This year’s water lilies
There have been about a half dozen blooms this summer, all hiding discreetly beneath the lush leaf cover. I think the secret is no longer having raccoons or skunks as…
July 2014
Lead lawyer explains Tsilhqot’in case, aboriginal title and rights
In early 2008, on the heels of BC Supreme Court Justice David Vickers’ initial ruling in favour of the Tsilhqot’in First Nation’s Williams case, I interviewed the plaintiff’s lead lawyer,…
Laurie Blakeman was right. (Again.)
Last year I wrote a blog post about the immense privacy breach by Education Minister Jeff Johnson — a concerned first broken to the province by Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman.…
This picture makes me happy (and relieved)
It’s been a somewhat frustrating 17 months. So I was very, very happy to see this photo, taken at the Throne Speech. Never run away from anything, Churchill liked to…
CVRD and Cowichan Tribes Politicians Discuss Plans For an Incinerator to be Built in Glenora-Residents Kept in the Dark!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The CVRD and the Cowichan Tribes and the Khowutzun Development Corporation (KDC) have been dealing with this matter in secret sessions rather than being out front and…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, July 4, 2014
Your news links for today: NSA targets the privacy-conscious – Das Erste Dear NSA, Privacy is a Fundamental Right, Not Reasonable Suspicion – EFF Is there Another NSA Leaker? –…
Habeas Corpus
Boone v. Ontario (Community Safety andCorrectional Services), 2014 ONCA 515: To be successful, an applicant for habeas corpus must show (a) a deprivation of liberty and (b) that the deprivation…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Robert Reich discusses how a reasonable balance of economic and political power is necessary to any protection of meaningful personal freedom: In reality,…
Rob Ford was just on the radio lying his face off about his record
Courtesy of Newstalk 1010, natch. Here’s the truth. .
Headbanging is bad for your health
…as any punk rocker could have told you. Watching this video, I think it is time for a Headbanger Intervention Strategy.
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 4, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 4, 2014: ‘So sue me’: Obama draws strength from gridlock in Congress Right to be forgotten:…
Before It Stops
http://www.reliance-trust.com/ The ground is shifting. Jeffrey Simpson writes that the Conservatives still have “yellow dog” ridings — where they could
Cowichan River Could Dry Up As We Face Drought Conditions
Cowichan Weir-Photo by Brian Hoole The Cowichan River is being challenged by a very dry spring, no remaining relief from melting snowpacks and the outlook for the balance of the…
Hyper scribble cat
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Ontario adds Climate Change to MOE Portfolio
IN ANNOUNCING her new cabinet last week, Premier Kathleen Wynne has charged former Transportation Minister Glen Murray with taking over Ontario’s newly revamped environment ministry. Murray, the sitting MPP for…
A kinder, gentler Ontario PC Party?
It is likely Whitby-Oshawa MPP Christine Elliott is serious this time out. She wants another try at being leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. She has disappointed Prime Minister…
Kathleen Wynne, the Cons, and the Moody’s Mob
I'm pretty sure not many people in Ontario, let alone the rest of Canada, took time off from their busy lives, or Summer, to watch Kathleen Wynne's Throne Speech today.And…