Climate Change — The state of the science
A summary of the IPCC report in 4 minutes
2013
Extension of time to appeal under the Provincial Offences Act
R. v. A.E., 2013 ONCA 71: Numerous authorities set out the appropriate factors that a court should consider in determining whether to extend the time in which to appeal under…
Climate Change: Our Weather On Steroids
Climate change increases the frequency and severity of severe weather events. Is this really the legacy we want to leave for our children? This video was taken from a Shell/Dairy…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, November 22, 2013
Your news links for today: New cyberbullying law has ‘larger agenda,’ expands police powers (CBC) Cyberbullying bill a Trojan horse to revive online surveillance: critics (Calgary Herald) Conservatives reviving old…
A Victim of State Spycraft Speaks Out.
It’s a safe bet that some of us are being spied upon by our government. The prime minister’s Northern Gateway secret police service is drawing up lists of opponents of…
Fraud, Breach of Trust, Bribery and Corruption. An Act of Supreme Desperation. It All Points To One Person.
Trying to make sense of the Wright-Duffy-Harper scandal is not easy. That’s because so many aspects of it make no sense. We’re all trying very hard to draw conclusions when…
The time of testing of Trudeau.
Monday is by-election day. In four federal ridings scattered across Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, voters will be having their say. It will be a test of their resolve for change…
There Aren’t Enough Hours In The Day …
I’m suffering from a shortage of available hours. There’s way more going on than this writer has time for. Within 24 hours this week, there have been major revelations on…
JFK
Fifty years ago today in Dallas, history was literally changed by a hail of bullets. It was before my time, but my parents were teenagers at the time and they…
Vires of regulations under statute
Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 deals with, among other things, whether a regulation is properly within the scope of the relevant enabling…
Friday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Last week, I noted that the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ semi-final win against B.C. reflected a team just barely adjusting to an opponent who thoroughly neutralized its strengths. But in case there…
Voluntariness
Todays decision in R. v. Meeko 2013 NUCJ 28 is useful for its review of the common law regarding voluntariness. Of special importance is the Court’s consideration of factors that…
At Issue: Harper’s Obfuscation
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary offers the following definition of obfuscate: to make obscure; to confuse. As an intransitive verb, it means to be evasive, unclear, or confusing. I suspect that…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, November 22, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 22, 2013: Michael Skakel Released on Bond Pending Retrial Can same-gender couples have ‘intercourse’? Top Florida…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Hakan Bengtsson offers some useful discussion about the challenges facing Sweden’s social democratic system – as the same factors being used to prevent…
Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago, I was sitting in a high school geometry class in Montreal when the intercom came on, piping in a live radio report that John F. Kennedy had…
Ask General Kang: I’d like to protect my kids, so is there some kind of hermetically sealed biosphere that you could recommend?
Definitely. I’d go with a product invented on my native planet, Neecknaw, during the Cranial Trauma Scare at the turn of the last century. It’s called Dr. Ooo-ook’s Multi-Phasic Baby-to-Big…
Thinking upstream — new institute invites us to think differently about health and politics
Dr. Ryan Meili has received considerable attention for his short 2012 book A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health can Revive Canadian Democracy. Little did we know that the…
Without fairness for all
Successful societies are based on equitable treatment of every citizen. That is not to say that individuals must be dealt with equally, rather that fairness is always evident. Does that…