140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 5, 2014: Marijuana TV ad makes history in U.S. The Most Bizarre Lawyer Commercial Professional engineering…
March 2014
Our only goal …the western shore
March is women’s history month (in the US). I’m making a series of posts about women I think are pretty important. It may be your mum, or your grandmother, or…
The Amazing Impact Of Painting A Roof White
During summer heat air conditioners are used extensively and this can increased energy consumption can be crippling. Black outs occur in the summer thanks to people cooling their homes and…
Turbulence
Back in 2008, myself and a couple of young Liberals launched “Edspedia.ca“, a mock website to poke fun at some eyebrow raising travel expenses by members of the Ed Stelmach…
Behold the issue that will dominate Canadian politics for the next year, and then some
If the separatist Parti Quebecois government calls an election “soon, soon” – and if, as many expect, they win a majority government – strap on your seat belts. We are…
Larry, Curly and Moe represent Canada?
This is disgraceful. Canada’s foreign affairs seem to be in the hands of the Three Stooges. Recent events in Jerusalem, Kyiv and Hollywood appear to be making the point. First…
Re-making markets with unpaid internships
From political proposals to street protests, unpaid internships have been making news in Canada. Rightfully so, as there is a litany of problems with unpaid internships. For individuals, unpaid internships…
Manning Knows His Man
The report from Elections Canada on irregularities in the 2011 election is due at the end of the month. Lawrence Martin foresees three possible scenarios unfolding: One is that Elections…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian and Karen Foster question why steadily improving productivity has led to increasing stratification rather than better lives for a large number of…
Who Stands With Ezra, Other Than Ezra?
Turns out Stand With Ezra, the site Ezra uses to raise funds for the most recent defmation suit against him,which was allegedly set up by “friends and allies of Ezra…
Slavery, Then And Now
Not being a regular moviegoer, much preferring the tightly-scripted fare offered on cable that is adult in the best sense of the word, I only know from media reports that…
Toronto Needs Progressive Property Taxation
In November, the TTC board decided to raise fares for 2014 by approximately $60/year for people who buy metropasses every month. Many have already noted that this amount is the…
Toronto Needs Progressive Property Taxation
In November, the TTC board decided to raise fares for 2014 by approximately $60/year for people who buy metropasses every month. Many have already noted that this amount is the…
Toronto Needs Progressive Property Taxation
In November, the TTC board decided to raise fares for 2014 by approximately $60/year for people who buy metropasses every month. Many have already noted that this amount is the…
Salathial Turgid, Hanging Judge
The O’Reilly Boys finally caught up with Old Judge Turgid at the Annual Pecos River Ride and Chili Jamboree. Salathial had hung their older brother Seamus “The Tinkle” O’Reilly just…
Application of Informer Privilege
R. v. Cook, 2014 ONCA 170: I turn first to the issue of informer privilege. It was submitted that the law is not clear on this point. The leading cases…
Toronto Needs Progressive Property Taxation
In November, the TTC board decided to raise fares for 2014 by approximately $60/year for people who buy metropasses every month. Many have already noted that this amount is the…
Is Stephen Harper Trying to Protect Himself From the Robocall Scandal?
For some reason I've always assumed that the Cons were rushing their foul voter suppression bill through Parliament, so they could try to steal the next election like they tried…
How do they work, exactly? #nlpoli
As laughable as it is for the Premier’s Office to insist former Premier Kathy Dunderdale received only 46 e-mails in a single week and sent none, there are some other…