Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 20, 2014: War of lawsuits embroils billionaire philanthropist, business brothers, Toronto cops and disbarred lawyer Ottawa…
… in what is supposed to be a big league city. A few examples… No empty cabs at 6 pm in the Market last Saturday. 6 pm. The Market. Really?…
Yesterday, inspired by a link sent to me by The Mound of Sound, I wrote a post on some of the dire implications of the surveillance state and the preparations…
Posted for discussion and interest value. Out of curiosity, I plunked the word “transgender” into Google Trends. It’s not my terminology of choice, but it’s what most people use and…
Posted for discussion and interest value. Out of curiosity, I plunked the word “transgender” into Google Trends. It’s not my terminology of choice, but it’s what most people use and…
Where does a person who poses as a progressive Liberal get off saying other political bloggers are ‘damn fools’? More than one blogger called correctly for the Liberal majority on…
A number of shibboleths fell with the election of Kathleen Wynne. The most insidious of them was the notion that the words “tax” and “theft” are synonyms. Linda McQuaig writes:…
In R. v. Lerke (1986), 67 A.R. 390 (Alta. C.A.) the Alberta Court of Appeal found that a tavern manager who arrested an accused person was acting as an agent…
If you live in the United States, and you are concerned about climate change, circle Monday June 23rd on your calendar. From the comfort of your own home, you can…
I've always had trouble trying to figure out Peter Dumbo MacKay's exact place in the Con universe.He used to strike me as more of a happy idiot, than a hollow…
A decade ago, the offshore regulatory board reduced its estimate of the recoverable reserves in the Terra Nova field from 405 million barrels to 354 million barrels. Danny Williams was…
It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part II. Thomas Fazi In the first part of this article I looked at the mounting evidence against austerity by organisations as…
Originally posted on thecurrentmoment: This guest post, by Phil Mader, a researcher in sociology at the Universal of Basel, follows on previous posts by him and by Wolfgang Streeck on…
by: Lauren McCauley | First published by Common Dreams on June 18, 2014 “It’s official. The war is on,” Grand Chief Stewart Phillip told a crowd of hundreds who had…
The Ric McIver campaign balloon makes its way through downtown Calgary. Who ya gonna call? Kathleen Wynne? Some of the cast of the Gong Show, Alberta Edition, below: Former infrastructure…
I consider myself a progressive. I've given thousands to the NDP and even threw a few strategic progressives dollars to the Bloc Québécois. I also consider myself an environmentalist. Perhaps…
willtheylisten.png 73% of Canadians oppose Bill C-13, with just 15% approving. Huge opposition among all regions, age groups, genders, and income levels. Even Conservatives oppose Bill C-13 by 62% to…
… here we go. Concerned Christians Canada was one of Craig Chandler’s creations … until he sold it to its current owner when the political heat got a little to…
I daily marvel at my daughter. I expect I’m like most parents. But I often get caught in the mental rut of baby parenting, despite the fact that Mallory’s eight.…
