It is reasonable to argue the age sex education should commence. It is right and proper that religious groups be able to say 'we hold this or that to be a sin and wrong'.
But it is wrong to be homophobic; the Catholic Church holds that homos…
Continue readingThere is an articling crisis in Ontario. Many students enticed to law schools by the prospect of being a lawyer, can’t overcome the final hurdle because they can’t find an articling job. Ten months of working for an experienced lawyer is a prerequisite to joining the legal profession, in addition to a law degree, the […]
R. v. Borges, 2011 ONCA 621 deals with adjournments in Provincial Offences matters. When a case is adjourned is notice of the adjournment to be sent to the defendant?Some Justices of the Peace require prosecutors to tell absent defendant…
Continue readingHere we go again. Tim Hudak, desperately looking for ripe pockets of bigotry in the holes and corners of Ontario where Conservative votes may be harvested, issues a hate pamphlet to the lucky voters in the Brampton area. Here’s…
Continue readingThe article from Xtra in fairly in-depth. The most interesting bit:Liberal spokesperson Alicia Johnston says the flyers were distributed in English and Punjabi in a Brampton grocery store……which reminds me of this incident from the Toronto mayoral …
Continue readingHis last appearance on 60 Minutes of CBS. I sure will miss the old man’s last grumble on 60 Minutes.
Continue readingInteresting conversation between Colm Toibín and Jeffrey Eugenides in The New York Times yesterday. Both of them have new books out, hence the public chit chat about writing. But perhaps the most striking thing about their thoughts is the way they en…
Continue reading…because it’s DIFFERENT when Israelis do it: A mosque in an Arab village in the Galilee, northern Israel, was set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning in what police said was an arson attack, and its walls were defaced with Hebrew graffiti. The perpetrators were widely suspected of being Jewish extremists. The […]
Continue readingR. v Fry, 2011 BCCA 381 is a useful source for the proposition that a judge may properly suggest facts to a jury provided only that the judge is clear the jury is the ultimate trier of fact. The Court holds: [70] To begin, the law is clear th…
Continue readingI often talk to friends or strangers about law. I remember a debate I had with someone once about the government. Can it make arbitrary decisions? I said yes, and he said, rather indignantly, no. His logic was that arbitrary means capricious with a tinge of tyranny. Doesn’t our democratic government respect the rule of […]
Here’s another story I curated on Storify. There’s so much more multimedia content that can be used. I’ll be creating a storify collection(?) for what I worked on over the summer that will incorporate some these really cool features. For now here’s a s…
Continue readingOne of the better articles of Stephen Harper’s disastrous ‘economic stewardship’ from an economic website.Even in a world full of “posers”, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in a league of his own. I was first introduced to Harper’…
Continue readingCUSO is a Canadian-based non-profit that sends people oversees as volunteers to help the developing world. Recently as a drive to get more adults to help them out (you know you want to) they have produced a couple videos to show their work.
Every year, around 120,000 young Peruvians join the ranks of those who are […]
Continue readingDon’t just take my word for it, take theirs. Looking at Tim Hudak’s record on abortion, pro-choice advocates feel that a vote for the Conservative Party in the provincial election would put abortion rights in danger for women in Ontario. “Tim Hudak signed a petition to end abortion funding in Ontario,” said Carolyn Egan of […]
A new study from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is arguing that the effects of a warming world may cost Canada upwards of $5B by 2020, and will increase dramatically afterwards. The economic toll could rise anywhere between $21B and $43B annually by the 2050s. Paying the Price: The … Continue reading »
Finally! Great news for Arrested Development fans.Hurwitz said the new TV series could perhaps be broadcast in late 2012, while adding that “this isn’t my decision”. Bateman later tweeted that the film would probably be released in early 2013. “We…
Continue readingIt is not an accident that I am a political junkie. Even as a toddler, I was fed a steady diet of left-of-centre ideology, pro-union sentiments and anti-monarchist dogma. My mother, who was not overtly political, ensured I could recognize political leaders from around the world by sight before I could read, that I understood […]
Continue readingIn the last couple of weeks I’ve noted a certain amount of criticism directed at the Globe and Mail for allowing you to continue to write a regular column for that newspaper. I don’t think nearly enough of that criticism has been directed at you for continuing to take advantage of the Globe’s willingness to allow this situation to continue. I believe that the moment you entered the race for the NDP leadership, you should have recognized the unfair advantage that column provides you to promote your agenda and to build your profile. You should have resigned the position by now. That’s especially true when the other candidates are expected to resign from their roles in the shadow cabinet in order to, supposedly, level the playing field. The fact that those other candidates continue to be members of parliament with the public exposure that brings isn’t their problem. It’s yours. They were elected to represent their constituents and have an obligation to continue doing so. The longer this situation continues, the more it begins to look as though the fix is in and the leadership race is really just theatre for the benefit of the voters. Ethical considerations aside, I…
Continue readingRobert Kuttner writes, in today’s Huffington Post, that the Occupy Wall Street protests are a sign of what is to come:For three years, we have been wondering, where is the outrage? For a time, it was co-opted by the Tea Parties — a faux populism, atta…
Continue reading“We connect the prison industrial complex,with the military industrial complex,with the wallstreet oligarchy complex,and the corporate media multiplex.”if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushe…
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