Now, to let the money start rolling in…
You’ve likely seen at least one list, published in a newspaper’s ‘business’ section, of tips for how to manage that unruly influx of “young punks” wreaking havoc on workplaces around…
March 2012
Limitation Periods: Damage and damages are different concepts
Hamilton (City) v. Metcalfe & Mansfield Capital Corporation, 2012 ONCA 156 is a useful limitations case that makes clear the limitation period commences running when, among other things, damage is…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – RoboScam
Reading poetry is apparently cool; At least as cool as the Maple Leafs are. I hope I did a service for my country in reading this. Service was a pun,…
CBC royalties under review as music site sparks debate by Chantal Mack
CBC’s popular new music-streaming website is stirring debate over what royalties artists should receive, as SOCAN reviews just how much the national broadcaster should be paying.
former u.s. sergeant speaks out against recent massacre in afghanistan
Please watch this video of my friend Chris Vassey, a former sergeant in the US military, speaking at a recent Afghans For Peace vigil in Toronto. Chris has sacrificied so…
Botcha!?
AllOurBillionsThatFit BundleThis!Ville Bob Mackin reckons the Campbell/Clark Government just may have pulled another billion dollar fast-one for a friendly: Did the British Columbia government botch another billion-dollar deal? Some of…
Local vinyl shop snaps up priceless CBC collection by Mike Bell
Record store The Inner Sleeve has announced that it has purchsed CBC’s massive local collection of vinyl and compact discs, which the broadcaster had announced earlier in the year it…
Spring and a Breather
It’s uncanny…I saw crocuses a couple of days ago. In 2008 I kept a daily journal of spring’s coming–it was a typical year–and the crocuses were up on April 10th…
The New Solitudes
Gerry Nicholls writes that there are two Canadas. Not the two solitudes Hugh Maclennan described seventy years ago — although reaction in Quebec to the recently passed omnibus crime bill…
Inquiry Politics: Reasons Not to Call an Inquiry
As the scandal deepens and the Liberals are implicated in illegal calls of their own, there are growing calls to ban political robocalls. I’m not sure why people think that…
Severance Pay and Public Servants
I am an economist, not a lawyer or expert on the collective agreements in the federal public service, but I can still detect a hatchet job. The CBC have given…
Severance Pay and Public Servants
I am an economist, not a lawyer or expert on the collective agreements in the federal public service, but I can still detect a hatchet job. The CBC have given…
Observations and Assessments
NOTIONS TO SMALL FOR A BLOG POST, ALL IN ONE PLACE, A.K.A. THE PERIODIC LINK DUMP. Further to my post “Sleepy Sleepy Nurse”: Sleep or Die. Really. My job: Registered…
WTF is Going on in Scarborough-Rouge River?
Complaints from a federal Conservative candidate, a provincial Liberal MPP, and a failed municipal candidate, who all ran within Scarborough-Rouge River’s borders within the last two years, have pointed to…
The beginning of the end
As the winter semester of fourth year drags to an end it has been difficult for many of us to remain motivated with the knowledge that we’re moving on to…
In which Senator Duffy answers my question
When Senator Nicole Eaton kicked off an inquiry into the “interference of foreign foundations in Canada’s domestic affairs”, I asked: And will it be called the Senate Un-Canadian Activities Committee?…
Unions oppose energy conservation device #nlpoli
Unions representing Hydro-Quebec employees are oppose to a plan to install so-called smart meters in Quebec homes. According to the Montreal Gazette: One week before the Régie de l’énergie is…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 14, 2012: Jury Foreman Is Fined $500 for Online Sentencing Research; Judge Calls for Revised Model…
Ontario Chooses to Protect Old-Growth Forest
In northern Ontario there is a region called Temagami and it is absolutely stunning as it holds Ontario’s oldest old-growth forest and is the home to a diverse wildlife. In…
Con Senator Don Plett Wants to Know If Ecologists Are Funded by Al-Qaeda and Martians
I do not need to say more than the headline, do I? The people that are put into the Senate by Harper – his friends, his failed candidates, his party…