140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twittter for Wednesday, May 1, 2013: The Charter does not guarantee a right to strike Dozens of ‘well-connected’ people granted…
May 2013
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom writes that yesterday’s minor tinkering aside, the goal of the Cons’ temporary foreign worker program is still to drive down Canadian…
Dear Justin Trudeau
Want something to hit Harper with, hard, over and over, until he can’t breathe? Here it is: This revelation hits the Harper Cons at the very core of their being:…
Political Translator: No’durn Strategy #nlpoli
Former premier Tom Rideout has an accent typical of the northeast coast of Newfoundland. in his days as a cabinet minister after 2003, Rideout often used the word “northern”. It…
Wither thou goest, Ontario NDP?
Who knows. Devil’s in the details, as they say. Stuff like this will have the hawks pushing for an election now. Stuff like this will have others urging caution. What…
Daisy: happy birthday to us
The Daisy Group is seven years old today. We’ve had some amazing folks working here, and we’ve got some even more amazing folks working here now. I can’t believe it’s…
One May Smile And Smile
Tom Walkom writes that no one should be taken in by the cosmetic changes to the Temporary Workers program, which Jason Kinney announced two days ago: The backpedaling Monday by…
Jerry Agar is an idiot
Yep. But we all knew that already, going back to when he falsely claimed to be an American.
Stella
People who attended Occupy Regina in 2011 and early 2012, will remember meeting Stella Rogers. Regrettably, Stella passed away this February in B.C. Stella rose to fame by fearlessly introducing…
Unreasonable verdict
The principles applicable when there is an allegation of unreasonable verdict are summarized in R. v. R.P., 2012 SCC 22 (CanLII), 2012 SCC 22, 1 S.C.R. 746. Deschamps J., for…
New projects, new horizons
Hello, all you phenomenal followers of Polygonic, who’ve put up with both my obtuse rants and my long, long silences with absolute aplomb. Your stamina and support bends my actual…
New projects, new horizons
Hello, all you phenomenal followers of Polygonic, who’ve put up with both my obtuse rants and my long, long silences with absolute aplomb. Your stamina and support bends my actual…
Waterloo, 200 years later
This June we will be a short two years from the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo*. It is expected to be a large event, especially since the 100th…
Paging Dr. Godhead
“…whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.” –Bertrand Russell “The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world…
It Ain’t About the Economy; It’s About Politics
At the outset, when I first began this blog, I wanted to bring to the reader’s attention some of the cultural myths arising from our political economy that we usually…
BC Projection (Teddy)
Teddy here with a final but personal projection. The BC Liberals will finish with 23 seats. This is the core of the projection. I’ve made projections like this before for…
The Conservatives eye the CBC – updated
Updated (Thursday 6 pm) below. Every once in a while, Harper exposes his fangs. This is one of those moments: “Budget bill gives Harper Cabinet new powers over CBC.” It’s…
The Conservatives eye the CBC – updated
Updated (Thursday 6 pm) below. Every once in a while, Harper exposes his fangs. This is one of those moments: “Budget bill gives Harper Cabinet new powers over CBC.” It’s…