Greenwashing the Tar Sands, Part 3: Wherein money trumps fact every time
This is last installment of a three-part series on greenwashing and the tar sands. Be sure to read Part 1, A Short History of Greenwashing the Tar Sands, and Part…
June 2013
INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: GREATER POWER & ACCESS TO RESOURCES MUST BE BALANCED WITH GREATER RESPONSIBILITY AND INSPECTION OF PUBLIC LAWYERS SUCH AS PROSECUTORS
Introduction What is the proper scope of state power and its agent the public lawyer in Criminal law? Moreover, are there enough incentives for public lawyers such as prosecutors to…
Behold The Sheer Arrogance Of An Unelected Conservative Senator … (Calls Senate Scandal A Mere ‘Bump In The Road’)!!
“Things were done that were improper, but everybody’s trying to make these things into major scandals. They are not. These are bumps in the road. The Liberal party survived. We…
Get Help Choosing an Ethical Career
80,000 Hours is a student run organization at Oxford University that helps people find a job or career in something that makes the world better. This is great for so…
#RobFordLooksAtThings – 0006
Yup that’s a lot of empty offices, business as usual, everything is fine, anything else? Rob Ford looks at empty offices MORE RobFordLooksAtThings
US President Franklin Roosvelt- On Fascism
“The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than…
PEF Events in Montreal
As Erin alludes to in an earlier post, the PEF organized events at this year’s Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association (CEA) in Montreal (May 30 – June 2).…
Credibility
R. v. Tash, 2013 ONCA 380 holds: Credibility rules are of three types. The first type concerns attempts by the witness’ proponent to bolster the witness’ credibility even before it…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jason Fekete reports that the Harper Cons are taking the side of international tax evaders against other G8 leaders trying to implement an…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, June 10, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 10, 2013: Master overstepped jurisdiction in criticizing lawyer: judge As Bradley Manning Trial Begins, Press Predictably…
Criminalization by any other name…
In Meghan Murphy’s Globe and Mail op-ed of June 3rd, A prostitution solution: Outlaw the customers, not the hookers, she presents what is often referred to as the Swedish or…
He’s Perfectly Clear
Those of us who are old enough to remember, recall that one of Richard Nixon’s pet — and pat — phrases was “perfectly clear.” And, therefore, it is particularly ironic…
WikiLeaks: Snowden to Greenwald to Guardian
The Verizon phone taps, to Yahoo, Google, Skype, and more all owned by the US Government. These were things suspected by many (thanks to WikiLeaks), and now confirmed by the…
Whistleblower Snowden: NSA Surveillance Will Lead To “Turnkey Tyranny”
This incredibly brave young man’s story needs to be shared far and wide. 29 year old Edward Snowden, through The Guardian newspaper, went public as the NSA whistleblower yesterday. His…
And In Case You think Canada’s Fingers Are Clean…
Last evening I wrote a brief post about Edward Snowden, the brave young man who has made public the fact of extensive domestic surveillance in the United States that all…
A reply to the Toronto Star
A reply to the Toronto Star Story on Justices of the Peace: Dear Sirs: The story of a Superior Court judge overruling a Justice of the Peace on the issuance…
Video: Mayor On Crack? Nearly 10,000 hits!
Be the lucky punk fan to push it over the top – 10,000 views in a week! Big time, here we come!
Nosferadude
Vampire fiction was my education. It was all I was allowed to sink my teeth into when I was young. And when I was just a little boy, I loved…
This is not a post about being sick, although I am
I’ve been sick for 10 days now. I’m tempted to go on and on about my symptoms, but you can only get away with that if you blog regularly about…