Our own Reilly Yeo and Steve Anderson reflect on the possibilities of the open Internet in an age where our digital freedoms are under constant threat. Share this article and…
Let’s start with a letter to the editor, “Don’t confuse them with facts.” This is a type of letter that has appeared many times in the Irving press. The writer…
R. v. Brownson, 2013 ONCA 619: Section 683(1)(g) explicitly authorizes an appeal court to amend an indictment (and, by analogy, an information): 683(1) For the purposes of an appeal under…
In her classic song, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell ended with the chorus: We are stardust Billion-year-old carbon We are golden Caught in the devil’s bargain And we’ve got to get ourselves…
British Columbia’s Child Support Clawback for Children of Parents on Government Assistance Hurts Kids When I bring up the issue of the child support clawback in British Columbia affecting single…
Since moving to England, I haven’t been able to participate in Angus Reid surveys (their site only allows Canadian IPs to participate), so instead I’ve been getting my polling participation…
Share this: Regardless of one’s political predilections, one’s attitude toward the policies of Israel’s current government, or one’s view of Benjamin Netanyahu’s strengths and weaknesses as a retail politician, one…
Last week’s #CBafuturesChat was a discussion of the articling in Canada. The focus of the talk shifted from Law School to recent grads, and with that, the conversation shifted to…
While I have written about unpaid internships briefly in the past, now seems a good time to revisit this predatory practice so eagerly imposed by the corporately conscienceless. While at…
Always late to the party, I just spotted these: me, Davey Snot and Lala onstage with the Palma Violets at the Grove Fest in August. Pix by Atsuko Kobasigawa. Cool.…
In some ways, CFL wins don’t get much uglier than the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ narrow victory over Edmonton on Saturday. But while a 14-9 slugfest may have continued to emphasize the…
Your news links for today: Rogers bill ruins credit rating of man who doesn’t have Rogers account (CBC) Federal gov’t to push cable providers to unbundle channels (Toronto Sun) Government…
Check out Common Ground, and add your voice to protect the Pickering Lands and say no to Flaherty’s Folly International Airport. The Conservative government in Canada wants to convert over…
Apparently our 99 senators spent over 1,000,000 dollars in travel during a period of time (March 26th to June 1st) covering the last May election. Forty Six of those senators…
Summer vacation lasted a bit longer for MPs than for the rest of us. If you’re just tuning back in now as our parliamentarians head back to the House tomorrow,…
There certainly are examples of women leaders who are just as tough, misguided and unsavory as their male counterparts: Sarah Palin, Margaret Thatcher and Bev Oda are examples. But sometimes…
That unprecedented “bunker-style” session of the Supreme Court was held on Friday. Judges and lawyers, sworn to secrecy, gathered in an undisclosed location to consider evidence used to justify security…
Listen to a scientist say very clearly that we have the science and technology to create 100% renewable power in the United States within my lifetime (2050). We’re only held…
As promised, here are the first 20 scans of the ads from the 1927 North American Almanac I recently mentioned. If there is interest, I’ll do another set later this…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 15, 2013: Malaysian court rules only Muslims can say ‘Allah’ Unpaid interns: Toronto college students clean…
