Late Lawyers (and Other Musings)
New York City’s embattled, progressive mayor, Bill de Blasio, has in rapid order acquired a bit of a reputation for failing to arrive on time. His tardy tendencies have even…
March 2015
Law Society of Upper Canada Honours Lawyers
Every year the Law Society of Upper Canada (the “Law Society“) presents its “best of the profession awards”. This year awards will be presented on March 27, 2015 at Osgoode…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, March 20, 2015
Your news links for today: CRTC Announces Basic TV Service Capped at $25, Required by March 2016 – iPhone in Canada Beware of the Scare Tactics, Part Two: CRTC Unveils…
Medical Marijuana Law Goes to Canada’s High Court (No Pun Intended)
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether Canadians have the constitutional right to consume medically-prescribed marijuana in a manner other than smoking.Currently, it’s only legal for medical marijuana…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Both Edward Keenan and the Star’s editorial board take note of Thomas Mulcair’s plan for urban renewal, with particular emphasis on its appeal…
Carolyn Bennett, Danielle Takacs & Liberal candidates visit Six Nations for tour, roundtable
Yesterday, Liberal MP and Aboriginal Affairs Critic Carolyn Bennett visited Brantford-Brant riding for the whole day to participate in discussions on Native Housing issues as well as to tour Six…
March 20: The story of the day
But you won’t see it in the Irving press. I’m quite sure of that even though my breakfast paper has not yet arrived. (It’s noon.) Before Bush and Blair went…
Inside Canada’s Five-Year-Long Anti-Terror Investigation of a Group of Quebec Communists
On November 30, 2004, a bomb buried under two bags of sand went off, shaking the foundations of a hydroelectric tower near the Quebec-US border. Two years later, a car…
Changing the Curriculum
Months ago, Kathleen Wynne proposed guidelines for sex ed in Ontario, and many parents are still furious. A group called Campaign Life Coalition has put quite a spin on it…
A Tale Told By An Idiotic Orwellian
http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.ca/ Remember when Stockwell Day used to lead the cabal which today passes for the Conservative Party of Canada? Those were the days when Day insisted that the St. Lawrence…
Political foot-in-mouth disease: when is it an accident, and when is it deliberate?
Michael Harris in iPolitics: The odd thing about about this re-run of the Right of the Living Dead in the CPC is that it represents something that Stephen Harper himself…
More About That Gun Thing, Mr. Harper
Despite Stephen Harper’s strong warnings last year about its dangers, two professors of criminology have thrown caution to the wind and ‘committed sociology.’ In today’s Star, Irvin Waller and Michael…
Lessons for Canada in Israel’s elector impotence.
It looks like Benjamin Netanyahu has once again used the Israeli form of proportional representation to cling to power in the Israeli Knesset. Israel uses proportional representation that only allows…
"How did we get here?" . . I hate to have to ask. . .
“How did we get here?” This is the timeless question of people who find themselves in a country (or world) being enveloped by the politics of hate, fear, militarism, jingoism,…
Stephen Harper and the Night of the Living Dead
As you probably remember, when I saw that Stephen Harper had poured gasoline on the flames of bigotry in Quebec, and I saw how his words had galvanized the Bloc…
The Next Question #nlpoli
Scott Andrews’ political career ended last fall. He may not have realised it at the time. His bizarre news conference on Thursday made plain he may still not understand that…
How Does a Politician Define Contempt?
If you’ve ever wondered how a really really bad provincial MLA explains how to define contempt for the population, you must watch this. At least twice! February 2, 2015 The…
Maroc–We Just Moved Several Meters Closer to the Edge of a Cosmic Abyss
Don Maroc We just moved several meters closer to the edge of a cosmic abyss and no one is calling for a time out. Last year the BRIC countries (Brazil,…
Bill C-51: 8 things activists and dissenters in Canada need to know
After thoroughly studying Harper’s draconian anti-terror Bill C-51, lawyers at the BC Civil Liberties Association suggest the 8 things activists and dissenters in Canada need to know. The post Bill…