Happy Charter Day! And the importance of an "s"
Today's the 30th anniversary of the formal adoption of the 1982 Constitution Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A lot of ink has been recently devoted to the…
April 2012
Happy Charter Day! And the importance of an "s"
Today’s the 30th anniversary of the formal adoption of the 1982 Constitution Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A lot of ink has been recently devoted to the…
De apples and de oranges #nlpoli
You’d swear that provincial government departments had to hit quotas of good news media releases. Environment minister Terry French issued one on Monday that claimed that the provincial government had…
The elimination of the ECOPASS program…
… might turn me back to my car as my way to get to work… Flawed logic alert here folks: Termination of the ECOPASS program The introduction of PRESTO will…
Iintention to gift property trumps the presumption of resulting trust
Schwartz v. Schwartz, 2012 ONCA 239 is another decision dealing with the issue of the gifting of property and trusts in the context of domestic situation: As I have said,…
US Supreme Court Rules That Anyone Arrested For Any Reason Can Be Strip Searched At Any Time By Police
The Right’s ongoing goal for a more authoritarian American state got a big boost this week. A 5-4 ruling by the United States Supreme Court (5 Republican Judges FOR and…
The Race for Calgary-Greenway
Calgary Greenway is a new constituency formed in the redistribution, from sections of the former Calgary-Montrose as well as slices of Calgary-Cross and Calgary-McCall. It includes Applewood, Taradale, Coral Springs……
Going, Going, Gone: Dismantling the Progressive State
“An Auction”. William Pyne and William Combe (1808). Now that some time has passed since the federal budget it might be useful to step back and assess what it says…
4492…The Devil Is In The Details
I wuz reading in Ezra Levant’s Sun piece today that one of the ads that the soon to be defeated Conservative Party in Alberta is running is a piece that…
Is the British Potato in Peril?
It is estimated that the people of the United Kingdom consume their way through their country’s annual agricultural production by about Easter each year. Overall, therefore, Brits rely on imports…
Worthy of Celebration
April 17, 2012: Constitutional ‘divisions’ keep Harper from celebrating Charter January 23, 2011: Harper celebrates five years as PM
Baby Losers in Quebec Show Some Backbone
Ah, it is spring in Quebec and the university students in my town barricaded themselves in the main building of their university in defiant opposition to the court injunction that…
Danielle Smith’s Bozone layer: we get letters
“As a third generation Albertan and a born again Christian, I thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that there is a potential government coming that will heed the Word…
Thirty years ago today
The things that the Charter, and the Constitution, were designed to prevent are still a threat. And that is why today is a day to remember, and be vigilant, and…
Prophesatire: Network
Howard Beale: I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The…
Meet your Wildrose Candidate: Ron Leech
With the Alberta vote just days away, more and more is being revealed about the Wildrose candidates and their spectacularly ignorant, bigoted views. Today we meet Calgary Greenway candidate, Ron…
Alberta Votes Day 23: Born this Way
Above: Surely Allan Hunsperger sees the slippery slope this picture represents I think it’s safe to assume Wildrose candidate Allan Hunsperger’s $1,000 “good conduct bond” is as good as gone:…
Breastfeeding Makes Sane People Crazy
Why does any discussion of breastfeeding makes people a little insane? I don’t exclude myself: even I get a little agitated. Here are some examples of what I mean: Exhibit…
An alternative to A Grit-Dipper merger #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Okay so this is about the federal parties, but Rob Silver has a provocative idea. But why not start a discussion between Liberals, New Democrats, Red Tories, and young people…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 17, 2012: Religious symbols, the workplace and the duty to accommodate Video: Kirk Makin on the…