My link to The Linc
Lincoln Alexander served as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Alexander was also a Governor of the Canadian Unity Council. In 1968, he was elected to…
2012
Lincoln Alexander dies
Sad news indeed. I remember him running for Parliament in 1968 and winning my then Riding. A real giant of a man both in spirit and physically. I last saw…
Support our Light the Night Walk
Grant LaFleche, writing for the St. Catherine’s Standard, wrote a column yesterday calling on atheists to be more charitable. It’s a common trope that atheists and Humanists don’t give as…
Shaking Hands with the Devil You Think You Know….
While the Cons huff and puff and try to simply blow our House of Parliament down, let me play devil’s advocate here and rant about something that no one else…
The lowdown on substance use
Last night I attended a free session at our local mental health facility. It was called Getting the Low Down on Substance Use, and was presented by Michael Coughlin, a…
Gruending On Chaplains In Prisons
If the changes introduced by Minister Toews are not really about cutting costs, then what is going on? The best analysis that I have seen is from Stephen Maher for…
work computer may be "private" for purposes of search and seizure
R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53 was released this morning. In summary, a person may well have a reasonable expectation of privacy protected by the Charter on a work computer.…
On grassroots input
Saskatchewan’s NDP has released a report on its labour and employment consultations. And between the 700 participants and the report’s drafters, there are plenty of noteworthy suggestions and recommendations worth…
Oct. 18: Visions vs. mirages….
For the second day in a row, The Moncton Times and Transcript has a front page story on the demolition of Wesley Memorial United Church. As others of this paper’s…
Problems of the technological singularity
Alltop has nightmares too. No funny blogs!
5249…A True Progressive Conservative Dies
Lincoln Alexander. He was great. Light a candle. WFDS
Advertising Offensive, Or Offensive Advertising?
The newspapers I read have been full of advertising from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers with pictures of attractive “real” people extolling the virtues of the Alberta Oil Sands…
Grace
The sun crested the dry, brown autumn hills this morning and flooded my bedroom with a rich orange light. Clouds streaked with pink and crimson lay brilliant behind the skeletons…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – In writing recently about employer efforts to intimidate workers into backing corporate-friendly candidates, I figured that the best examples we’d see would come…
A Sympton of Cowardice
Some commentators such as Jeffrey Simpson have praised Dalton McGuinty for leaving politics at a time of his choosing, on terms of his choosing. But there are others — even…
Stephen Harper and Principle #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale, from her unscripted speech at the Tory party annual meeting, via the Telegram’s James McLeod: We didn’t support the Harper government, people of Newfoundland and Labrador didn’t.…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, October 19, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, October 19, 2012: Making legal education more practical while containing costs Video: Jon Stewart Challenges Obama On…
Mitigation of damages
Southcott Estates Inc. v. Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2012 SCC 51 is an important decision on mitigation of damages. It upholds the modern law requiring mitigation in contract in…