Canada’s Newest Law Student – Helena Guergis
If you are starting law school this fall at the University of Alberta, you’ll have a celebrity of sorts in your class. Helena Guergis, the former MP who unsuccessfully sued…
August 2012
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Linda McQuaig highlights how attacks on workers are used to distract attention from the systematic transfer of wealth to those who need it…
5111…My Fave Part Of Ottawa Pride
Is this schmuck. He is there every year and every year he makes the paper. This is from 2012’s Ottawa Citizen. One year he was batman, not to be confused…
Rebel Gardens: Veggies that Change Policies
Last month I was interviewed by Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper about an unusual case of “guerilla” gardening. A couple, in the nearby town of Drummondville, had transformed the grassy verge…
Rebel Gardens: Veggies that Change Policies
Last month I was interviewed by Montreal's Le Devoir newspaper about an unusual case of "guerilla" gardening. A couple, in the nearby town of Drummondville, had transformed the grassy verge…
Rebel Gardens: Veggies that Change Policies
Last month I was interviewed by Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper about an unusual case of “guerilla” gardening. A couple, in the nearby town of Drummondville, had transformed the grassy verge…
Faking Syrian War Images To Manipulate The Western Public
The demonization of genocidal dictators like Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad is standard practice in the western media’s coverage of developing-world crises. In the photo-shopped imaged below, The Krone (Die…
What does Dalton McGuinty have against physiotherapists?
In 2005 the Ontario government partially delisted physiotherapy, limiting public coverage to Ontarians who are age 19 and younger or 65 and older, to those receiving Ontario Disability Support or…
Ontario Employment Law: Mitigating Damages By Staying With The Same Employer
In Ghanny v. 498326 Ontario Limited, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice was faced with a question that has become all too common in these difficult market conditions. Must an…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, August 31, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 31, 2012: Textual Originalism and the Great Sandwich Debate: Posner Reviews Scalia Arpaio Must Stand Trial…
A Sage Observation
Paul Kahnert of Markham has an uncommonly apt observation in this morning’s Star, one that I’m sure the ideologues leading us both federally and provincially will choose to ignore: Re:…
Silence from Ottawa
Maybe this is the right approach. Certainly Stephen Harper is not very popular in Quebec so speaking out might hurt federalism. Still, even if he is silent I strongly suspect…
Oh, Quebec, Where Art Thou?
Jeffrey Simpson’s column, in this morning’s Globe and Mail, is a sad commentary on Quebec’s links to the rest of Canada: In most walks of life – in what we…
Ask General Kang: How do you choose a new leader?
Well, on my home planet of Neecknaw, this is a simple affair. The new leader chooses himself. Or herself. But we haven’t had a female leader since the Gloomy Ages…
Public hearing into secrecy request #nlpoli
It’s not just that the Muskrat Falls project is a bad idea; the process by which the current provincial administration is forcing it through stinks as well. If you want…
"We want a country"
Who really thought the Quebec election would end up here? At a rally last night in Montreal, the separatists were unabashed and evidently feeling quite confident going into the weekend:…
RWW: Why you should you be terrified of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has long been shrouded in secrecy. Although a few key leaks have given insight to strict copyright laws, collection of private data and criminalized Internet use –…
English paper runs, and then spikes, story about Todd Bentley not being banned from the UK?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Something odd involving the local newspaper, the Croydon Advertiser, whose reporting eventually led to Todd Bentley being banned by the UK…