140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, March 23, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, March 23, 2012: Air Canada cancels dozens of flights after wildcat strike in Toronto via@globeandmail Harper sets…
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The Consequences of Expressing An Opinion In HarperWorld
Just a brief post here. Apparently airport groundworkers in Toronto and Montreal are out on a wildcat strike as a result of three members expressing an opinion of Labour Minister…
Premier Brad Wall Accidentally Asks Very Pertinent Question About Subsidies To Potash Industry
@PremierBradWall You mean like the taxpayer funded subsidy you give the Potash Industry? er.gov.sk.ca/Potash-Tax-Gui… #skpoli — leftdog (@leftdog) March 23, 2012 Originally blogged by John Cameron at The Dog Blog…
heckle the govt and lose your job? support air canada wildcat strike!
Three machinists, members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, were suspended after “sarcastically applauding” Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt as she walked to her flight. They may…
Police Chief Bill Blair Well-Rebuked
Oh, there is much in the news today to report and comment on, but I’ll start with something close to my heart: Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, whom I regard…
Butterscotch Pie
Cecil and Barton were locked in a gentlemen’s psycho-drama that ammunition could not solve. How it had begun, neither could say. Perhaps it had to do with one of them…
My choice for NDP leader is for Thomas Mulcair
I have watched the NDP leadership campaign over the past seven months. There is an impressive list of candidates to replace Jack Layton. However, one candidate impresses me the most--Thomas…
My choice for NDP leader is for Thomas Mulcair
I have watched the NDP leadership campaign over the past seven months. There is an impressive list of candidates to replace Jack Layton. However, one candidate impresses me the most–Thomas…
My choice for NDP leader is for Thomas Mulcair
I have watched the NDP leadership campaign over the past seven months. There is an impressive list of candidates to replace Jack Layton. However, one candidate impresses me the most--Thomas…
how you can support striking tpl workers
An open letter from my friend and comrade Jonathon Hodge. See below for picket schedule. Dear friend/neighbor/colleague, Many of you are library users, or know someone who is, and so…
My choice for NDP leader is for Thomas Mulcair
I have watched the NDP leadership campaign over the past seven months. There is an impressive list of candidates to replace Jack Layton. However, one candidate impresses me the most–Thomas…
Inflation Central
Statistics Canada reported today that consumer prices edged up by 0.1% in February on a seasonally-adjusted basis, bringing the annual inflation rate to 2.6% and the core inflation rate to…
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Election Fraud in Canada?
On this Friday I’ll let Rick Mercer have the last word on the state of democracy in Canada:
Signs show Harper Conservatives’ popularity beginning to slip
I'm not completely convinced these poll numbers are right. That said, governments are not defeated by others, they defeat themselves: http://natpo.st/GRFeID "The Environics poll had the Conservatives and NDP tied…
Our Time Has Come
i am going to the NDP convention to elect the person who could well be the next Prime Minister of Canada. it feels good. We have fielded a great group…
The meaning of life
I’m working at home this week and next. I like walking to work, so I go for a walk each morning before I get started. We’re not talking a quick…
Sound Doctrine Church/WinePress Publishing – Malcolm John Fraser charged – 1st degree rape of a child
In February I blogged about Afshin Javid, a Canadian speaker/author who lost his ministerial credentials when Christians in BC publicly stepped forward to express concerns about his conduct. Javid’s book…
Fox News North Gets Sued!
Sources tell me that Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman has launched a defamation suit against Sun TV. His suit pertains to an episode of Michael Coren’s The Arena on…
The Election Suppression Conundrum – All That Is Really Certain…
. ….Is That Everything Is Uncertain. OK. I have finally read SFU Economics professor Anke Kessler’s draft academic paper titled, ‘Does misinformation demobilize the electorate? Measuring the impact of alleged…