Severance Pay and Public Servants
I am an economist, not a lawyer or expert on the collective agreements in the federal public service, but I can still detect a hatchet job. The CBC have given…
2012
Severance Pay and Public Servants
I am an economist, not a lawyer or expert on the collective agreements in the federal public service, but I can still detect a hatchet job. The CBC have given…
Observations and Assessments
NOTIONS TO SMALL FOR A BLOG POST, ALL IN ONE PLACE, A.K.A. THE PERIODIC LINK DUMP. Further to my post “Sleepy Sleepy Nurse”: Sleep or Die. Really. My job: Registered…
WTF is Going on in Scarborough-Rouge River?
Complaints from a federal Conservative candidate, a provincial Liberal MPP, and a failed municipal candidate, who all ran within Scarborough-Rouge River’s borders within the last two years, have pointed to…
The beginning of the end
As the winter semester of fourth year drags to an end it has been difficult for many of us to remain motivated with the knowledge that we’re moving on to…
In which Senator Duffy answers my question
When Senator Nicole Eaton kicked off an inquiry into the “interference of foreign foundations in Canada’s domestic affairs”, I asked: And will it be called the Senate Un-Canadian Activities Committee?…
Unions oppose energy conservation device #nlpoli
Unions representing Hydro-Quebec employees are oppose to a plan to install so-called smart meters in Quebec homes. According to the Montreal Gazette: One week before the Régie de l’énergie is…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 14, 2012: Jury Foreman Is Fined $500 for Online Sentencing Research; Judge Calls for Revised Model…
Ontario Chooses to Protect Old-Growth Forest
In northern Ontario there is a region called Temagami and it is absolutely stunning as it holds Ontario’s oldest old-growth forest and is the home to a diverse wildlife. In…
Con Senator Don Plett Wants to Know If Ecologists Are Funded by Al-Qaeda and Martians
I do not need to say more than the headline, do I? The people that are put into the Senate by Harper – his friends, his failed candidates, his party…
Healing Ourselves, Healing The World
I recently read the following quote: “life is a series of events that we’re not quite ready for”. Life is difficult; sometimes just getting out of bed in the morning…
Quick Hit: A Great Rebuttal to More Subway/Rob Ford Nonsense
So, there’s a flyer going around from a crappy group called S.A.F.E telling us the “truth” about Rob Ford’s subway plan. Side note: how self satisfied do you think the…
More G20 Police Brutality Justice Pending
One of the Toronto police officers identified in the G20 beating of Adam Nobody has now been identified in another incident occurring the same weekend. Const. Oliver Simpson’s employer, the…
So Santorum wins…
… two Bible-belt states… and some folks are surprised? Really? On the radio this morning, I hear him say to a crowd after the wins: “The most common thing I…
Sh*t Law Students Don’t Say
University of Windsor – Faculty of Law Class of 2013
A Liberal spark in Toronto-Danforth
A Liberal spark? What on earth is she talking about? Well, cynics, this post is not for you. Beware, earnestness ahead. I have posted two communications pieces here that Toronto-Danforth…
They Wanted A Debate
Ottawa A proposal from a Conservative backbencher to legally define fetuses as human beings – and reopen the abortion debate – will have its day in the House of Commons.…
Salvation Army launches a review of past maternity homes and adoption practices
Retired Calgary judge Herbert Allard has gone public with his concerns about past adoption practises and how unwed mothers were treated in Canada. ‘These people thought they were doing good…