Federalism Upside Down
Don Lenihan and Graham Fox argue this morning that, under the Harper government, federalism has been turned upside down: The federal government seems to have opted for a more transactional…
2012
A party must be ready for trial
Hess v. Town of Iqaluit, 2012 NWTCA 8 is a very ordinary case with one interesting aside – the plaintiff let the case drag and was faced with a motion…
Postmedia: Rogers seeks court approval to lie to Canadians
Today Rogers is butting heads with the Competition Bureau in the Ontario Superior Court. This big telecom company is seeking court approval to lie to Canadians in their advertising. This…
No, they agree, they will never again try to exercise their rights when confronted by police
In fairness to the police, they probably were on edge when the incident occurred — but that doesn’t justify what appears to have been a needless and very dangerous escalation.…
The Fluidity Of Our Charter Rights
Judging by both past events and current practices, I think it is safe to say that neither Premier Dalton McGuinty nor Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, along with his underlings,…
We Missed Something in Manitoba…
A by-election call and a new Opposition leader! Well, I missed it anyways. I knew that former PC Leader Hugh McFadyen had stepped down as leader and also as MLA…
montreal and massachusetts, polar opposites on animal welfare: please take action
This post is a classic case of “Which do you want first, the bad news or the good news?” But unfortunately for dogs and the people who love them, this…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, August 7, 2012
It’s “welcome back Tuesday” as we leave Ontario’s August Civic Holiday behind. To start this short week off, here are the weekend’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter…
From Harlequin Romances to Charles Bukowski
I have to watch what I read, for two reasons. The first is that I tend to adopt the writing style of whomever I’m reading. It’s just like “You are…
Ask General Kang: Do you have a profile on Facebook?
Absolutely! You can’t take over a planet without a few friends. I like the way that Facebook allows me to be connected the minutia of my friends’ lives. This is…
Not in today’s Sun: this column on politics and religion
“Where knowledge ends,” British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once opined, “religion begins.” So what do we know about the religions of Prime Ministers? Pierre Trudeau was a devout Roman Catholic,…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Hard to talk politics with the Olympics on? I know the feeling
I’ve been kind of lax with political stuff on here of late, but when it’s summer recess for Parliament, and the Olympics are on, I find it extremely hard to…
The Multiple Muskrat Falsehoods #nlpoli
Zack: Check it out, all about planets this month. Leonard: That’s an atom. Zack: Agree to disagree. That’s what I love about science, there’s no one right answer. Ya gotta…
The Bigot, the Blowtorch, and the Flaming Cheerios
It must have seemed like a great idea eh? To a bigot as dumb as this one. Show how much you hate General Mills for supporting gay marriage. "We do…
Comparing Olympic athletes
The New York Times has a fascinating interactive graphic which compares today’s athletes to Olympians back to 1896, in the sprint, the freestyle and the long jump. The difference between…