2012
Let Him Dangle
Well, it’s hard to imagine it’s the times that have changedWhen there’s a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strangeIf killing anybody is a terrible crimeWhy does this…
Record of lethargic indifference
Considering amounts extracted from taxpayers for BC Ferries brilliant management team, imagine the tab if they’d been competent and successful. David Hahn departed to enjoy one of the most costly…
The Difference Between Their Dippers and our Tories #nlpoli
When it comes to transparency and accountability for megaprojects, the New Democratic government in Nova Scotia is light years ahead of the Progressive Conservatives in Newfoundland and Labrador “These are…
Shocking WebMD Medscape Autism Article
WebMD Medscape has published a shocking autism article in which it …. acknowledges the existence of large numbers of persons with Autistic Disorder and …. Intellectual Disability. The article even…
Avoiding Extinction: The Launch of Mitch Kowalski
Last night, Toronto lawyer and writer Mitch Kowalski formally launched his book, Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21st Century, at an event at Ben McNally Books in downtown…
Those Law Bloggers Meetup (Again)
We had another successful meetup of Toronto’s law blogging and tweeting community on Monday night at The Keg on York Street, downtown. Here’s a look at the lineup: Left: Jessica…
Obama and the Cruelty of Hatred
It was long overdue. “At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples…
Alberta: Confederation’s biggest kid starts whining at first hint of opposition
“Put ’em up, put ’em up! I’ll fight you with one paw tied behind my back,” former Alberta premier Ed Stelmach tells Dalton McGuinty and Thomas Mulcair as Alberta Premier…
School employers seek to force BCTF members to volunteer
This is kind of amazing – the BC Public Schools Employers’ Association (the arms-length thing the government created to manage negotiations with the BCTF) is going to the LRB to…
The right side of history
I’ve said before, we usually don’t get to choose the battle, we only get to choose our side. I’m glad to see Obama chose the right side today.In Canada, Paul…
Racist Vandalism in Calgary
N-word scratched into car door shocks Calgary woman By Clara Ho, Calgary HeraldMay 9, 2012 CALGARY — Nothing could prepare Antonia Mohamed for the ugly sight she saw as she…
4619…We Have A Place For All; Even Serial Killers
We are the Canadian Armed Forces. CTV says that “Defence Minister Peter MacKay has apologized for a Department of National Defence booklet containing a photograph of convicted murderer Russell Williams.…
Andrew Coyne and the Quebec Students
They staged massive peaceful demonstrations for twelve weeks, hundreds of them were arrested for no good reason. Many of them were beaten and gassed. One of them lost an eye.…
I forgot to shave today
There. I admitted it. Of course I don’t actually have the sort of facial hair to allow me to grow a beard but I do in fact shave every day…
Yay Obama!
Today was a historic day. It’s the day President Barack Obama endorsed equal marriage in an emotional interview with ABC. I think it’s quite meaningful considering there is no consensus…
Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.
Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. Ernest Hemingway
A Message To Those Arrested on May 1st in Montreal
This past May 1st, in the hours following the anti-capitalist demonstration organized by CLAC-Montreal (the Anti-Capitalist Convergence), 107 people were arrested and several were brutalized by the police. So far…
Judge’s reasons ought not to consist reproductions of the written arguments of counsel
Fuller Western Rubber Linings Ltd. v Spence Corrosion Services Ltd., 2012 ABCA 137 holds that reasons ought not to consist reproductions of the written arguments of counsel. Such a practice…
Conservative lobbyist introduces Conservative aviation exec (and candidate) to Conservative Ornge CEO
…so, if you’re starting to get the impression that Ornge was a run by a network of Conservative lobbyists, lawyers and hacks, you’d be right. “Potter testified he first met…