Rebooting… again
Every overly-long period of intermittent blogging should be followed by two things: A promise to blog more frequently A new theme. At least I can show you the new theme…
2015
Poilievre promoted to employment minister
Jason Kenney has been promoted to Minister of National Defence, and Pierre Poilievre has been tapped to replace him at Employment and Social Development Canada. Sigh. It seems like such…
Elizabeth May – We’re a Police State Now
Elizabeth May was the lone voice speaking out against Harper’s intrusive surveillance security law from the outset. Now she expands on her concerns and issues a stark warning to the…
A reader writes
(And, for clarity’s sake, I wasn’t denied in the “green light” process – I simply didn’t bother. Life’s too short, etc.) Warren: Here’s one of the things pissing me off…
The Fight Against Street Deaths in Toronto
Photo by Andy Burgess The twin agendas of urban redevelopment and austerity have increased the scale of the homeless crisis in Toronto. Over 4,000 people cram into the emergency shelters…
Adams and Eve: why everyone should be happy
It’s a happy day. If you take everyone at their word, that is. Here’s why: • The Cons are happy because they no longer have around someone they insist they…
Vaccinations: A Library of Research Against Them
Vaccines provoke the most abrupt and vitriolic attacks from public authorities, vilifying my choices and putting me on the defensive. Here is substantial research from the medical community about deaths…
Third Party Beneficiary of Contractual Rights
Sanofi Pasteur Limited v. UPS SCS, Inc., 2015 ONCA 88: The Supreme Court has adopted a principled approach to when the doctrine of privity of contract – under which a…
From the archives: Laura and Eve (and others)
My friends Laura Miller and Eve Adams (coincidentally) are both in the news today, for different reasons. So, here is some of a column I did awhile back, wherein both…
Justin Plays the Apple to Con’s Eve…
Eve Adams, former Conservative MP, to join Liberal Party ‘She wanted to be her community’s voice in Ottawa, not the prime minister’s voice in her community’: Trudeau By Kady O’Malley,…
Eve AdamAnt, former Con MP, to join Libs
Satire inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eve-adams-former-conservative-mp-to-join-liberal-party-1.2950048
Eve AdamAnt, former Con MP, to join Libs
Satire inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eve-adams-former-conservative-mp-to-join-liberal-party-1.2950048
Really Justin, Eve Adams?
She was a perfect fit for the Harper caucus. She even hooked up with former Harpo mouthpiece Dimitri Soudas. Then her political career went to hell and she couldn’t even…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of February 2, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Judge Defies Gay Marriage Law Federal court to review denied media access to Omar Khadr Alabama Judge Orders State…
Eve Adams makes me Laugh . . . and Cry.
Nowadays, it takes a lot to drag me to the keyboard to bother to write about politics. For one thing, there are other bloggers out there who, given the terrible…
Eve AdamAnt, former Con MP, to join Libs
Satire inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eve-adams-former-conservative-mp-to-join-liberal-party-1.2950048
Prosecuting and defending historic cases
R v Takawgak 2015 NUCJ 07: Delay This Court in R v DeJaeger, 2014 NUCJ 21, NuJ No 22 (QL), spoke at length of the difficulties in prosecuting, defending, and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Elizabeth Renzetti makes clear that we can’t count on one-time crowdsourcing to perform the same function as a social safety net: This is…