Please Look At Me
When I am in any kind of pain, I want people around me to look me in the eye. Here’s what got me thinking about eye contact: a couple of…
November 2013
Fossil-Fueled GDP Growth
Yesterday, Statistics Canada reported that the Canadian economy had a month of fossil-fueled growth in August. Overall GDP was up by 0.3%, only half as much as in July but…
Review: The Poorer Nations
When the global justice movement erupted into mainstream North American consciousness in 1999, much that was written not only in the mainstream but even by many of the participants in…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, November 1, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 1, 2013: Should the Unemployed Have to Work Without Pay? A U.K. Court Says No Bike…
The vast left-wing media conspiracy against Rob Ford grows
Yes, the news is bad for the mayor, but c’mon, the Sun has always had it in for him…
Trick or Treat
New Liberal fundraising tactics Yeah, so it likely wasn’t the most exciting political news of the day, but the quarter 3 fundraising numbers are out, and the story is all…
Rob Ford Around the World (#topoli)
Hold your head high, Toronto. BBC, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford refuses to resign over ‘drug video’ Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has refused to quit after Canadian police said they recovered…
Social Determinants: Low income second leading cause of death in Canada
Dr. James Dunn makes it clear that wealth not only is a key determinant of a person’s health, but it is stratified so that each economic level outperforms the one…
The Quaint Notion Of Responsibility
While Rob Ford insists that he has no reason to resign, and the prime minister’s story changes everyday, Andrew Coyne writes that the concept of responsibility has become a quaint…
Was "Ian From Etobicoke" Rob Ford?
WK thinks so, it sure sounds like it to me and, most importantly, Bill Carroll thought so when “Ian from Etobicoke” called his show last night arguing that Rob Ford…
Stephen Harper’s Horrible Halloween Nightmare
OMG. When I saw those Con zombies going past my place last night, for a moment I thought they were after me eh? But it turned out it was only…
Passing-on not a defence to claims by indirect purchasers
Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57 holds that indirect purchasers have a cause of action against the party who has effectuated the overcharge at the top of…
What is an Information to Obtain?
In order for a search warrant to be issued the police must have more than a mere suspicion a crime has happened. They must good reason to believe that a…
A Debt Owed To The Media
As fashionable as it is to denigrate the mainstream media for their frequent timidity and conservatism, public knowledge about both Rob Ford’s disgraceful performance as Mayor of Toronto and the…
Bye Bye Rob Ford, Hello Karen Stintz
There is the sound of champagne corks being popped and cheers in the streets. Everyone smiles at each other and winks, knowing that soon it will all be over. The…
Bye Bye Rob Ford, Hello Karen Stintz
There is the sound of champagne corks being popped and cheers in the streets. Everyone smiles at each other and winks, knowing that soon it will all be over. The…
Bye Bye Rob Ford, Hello Karen Stintz
There is the sound of champagne corks being popped and cheers in the streets. Everyone smiles at each other and winks, knowing that soon it will all be over. The…
How green are Premier Wynne’s Green Bonds?
Did you hear about Premier Kathleen Wynne doing another stand-up for the media the other day? It was to promote Green Bonds for transit in Ontario. It could be an…
A Story of Sad, Small People
Rob Ford is, more or less, going to lose his job as Mayor of Toronto. If not in title, then at the very least in confidence; he has lost the…