Every Tuesday in October is #CBAfuturesChat
Every Tuesday in October is #CBAfuturesChat, hosted by Law is Cool alumni Omar Ha-Redeye of Fleet Street Law. The CBA Futures Initative is a project that is reaching out to…
2013
You Know Who Dean Del Mastro Makes Me Think Of? Helena Guergis, That’s Who.
Helena Guergis, Dean Del Mastro. A Tale of Two Tories. The whole Guergis scandal is a bit fuzzy this far on but, as I recall, she was unceremoniously dumped from…
Staggered by the contrasting realities of Ontario’s hospitals
We were reminded last night that Ontario hospitals live in very different realities from each other. When University Health Network CEO Bob Bell has a casual chat with Health Minister…
Time To Switch From Trudeau to Mirabel
Planes at Trudeau airport in Dorval/Montreal are an incredible source of noise pollution. So much so that the airport has a curfew. Solution: close Trudeau and make Mirabel Montreal’s 24…
"Unequivocal"
Leaving no doubt; clear; unambiguous. The latest IPCC report concludes that mankind’s influence in driving climate change is beyond doubt, clear and unambiguous. Anthropogenic global warming is here, it’s here…
Crown does not have to prove a cellphone is working to get a conviction for using a cellphone while driving
R. v. Pizzurro, 2013 ONCA 584 holds the Crown does not have to prove whether a hand-held wireless communication device is working or not to get a conviction under the…
Canadian Dimension Interviews Linda McQuaig
When Linda McQuaig, well-known author and Toronto Star columnist, announced that she is vying to be the New Democratic Party candidate in the Toronto Centre byelection, CD contacted her for…
Del Mastro Charged … and … Your Point Is?
All over the news yesterday was headlines about Dean Del Mastro being charged by Elections Canada for misdeeds in the 2008 election. You’d think I’d be cheering. I’m not. Yes,…
WOW! Almost 60,000 people have said NO to Internet Censorship
WOW! We are so inspired! Nearly 60,000 people said NO to the #TPP’s extreme Internet Censorship plan – and that number keeps growing! Thank you to our wonderful community for…
Robin & Stewart – Our Veterans
Robin & Stewart – Our Veterans Submitted by Robin and Stewart on Mon, 09/23/2013 – 14:40 “Canadian soldiers bravely put themselves in harm’s way, prepared to sacrifice for their country.…
Why has Canada failed Omar Khadr?
The first responsibility of the state is to protect its citizens, particularly its children. The Canadian state has utterly failed that responsibility in the case of Omar Khadr. Omar was…
Flowers: Amazing animation
Enjoy! Source: Photobucket
Seymour Hersh excoriates American media. Has he not read the National Post? He’d puke.
Or the rest of Postmedia? Or Sun Media? Or CTV News? Next to Canadian media, the US version is the epitome of decorum, balance and solid journalism. We live in…
Sept. 27: news editors – lazy? sloppy? profoundly ignorant? or deliberately all three…
last night, I made a list of stories I felt sure the Irving press would not carry. I acted as if I were news editor for the TandT, selecting those…
Daily Digital Digest for Friday September 27, 2013
Here are your daily news links: The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Standing Up to Telecom Giants (TVO) CRTC issues annual report on the state of the Canadian communication system (CRTC)…
Panel: Climate change ‘extremely likely’ man-made
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change STOCKHOLM – Scientists can now say with extreme confidence that human activity is the dominant cause of the global…
The new normal
When you see what is going on now in the United States — another debt ceiling fiasco, the Obamacare implementation, and the Republicans going insane and taking the country with…
Harper: Bringing New Levels Of Accountable Government To You
It comes as no surprise that The Harper Government has spent a great deal of time and energy doing its level best to be as unaccountable as possible to voters.…
Sniffer dog searches
R. v. Chehil, 2013 SCC 49 deals with when “reasonable suspicion” exists so as to justify a search by a drug detection dog. The Court holds: The reasonable suspicion threshold…
Money Can’t Buy Happiness
Ask Wild” Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey. He is a lotto winner. He wants his life back. Willie Seeley poses for a photo outside his home in Manahawkin, N.J.,…