Sufficiency of reasons
D.M. Drugs (Harris Guardian Drugs) v. Barry Edward Bywater (Parkview Hotel), 2013 ONCA 356: The duty of a trial judge to give reasons was explored in the Supreme Court of…
June 2013
The road to abolition
Ian Peach’s guest post at Pundits’ Guide is well worth a read in setting out a feasible path to Senate abolition. But I’ll note that the exact wording of an…
Progressive Christian response to the book: Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada
I’m reading the book The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada. This alarming book traces the interconnectedness of mega-preachers and certain Canadian politicians. It talks about how…
Legal Headaches Begin For Exxon Over Pegasus Pipeline Rupture
Residents in Mayflower, Arkansas, the site of the recent Pegasus tar sands pipeline rupture, have filed suit against pipeline operator Exxon for health issues and property damage that have arisen…
6091…Ed Journal Echoes WFDS
Seriously, check this out, as redone in yesterday’s Toronto Star. This is an edited excerpt of an editorial this week in the Edmonton Journal:For someone who grew up in the…
6090…Sixty Years; Same Job
Imagine. Sixty years; same job. Queen Elizabeth was crowned QEII on this day sixty years ago. It’s a living, eh? WFDS
In Sunday’s Sun: not the crime, always the cover-up
It’s not the crime; it’s the cover up. As older generations may recall, that old political axiom can be traced to the Mother of All Scandals, Watergate. Back in June…
Big Wheel Keeps On Turning
Don’t know why, but the editorial cartoon in this morning’s Star rather caught my fancy: Recommend this Post
Notes for a Spring Evening
Late spring, Saturday night, sitting here surrounded by the trees and garden in full bloom, everything lush and full of life, my view from the front porch of verdant trees…
thank you, jean stapleton
She was a great actor, a brilliant comedian, and the warm heart of one of the most memorable television shows of all time. “All in the Family” was a pioneering…
Do What You’re Told
In a recent interview, Noam Chomsky returned to a subject about which he has said a lot over the years — consumer culture: The advertising industry is a huge industry,…
B.C. Conservative Party Prepares To Implode
…if it hasn’t already yet. Ian (Is Hitler To Blame? Men Love Sluts!) Tootil is back in; relatively sane leader John Cummins is apparently on his way out. Who knows,…
beatriz and savita are not exceptions: abortion bans kill
You may have heard of the latest anti-woman denail of basic human rights to make international news. A few months back there was Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland when…
Inside Canada’s Basketcase, Charity-Dependent Inspection System
Recently evidence surfaced, quietly and unobtrusively, of the ways in which other inspection regimes suffer from the same sort of lackadaisical approach that the Harper government has applied to food…
Alberta Tories respond to protests by disabled citizens with instinctive diversionary attack
An Albertan protests the Redford Government’s cuts to “persons with developmental disabilities” at the Legislature in Edmonton on Friday. Below: Associate Minister of Services for Persons with Disabilities Frank Oberle.…
Rob Ford’s nine lives will get him to the next election
By all accounts Rob Ford should not have any public support. He has spent the last fourteen years showing contempt for basic social and legal norms. He was charged with…
Marijuana is the New ‘Gay Marriage’ -Bill Maher-Video
Here is Bill Maher’s take on Pot Bill Maher-inhaled At the close of Saturday’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher made the case for legalizing marijuana to be the next big civil…
6089…Death Warrant For Harper’s Brand
That, word for word, is the headline of Rex Murphy’s article in The National Post this day. I call bullsh*t. Problem with Mr. Murphy and virtually all the anglo journalists
Check out the Privacy Commissioner’s report on what Bill C-30 could have meant for your privacy
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – You were right, Canada! Check out the Privacy Commissioner’s report on what your IP address can reveal about you. Thank…