May 2013
Judge must allow parties an opportunity to make submissions
R. v. C.T., 2013 ONCA 350 holds: First, the trial judge erred by making the order without indicating he was considering making it and giving the Crown an opportunity to…
The CFIB’s Municipal Manipulations
After analyzing “research reports” issued by the Fraser Institute or the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), I usually end up shaking my head in disbelief. Do they really need…
Robocalls: Elections Canada on “Preventing Deceptive Communications”
Elections Canada’s “Preventing Deceptive Communications with Electors” report, a response to the robocalls election fraud of 2011, recommends legislation that provides basic privacy protections to voters while stopping political parties…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mark Gongloff reaches the unsurprising conclusion that a tax system warped to favour the interests of the wealthy leads to greater inequality (but…
Bob Dole on Republican Party
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6069…Happy Holidays
According to Ottawa’s 580 CFRA today is National Fish ‘n’ Chips Day. Excuse me but shouldn’t this fall on a Friday? WFDS
Harper government bullying provinces to accept EU trade deal,says Council of Canadians
Federal funding for a hydro project in Newfoundland and Labrador is tied to the condition that the province removes minimum processing rules in the fisheries. The Council of Canadians accuses…
Isn’t it time Parliament was like this EVERY day?
How refreshing it was to see a real Question Period in the House of Commons yesterday. No histrionics. No shouting. No talking points that totally ducked the issue asked about.…
Sun News: fair’s fair
As the House Communist© at Sun News, I draw to your attention this and this. Fair’s fair. If CBC gets yet more “mandatory carriage,” so should the SNN. I support…
6068…O.J. Simpson: Step Away From The Buffet
You may have seen this on TMZ or read about it in your Sunday paper but just in case I am here for you. O.J. Simpson, Tim Hudak’s fave player…
The man everyone wants to hear from
David Price, Rob Ford confidante, is having a very bad week. You may not know who he is – neither did I until he started calling me – but he’s…
May 29: Blog post no. 1,000…
…And I had no idea what I was getting into. The TandT is its normal self, with a big first page photo of a cat up for adoption, and a…
PM Steve Harper: Boy He Sure Can Pick Them, Eh!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well we have at least four Harper appointed Senators caught up in fudging or just outright lying and cheating over expenses, residences and such. Top that up…
You Can Now Sue A Pseud
Former Canuck’s GM Brian Burke has been cleared to serve the people who allegedly defamed him over the Internet, over the Internet. The defamation was spread through a number of…
Where are you from? No, like, where are you REALLY from?
I have written a little bit about this before here, but now that this video is circulating I want to write a little more about it. Ien Ang (2001) also…