Don’t feed the Crazies #nlpoli
First, slander is something defamatory that someone says. Libel is what you call a defamatory comment that is printed. So a poster would be a libel since it is printed.…
April 2013
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 23, 2013: One woman’s reign of terror at Canadian human rights tribunal: DiManno Jury chosen in…
Jets at the Island Airport: the pungent aroma of polling bullshit
Yesterday, the National Post published a story headlined “Two-thirds of Torontonians support Bombardier jets at Island Airport.” But when I went looking for the story this morning, to link to…
A Brief History of Stephen Harper Supporting Our Troops
“In 2006, after the Liberal ‘decade of darkness,’ we took action to rebuild Canada’s Armed Forces.” –Stephen Harper October 2010: “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is scrambling to contain an…
On FIPA, Justin Trudeau, and Chauncey Gardner
Last night while checking my Twitter feed, I noticed several people expressing their deep disappointment over the fact that Justin Trudeau led his Liberal Party to vote with the Harper…
Gum On Their Noses
The international community knows by now that the Harper Government — remember, the moniker is now on official documents — is full of navel gazers. And navel gazers aren’t concerned…
How did the modern conservative become so paranoid?
One of the reasons it is so hard to argue with a conservative is that virtually everything in life to them is a liberal plot or has a liberal bias.…
Liberals Must Run Ads
Within an article on the Conservative attack ads, I note this particular line: A Liberal insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said TV ads can get very expensive,…
Liberals Must Run Ads
Within an article on the Conservative attack ads, I note this particular line: A Liberal insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said TV ads can get very expensive,…
Liberals Must Run Ads
Within an article on the Conservative attack ads, I note this particular line:A Liberal insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said TV ads can get very expensive, very…
Liberals Must Run Ads
Within an article on the Conservative attack ads, I note this particular line: A Liberal insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said TV ads can get very expensive,…
Authentication of US Legal Materials Moving Forward With Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act
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Edgar Schmidt Update
Schmidt is the federal government lawyer who revealed that his department has been told not to inform the government or opposition MPs when upcoming legislation is likely to fail subsequent…
The Golden Rule: A Way To Ensure A Viable Future?
Karen Armstrong, former nun and prolific author on religious issues, gives a talk in 2008 on fostering compassion for today’s TED Talk Tuesday. “If we don’t manage to implement the…
Taxing the Imagination #nlpoli
What is it about the provincial Conservatives and income tax? Kathy Dunderdale rabbited on about it last fall and again in January. Last week, the provincial Conservatives were at it…
Richie Havens and the Freedom Song
When I lived in the McGill Student Ghetto, I was told that Richie Havens once lived in the building next door.Either shortly before or after Woodstock, when he fell in…
Eric Schmidt’s privacy concerns about drones more than a little ironic
Executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, recently went public with his concerns about ‘everyman’ drones getting into the wrong hands. Thinks they should be banned… might be a privacy threat.…
Tories versus Wildrose: Year One in Alberta’s new political game.
TweetOn April 23, 2012, Alberta’s most hotly contested election in decades culminated with the re-election of the twelfth consecutive Progressive Conservative majority government since 1971. Despite holding the large majority…
The "Rebel" Alliance
Perhaps I’m a bit late to the party, but this is an issue that I wanted to spend a bit of time talking about since it was mentioned. In the…