R. v. Jesuthasan, 2013 ONCA 779: The additional time required for consecutive interpretation, particularly in the context of a jury trial, the difficulty of finding qualified interpreters to meet the…
It’s very cold but I’m grateful for the sun. (click to enlarge) Sending warm thoughts to everyone still waiting for power and to all those working so hard to restore…
Before interning with OpenMedia.ca, I was an avid follower of their Internet freedom campaigns. For the first time since I could remember, a group was speaking out on behalf of…
There’s no column, in fact, from anyone. I think we are running a page of terrific editorial cartoons instead. So, I just wanted to wish a Merry Christmas to all…
I’ve come across a few recent bits of writing from people who think we should do away with “Merry Christmas.” Even though I’m an atheist, I love Christmas, and I…
Shorter Donald Johnson: My preferred cure for poverty and inequality is…tax breaks for rich people! (And if anybody’s asking, I’ll be happy to prescribe the same course of treatment for…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bill Moyers offers up a superb summary and reading list on inequality: Inequality in America: How bad is it? In 2011, Mother…
It seems to me that Dickens had it right. We live in a bipolar world. Your life and the lives of your children depend on good fortune and the world…
But what is the answer? Re: ‘Golden age’ for Poland caps 500 years of pain, Dec. 22 Seeing the statement “communism’s iron grip” was too much. What about capitalism’s iron…
Taking a second look at that awful, overdone and trite Christmas message from the Prime Minister on Global was sad. Knowing that he was born and raised in Toronto did…
Happy Holidays to all those who have followed Excited Delirium over the last few years! May your days get longer and your green be ever (assuming you have the credit…
The streets of Norco, Louisiana are filled with Christmas lights like lots of U.S. towns this season. But on December 19th, the sky above Norco was illuminated by massive flaring…
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In the picture above SFARI presents news of two “autism” studies which purport to find that brains of persons with “autism” are overly connected as compared to those in control…
One of the traditions of the holiday season is lamenting about the corruption of Christmas by commercialization or by foreign cultures that have invaded our pristine Christian shores. I have…
Toronto mayor-in-name-only Rob Ford is refusing to call what is happening in Toronto “an emergency”: Officials played down questions about why Toronto hadn’t declared a state of emergency. Mr. Ford…
Cinar Corporation v. Robinson 2013 SCC 73: For expert evidence to be admitted at trial, it must (a) be relevant; (b) be necessary to assist the trier of fact; (c)…
R. v. Strickland, 2013 NLCA 65: The issue regarding expert evidence as argued on the appeal did not extend to all aspects of the test for admissibility of expert evidence…
What is the Status of Volksfront in Canada? The question might be a bit more complicated than it would appear based on the the apparent status of Volksfront internationally. Or…
