Jurisdiction for judicial review
Setia v. Appleby College, 2013 ONCA 753: In my view the jurisdiction to make an order for judicial review quashing the expulsion decision does not depend on whether the decision…
December 2013
PSW Strike: A real-life Dickens tale here in Ontario
It’s day three of the Red Cross Care Partners (RCCP) strike and the weather is freezing. 4,500 personal support workers across the province went on strike Wednesday after the Service…
coming soon: let them stay week 2014
Maybe you thought we gave up and went away? Not a chance. The War Resisters Support Campaign is still working to make Canada a safe haven for people of peace…
Review: The Liberal Defence of Murder
As I think was true of a fair number of young middle-class white men politicized as university students in the mid 1990s, one genre of radical material that I read…
Despite having his bills in order, this Canadian man is allegedly being charged $1300 by Big Telecom
This big telecom company is going after a Canadian man who is battling cancer, is confined to a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis, and is on fixed income. Oh, did…
History Of Paranormal Research In Russia And The Soviet Union: 1917 To Present
Unconventional research in USSR and Russia: short overview is a fascinating document. I’ve just excerpted bits below and added a few comments. Of course the Americans did this kind “research”,…
war resister kimberly rivera released from prison in u.s.
At long last, Iraq War resister Kim Rivera is out of prison and reunited with her family. This is great news, the best news. I should be thrilled, but the…
Another $220 Million Down the Tubes
Enough with the big ‘ribbon cutting’ handouts to corporations. Stop it. Please.
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, December 13, 2013
Your news links for today: CRTC to take closer look at wholesale roaming rates, terms and conditions in Canada (CRTC) Oh give me a home, where the customers roam… (Ben…
Bruce Hyer Is A Bad…BAD…BOY!!!
Getta load of this NDP presser re Bruce Hyer crossing the floor to the Federal Green Party. The anger is palpable! You can feel the heat emanating from your computer…
The Absence of Resilience
The city of pain Absorbs your fracturing soul Social fabric frays March 15, 2009 No One Is Illegal – Ignite resistance ~ Canadian multiculturalism is not enough! (0) December 11,…
Notes on pensions and risk
Canada’s finance ministers are meeting this weekend and a proposal to expand the CPP is at the top of the agenda. If implemented, this proposal would bolster an important public…
Business as corporate citizens.
Do you know why Heinz closed its Leamington plant? Or why Kellogg closed its London, Ontario plant? The plants were old. They had been there for a long time. We…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, December 13, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, December 13, 2013: In landmark case, Japan’s top court says transsexual man is legal father of IVF…
Requiem for the Postie
The Canada Post announcement that it will be doing away with home mail delivery over the next five years is just another example of the mess the Conservatives have led…
Human Nature?
Is it just an oddity of human nature that we can get so much done when we have absolutely no time, while having so little relative productivity when we have…
Get Desire Lines in Time for Christmas!
There are just three days left to enter the Goodreads Giveaway of two copies of Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography. Goodreads will tell me Monday morning who won…
Ontario politics: should I kill myself, or have an election?
Political courage, someone once said, is not political suicide. Noble sentiment, I guess, but it’s also worth knowing that the author of the statement was Arnold Schwarzenegger (not Camus, who…
Gags are not Transparent . . .
We all come into contact with confidentiality rules as third party associates. We talk to lawyers, doctors, and psychologists, from whom we rightly expect confidentiality. We even have, naively, certain…