Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, November 28, 2012: Ohio Senate kills anti-abortion ‘heartbeat’ bill Ohio Senate kills anti-abortion ‘heartbeat’ bill NY man…
TweetAnother exclusive story from CBC investigative reporter Charles Rusnell: Premier Alison Redford, while justice minister, personally chose her ex-husband’s law firm for a government tobacco-litigation contract worth potentially tens of…
In the eye of the storm, a clearly shaken Ford pin-balled Tuesday from twitchy forelock-tugging in front of the cameras to civic boosting at the Grey Cup championship parade —…
With the Liberal leadership race taking shape (Marc Garneau set to announce today), it is becoming apparent, this exercise will be anything but a beauty contest. One of the criticisms…
With the Liberal leadership race taking shape (Marc Garneau set to announce today), it is becoming apparent, this exercise will be anything but a beauty contest. One of the criticisms…
With the Liberal leadership race taking shape (Marc Garneau set to announce today), it is becoming apparent, this exercise will be anything but a beauty contest. One of the criticisms…
With the Liberal leadership race taking shape (Marc Garneau set to announce today), it is becoming apparent, this exercise will be anything but a beauty contest. One of the criticisms…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Ed Broadbent comments on both the growing problem of inequality, and the one institution which can do something about it:Canada is not doing better.…
With Bill C-377, the Harper government has declared open war on labour. Tom Walkom writes in today's Toronto Star that:The real target of Conservative MP Russ Hiebert’s private member’s bill…
The other day I wrote a post about Bill C-377, ostensibly a private member's bill put forward by Conservative MP Russ Hiebert that would subject unions to unprecedented scrutiny. It…
Here’s a little snippet that didn’t make it into The Fridgularity. I cut the description of Landon, Ontario’s founding because it doesn’t really add much to the story, though it’s…
Greater Sudbury (City) v. McNeil 2012 ONCJ 157, 99 W.C.B. (2d) 754 has a careful analysis of what is, and more important is not, included as a lesser offence for…
StoryTORONTO, Ont. - While Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's lawyer prepares to apply for a stay in the conflict-of-interest ruling, a report suggests the Ford election machine is revving up with…
...and now they're committing suicide right in front of me. From Sun media's paywall Q&A: In Canada, media companies are also looking to digital monetization to grow their revenue. Sun…
The contemporary political moment is inflected with both optimism and collapse, unexpected insurrections and brutal repressions. In Greece, Russia, the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Spain, and elsewhere, the current…
As the COP 18 climate talks continue in Doha this week, this video is a good reminder of why Canada has been the winner of Consecutive Fossil of the Year…
So you are thinking about starting a blog. Great! Before you go any further, go vote for SRBP as the Best Political Blog in Canada. There are a couple of…
When I saw Rob Ford today, sort of apologizing for the first time in his life, I'm almost felt sorry for him."Looking back, maybe I could have expressed myself in…
BC Investment Management Corporation may come to regret its rush to invest in big tobacco firms. After adding shares in eight of nine tobacco stocks in fiscal 2012, bcIMC had…
Muscial icon Stevie Wonder will perform for a fundraiser to support the Israeli military, who recently ended their week-long bombing campaign of Gaza that killed 160 Palestinians and injured one…
