CLA deplores LSUC in its decision against Joseph Groia
April 19, 2013 – The Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) “CLA” deplores the decision of the Law Society of Upper Canada in its decision released today against Joseph Peter Paul Groia.…
April 2013
CLA deplores LSUC in its decision against Joseph Groia
April 19, 2013 – The Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) “CLA” deplores the decision of the Law Society of Upper Canada in its decision released today against Joseph Peter Paul Groia.…
Removing All Doubt
At Margaret Thatcher’s funeral this week, Stephen Harper couldn’t resist the opportunity to attack Justin Trudeau. Even though the reporter who asked the question made no mention of Trudeau’s comment…
More On Harper’s Attack Ads
I hope to write an actual blog post on an entirely different topic later today, but since the latest poll shows a very strong reaction against the Prime Minister’s puerile…
The Cons castigate JT…
… for daring to wonder why young men would carry out something as horrific as the Boston bombings. The Harperites feel that the only thoughts should be of vengeance. “Don’t…
Saturday At The Movies
A marriage equality bill that recognized gay marriage passed in the New Zealand parliament this past week. This is a speech that MP Maurice Williamson gave at that time. I…
Organizations hold forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada
Gone but never forgotten: First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it By: Ryan Bromsgrove | Vue Weekly: “She was just getting her life on…
This Writer’s Concern About Israeli Apartheid Week
This is going to require a more thorough response later on, but I would like to provide something of a start to the discussion. We've been asked on a number…
A VERY good first week
I supported Justin Trudeau. I voted for him for leader. But I had no idea he would burst from the gate with such incredible vigor. He has far surpassed my…
The right to bear pressure cookers
So the main import of the events this week in Boston is a demonstration that the US is not invulnerable to another terrorist attack. Of course it was never invulnerable,…
Very strange
Strange days indeed
Musical interlude
Tritonal – Piercing Quiet (Air Up There Remix)
Dumb move on Harper’s part: manages to equate JT and President Obama together as wimps on terror
I don’t normally blog this late, or on a Friday night.. but I couldn’t pass this up. Tonight, the police managed to capture the 2nd suspect in the Boston Marathon…
They Took Suspect 2 Alive – What a Relief
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in police custody, hours after his brother, Tamerlan died following a gun battle with his pursuers. I had feared the 19-year old Dzhokhar would either be brought…
This Just In: Voters Feel Negative Ads Are “Negative”
Respondents describe the ads as “unfair”, “negative”…and “hawt!“. Trudeau’s predictable win, followed by predictable attack ads, has been followed by an all-too predictable poll: In an EKOS Research Associates survey,…
Good police work in Boston
It seems the marathon bombers have been found and killed in a gun flight with police or captured. Since the bombing was this week and there were no obvious clues…
Stephen Harper’s Attack Ads Backfire Badly
Oh dear. It looks as if Stephen Harper's attempt to screw Justin Trudeau has backfired badly.He was hoping to stick a few pins into Justin's dolly.But instead he finds himself…
NDP caters to conservative critique by nixxing ‘socialism’ references in constitution
Top: NDP leader Mulcair / Bottom: Atefa Akbary and Farshad Azadian The vote at the NDP Montreal convention to remove the word “socialism” from the party’s constitution is symbolic in…