Al Jazeera Reports On The Enbridge Pipeline
It would be great if we could get some in-depth reporting on the issues surrounding the Alberta tar/bitumen sands from the Canadian media (from some place other than the completely…
June 2012
How Do You Compete Against a Computer Game?
That’s the dilemma faced by South Korea’s Defence Aquisition Program Administration (DAPA). DAPA is trying to hold a competition for new jet fighters for South Korea’s air force. There are…
A Climate Change Noah’s Ark
Consider it something like a bomb shelter for species endangered by global warming. The Nature Conservancy is cataloguing regions best suited to accommodate plant and animal species that might otherwise…
Bailing out a friend; not a trivial matter
Early one morning your phone rings and it's a lawyer calling from Court. A friend of yours was arrested the night before and the lawyer is asking whether you can…
Nothing mysterious about gods followers
This is a picture of Stephen Woodworth, the Harper conservative MP from Kitchener Ontario who instead of facing total humiliation with the rejection of his private member’s bill and ending…
States Continue To Push For Anti-Climate and Anti-Evolution Curriculum Laws
confused-child.jpg It looks like Tennessee can add another dumb law to join the ranks of other special ones such as being able to shoot whales out of a car, marrying…
A joint sentencing submission should not be departed from unless it is contrary to the public interest and would bring the administration of justice into disrepute
R. v. Lazo, 2012 ONCA 389 has a useful statement about joint submissions as to sentence especially in drug cases: A joint submission should not be departed from unless it is contrary…
Toronto Joins Other Cities and Bans Plastic Bags
Toronto has joined other cities around the world that has banned plastic bags. San Francisco banned plastic bags earlier in the year, and we mustn’t forget that a small town…
Picture of an idiot
This is a picture of Larry Miller the Harper conservative MP from rural Ontario, who would like Canada to consider leaving the United Nations because of its criticism of the…
A Few More Notes on Women Writers. . .
Last week I posted a list of English women writers from the 19th century. Though I got very little response to the post, confirming the lack of literary interests on…
The Disaffected Lib 2012-06-07 11:58:00
An article from Reuters asks “Can Occupy Wall Street Survive?” “More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase…
The Jewel in the Crown – India
India has nothing but friends these days, that is if you leave out Pakistan. Russia’s her friend, has been for generations. China wants to be India’s BFF. And America is…
The "Plain View" Doctrine
R. v. Atkinson, 2012 ONCA 380 gives a good restatement of the law relating to the “plain view” doctrine in the context of searches: (iv) The “Plain View” Doctrine The…
Ontario GSA Bill Passes
Ontario passed Bill 13 this week, which forbids school administrators from banning Gay-Straight Alliances. Hooray! The congratulalien has been vindicated! Good job, Ontario.
Calling all creative and smart bankers
A family member with a very big and very steady source of income, and a property with tons of equity in it, is getting majorly jerked around by a major…
Science Brings Rare Planetary Event To Our Living Rooms
For those of you who, like me, didn’t have a pair of eyeball-protecting goggles to watch as the planet Venus crossed the face of the sun this past Tuesday, here’s…
June 7: Yawn…
Today’s Moncton Times and Tribune can’t even contrive to be its normal lying and obscuring self. It’s just, plain boring. Perhaps the biggest story is p. 1 of NewsToday. “PM…
Larry Miller: Idiot
I cannot stress how silly some of our elected politicians are sometimes. I don’t find people like Stephen Woodworth, or Alexandre Boulerice, or even good ol’ Gilles Duceppe “silly” –…
Del Maestro in Hot Water? Has EC grown a pair?
CPC Dean Del Maestro got a rude wakeup call yesterday. It seems that Elections Canada is investigating his campaign spending for the 2008 because of a serendipitous small claims action…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 07, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 07, 2012: University of Windsor Law Prof Finds Self-Represented Litigants Going Through “Real Trauma” Judge grants…