Bail for Murder
R. v. Nakashuk, 2011 NUCJ 16 deals with judicial interim release in the face of a murder charge. In such cases the critical ground will usually be the tertiary ground…
2012
Contempt, Period
Tim Naumetz reported yesterday in The Hill Times, that the Conservatives plan to shut down the parliamentary investigation into the purchase of F35 fighter jets: The government is set to…
PRESS RELEASE: Canada Bill C10 Hunger Striker to Undertake “Final Push” For Response From Prime Minister and Parliament
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 29, 2012 – This week I’ll start the “final push” for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Parliament’s response to my ongoing indefinite hunger strike against the…
Canada’s Selective Immigration Strategy: an Evolution (Part 5/6)
1923 – THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT In 1861, a Victoria newspaper was welcoming: “We have plenty of room for many thousands of Chinamen. … There can be no shadow of…
Help! My City is Broken!
So, in a personal Paul update, not to mention context to this post, I recently purchased a used car. I talked about this briefly in my earlier post about my…
Pack It In
If I was in charge, I’d send my MP’s home today, leaving empty opposition benches to serve as symbolic protest, as well as practical imagery of Harper’s Ottawa. In all…
Electoral Reform: Bridging The Liberal Credibility Gap
Last night I received two messages, both criticizing majority government rule. One was a mailing from the Liberal Party of Canada and the other was a robo-call from the Ontario…
The Next Wave Of Tory Ads?
It has also been rumoured that the Tories are going to be going on an advertising blitz which will promote the benefits of the oil sands to the rest of…
The Enbridge Pipeline: What’s At Stake?
Greenpeace’s latest video about the destructive Alberta tar sands, and the Enbridge Pipeline that our current federal government is intent on pushing through over all opposition: * Together, we can…
ACTRA Toronto congratulates Eric Peterson and R.H. Thomson on receiving the Order of Canada
FRIENDS steering committee member R.H. Thompson receives the Order of Canada.
Free solution for Catholic educators worried about “gay-straight alliances”
Promise to stop taking billions in taxpayer dollars. If you dislike what the government’s doing, stop taking government money, okay? You’re welcome.
Lomborg Makes It Official
Bjørn Lomborg’s assistant emailed me this morning to confirm that Mr. Lomborg no longer wished to have an entry on the Heartland Institute expert list: Dear M.J.Murphy, Thank you for…
Health Care Employment in NL #nlpoli
For those getting ready for this afternoon’s announcement by Eastern Health, here are some figures from Statistics Canada on employment in the health care sector in the province from October…
I have but one question…
… will the self-righteous, egotistic, fact-distorting, religiosity-spewing, gay-hating, liberal-bashing, blowhard, CPC toady – aka David Warren – lose his job? If so, I will happily re-subscribe to the 6 day…
The useful side of radiation
The news that Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have been found to have radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear accident has caused quite a stir in…
A Focused Environmental Autism Research Strategy Is Needed
If you have a child who is severely affected by an autism disorder, whose ability to understand the world is limited, who wanders into dangerous traffic, lakes or rivers, is…
Would you rather be punched in the face than join Klout?
I completely sympathize with this perspective, but I would ask you NOT to punch me in the face. Despite my better judgement I joined. Look at Klout this way: it’s…