Diversity in judicial appointments; let’s not overstate the record
A well-known lawyer was quoted in the Law Times saying: "… of the last 100 judicial appointments by the Tories, 98 per cent of them have been white men. "…
May 2012
So what did I do today?
Sometimes days are just blurs. And I can’t remember what on earth I did. But then, I remember we have computers and they have ways of keeping track of everything.
Providing parts of instructions to jury is dangerous
R. v. Li, 2012 ONCA 291 deals with providing parts of jury instructions to jury. The Court holds: In R. v. Poitras (2002), 57 O.R. (3d) 538, Doherty J.A. approved the possibility…
The real generational time-bomb isn’t in pensions
There is a definite concern world-wide about whether the younger generations can shoulder existing pension fund obligations for retiring baby-boomers and then for themselves. Every other month there are articles…
Procedural rights exception to the presumption against the retrospectivity of legislation
Peel (Police) v. Ontario (Special Investigations Unit), 2012 ONCA 292 deals with the well-established presumption against the retrospective application of legislation and an exception to the presumption – the "procedural…
Minister Kenney surprises Burmese community with special announcement
Minister Kenney surprises Burmese community with special announcement Statement of Canadian Friends of Burma – May 7, 2012 OTTAWA – Honorable Jason Kenney, Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism, visited…
The Myth of BC Liberal ‘Neutrality’ on Enbridge
“With respect to northern gateway, let me say our government is pro pipeline,” says the Premier of British Columbia. Christy Clark made this claims in question period last week. She…
Why we should all Black Out and Speak Out
Monday, May 7, 2012 The Black Out Speak Out campaign wants to mobilize concerned citizens, businesses and organizations across the country to speak out for Canadian democracy and our environment…
Reproducing Order
In its interim Report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TR C) noted that “Canadians have been denied a full and proper education as to the nature of Aboriginal societies. They…
Keeping corporate tyrants at bay
Freedom of information…, George Monbiot, The Guardian “Modern government could be interpreted as a device for projecting corporate power. Since the 1980s, in Britain, the US and other nations, the…
State terrorism visits Quebec student protesters
Please note that this video contains disturbing graphic images of police violence and state terrorism against the ongoing student protests in Quebec. The video is accompanied by “Which side are…
Openness and Transparency in GovernmAnt
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2012/05/mutiny-on-the-in-camera-committee-circuit-is-the-ndp-poised-to-strike-back-part-3.html
Complete Original ’07 Zeitgeist With 2010 Updates by_ Peter Joseph -Video
I just watched the above video. It is a long video but it is amazing. It suggests that 10 Jesus like figures existed before him. Starting with Horus who was…
Not a story to be ignored, after all
The following conversation between the three voices of NW’s Trailing Edge from the Ledge was first reported at Northern Insight in October 2009. Today, the boys got to say what…
Perhaps they had to shut it down because they don’t know what “fulsome” means
One dictionary: Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree: “they are almost embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation.” It also means “copious.” That’s probably not what she meant in her memo.…
Eurozone: The coming New Deal
Thank heavens for democracy! In a world taken to the brink of financial implosion because of lax regulations of financial institutions, incompetence of regulatory authorities, pure greed on the part…
Blast Furnace Canada Blog 2012-05-07 14:48:00
Today, David Frum in a column for CNN said the obvious, what most of us in the progressive movement have been saying — that Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican challenger…