been Alberta’s opposition parties, who had no doubt begun positioning themselves against Mar.So how doe…
Continue readingCNN on Occupy Wall Street: "Bang on the bongos, smoke weed!"
If there any doubts that CNN turned a far right with the hiring of far right blogger Erick Erickson and Breitbart flunky Dana Loesch with no progressive counterpart, take a look at how one CNN reporter characterizes a news story.The reporter, Alison Ko…
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: Tim Hudak … A Man Without a Plan
Tim gets his asshat handed to him politely this morning. Listen here for yourself.
Continue readingwmtc: the f-word: famine is the real obscenity
Signing a petition seems such a paltry, insignificant act when measured against the massive starvation in Somalia. I remind myself of what Gandhi said: Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.Please sign the petit…
Continue readinggritchik: Tim Hudak continues to campaign from the gutter
It’s a lie, what Hudak’s saying. He’s become desperate as his once certain victory is slipping away and is now using this disgusting, bigoted rhetoric to try to motivate his social conservative base. He’s counting that voters believe the shit he’s shoveling, even though his claims have been completely discredited and revealed as the lies […]
Dented Blue Mercedes: Something brewing beneath transphobic ads in Ontario
On September 28th, Charles McVety’s Institute for Canadian Values pushed a proposed curriculum for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) into the forefront of the Ontario election, with a full-page ad published in the National Post. The ad read, “Please! Don’t Confuse Me. I’m a girl. Don’t teach me to question if I’m a boy, 
Morton's Musings: Get out and vote! Every vote counts!
The PCs have an advantage in that they tend to have more motivated voters. We cannot afford to be complacent — every vote counts! (And if you are PC, well, make sure to vote too — the way a democracy works is by voting and while I disagree with you, …
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Prime Minister By Default
Stephen Harper likes to claim that Conservative values are Canadian values. But, if the two provincial elections which have taken place this week — and the one which will take place in Ontario tomorrow — are any indication, Canadians are far from Con…
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: On the train heading to la ville de Québec
Well, the adventure continues. I’m departing Kingston and heading to my next posting in la belle province, ou pays if you prefer. Since joining the CF in March of 2010 I’ve been to bases in St Jean Quebec, Kingston Ontario, Wainwright…
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": Another Victim Of FPTP
From the coverage of the Manitoba election:McFadyen added that his party was the victim of a cruel numbers game under the first-past-the post election system.”Under any other circumstance we would be happy with 45 per cent of the popular vote,” he said…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Put Those Things Away Ladies. This Is Too Important
The Wall Street protests continue, with activists promising to hold out for months. However, another element has been brought in, that has no place in a legitimate rally.Topless women with signs requesting that gawkers not look at them but listen to th…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: 6 reasons to vote Liberal
Stole this shamelessly from a friend, but I really like it. Forward. Together. >
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Searching for Rescue #nlpoli #nlvotes
Tory boss Kathy Dunderdale and Grit boss Kevin Aylward both think that the provincial government should investigate search and rescue response times around the province and then push Ottawa to spend more. Classic provincial politician’s political pl…
Continue readingMore on the Flogs Issue
BCL has more on the M THIRTY enviro flogs issue.Also, I’ve heard that PB is removing identified flogs.
Continue readingQuebec May Open Safe Injection Sites A L’Insite And Compassion Club
It would be about time and why shouldn’t we? We are, after all, a province of progress or supposed to be. After all, we opened the first Compassion club, a place, highly supervised, where sick people with the prescription from a medical professional can obtain medicinal marijuana, albeit, on the fringes of the . . . → Read More: Quebec May Open Safe Injection Sites A L’Insite And Compassion Club
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