Snowden Reveals Extent of Canada’s Spying on Behalf of NSA
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December 2013
Stay of civil proceedings on Court’s own motion to be granted rarely
Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation, 2013 ONCA 758: While s. 106 of the CJA entitles the court to grant a stay on its own motion, the circumstances under which it may…
Death to the FAQ: Lisa Marie Martin is totally right
Thanks to Renée Stephen I know I’ve not been suffering alone all these years in my hatred of FAQs. She showed me (via Twitter) this very well put case against…
What’s a 9-letter word for obsessive preoccupation with one’s self?
Behold, the taxpayer-funded, Brian Jean crossword puzzle!
Demand or destruction? Two ways out of the profitability puzzle
In my previous post, I outlined the disconnect between profitability and investment in Canada’s private sector. While businesses are doing well and profits have rebounded quickly after the global financial…
A Toy Designed to Increase Empathy
Who doesn’t like toys? Nobody! Everybody loves playing and we all can remember the joy that toys bring us when were kids. Now some educators are looking to make a…
Canada Post’s vow to ‘protect taxpayers’ needs a reality check
This piece was first published in the Globe & Mail. In a move that caught everyone off-guard, Canada Post announced a five point “action plan” last week that included phasing-out…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Your news links for today: Have a cellphone complaint? These are the people to call (Globe and Mail) Ben Klass Interview on Corus Radio Hamilton (SoundCloud) Canada can’t research its…
Selling the electric upright bass
My first experience playing a bass guitar came when I was asked to join a local garage band in the mid-1960s. I was learning rhythm guitar back then, inspired by…
Jim Flaherty: one sick leprechaun.
The federal Finance Minister was spreading nothing more than germs at the Meech Lake meeting yesterday. He was probably high on amphetamines, his nasal passages completely blocked and one step…
The Brian Jean crossword puzzle
TweetHow well do you know your Member of Parliament? Fort McMurray-Athabasca Conservative MP Brian Jean takes a unique approach to this question in his latest mail-out to constituents. Mr. Jean’s…
Battered Woman Syndrome
Battered woman syndrome is a model that was developed by Dr. Lenore E. Walker to describe the mindset and emotional state of a battered woman. A battered woman is a…
In A Dark Place
The Harper Party has changed its name three times. First it was the Reform Party. Then it was the Canadian Alliance. And, finally, it called itself the Conservative Party. The…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bill Tieleman tears into James Moore for his callous disregard for child hunger, while PressProgress reminds us that plenty of the Cons’…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, December 17, 2013: WiseLii 1.3 – Canada’s Mobile Legal Research Tool: Update available at the iTunes App…
Chief Bill Blair And Secrecy
Presiding as he does over a very troubled organization, it is perhaps not surprising that Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair prefers a cloak of secrecy to cover how he manages…
Huffington Post: Big Brother is Unstoppable……
I don’t think I’m alone in this..I hate Facebook and the site has morphed into..a crassly capitalist commercial, 24/7…and after telling us that they would use whatever images we had…