The Electronic Rights Defence Committee has been fighting since 1996 to get recompense for free lance writers whose work was stolen and published electronically by The Gazette, Montreal’s English language…
It will come as no surprise to anyone who regularly reads this blog that I read some pretty dense nonfiction for fun. Oh, I’m no “theoryhead” — those people who…
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The headline is taken from a piece on Science Daily on a study about how groups change personal behaviour and morality. The study is reported on the MIT website. I’ve…
It is sure getting tough for a person to accurately forecast election results. Watching Tom Clark during the excellent election night coverage by Global Television, he asked a lovely looking…
Kathleen Wynne’s incredible victory last night was a shock to some and an inspiration to others. For Andrea Horvath, who triggered the election by turning down a budget practically written…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 13, 2014: My post today @SlawTips The ‘Law Office Backyard Retreat’ Report Grocers sue Vt over…
R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43: Whether there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in the totality of the circumstances is assessed by considering and weighing a large number of…
Assorted content to end your week. – Neera Tanden points out that a wide range of citizens rely on a strong safety net at one time or another – and…
I was thinking about that comparison as I digest a surprising Liberal majority in Ontario this AM (but the folks at Forum and Ekos with their last polls called it…
Canadian Artists’ Representation v. National Gallery of Canada, 2014 SCC 42: Reasonableness is the presumptive standard of review when a tribunal is interpreting its home statute or a statute closely…
Not long ago, Stephen Harper mused about scoring a hat trick in Ontario — a Tory at Toronto City Hall, a Tory at Queen’s Park and himself — the Big…
While I’m pretty sure anyone who reads this blog regularly is quite aware of the last night’s results, I think it might take a while to sink in just how…
I have been alive and kicking on this planet for 53 years today. I’m pretty damn happy about it. I’m celebrating my birthday by taking the day from work, reviewing…
Advocates learn early that it makes sense to underplay their case. Clients don’t like that – they tend to want their lawyer to take an extreme position – but the…
…because over and over I have said that Nanos is the ONLY pollster worth watching. Here is why (emphasis mine): Some key observations on this evening’s Ontario election: Tonight’s election…
This is a guest post by award-winning environmental campaigner and author Tzeporah Berman. It was originally published in The Globe and Mail and is republished here with permission. I have…
Take Andrew Coyne, for example. This guy is known among Canada’s literati as “the journalist who knows math”. He’s always saying “Well, the iron laws of Economics will prevent that!”…
Welcome the newest Member of Provincial Parliament for Beaches East York, Arthur Potts.
Well at the end of this long day, I guess it's safe to say that the people of Ontario weren't too impressed with Tim Hudak's vision of the future.They didn't…
