Sufficiency of reasons in a civil case
Dovbush v. Mouzitchka, 2016 ONCA 381: Trial judges are called upon to make difficult decisions, often in difficult circumstances. They preside as the particular dynamics of the trial unfold. Inadequate...
May 2016
Working towards a next-generation environmental assessment law for Canada
Friday, May 20, 2016 On May 1-3, West Coast Environmental Law hosted a Federal Environmental Asses...
May 20: Slim pickings in the news today
Despite 'tough' government regulations, oil spills on a grand scale are quite common. And, even with a cleanup, the damge from them lasts for years. Amazing how most of our…
Rafe to Justin: Kinder Morgan approval makes mockery of democracy
Rafe Mair calls out Justin Trudeau on Kinder Morgan and the mockery its approval makes of our democracy. "What right does parliament have to expose our lands, parks and waters…
What, By Now, We Should Have Realized About Free Trade Agreements But Still Haven’t.
Nothing has become so undeservedly imbued with the status of orthodoxy as free market fundamentalism embodied in today's free trade pacts and neoliberal governance. This has become our orthodoxy. We…
Help me read more of what I want to write!
I read a lot. I write, I think, because I have always read a lot. At some point, even prior to any explicit consideration of “What will you be when…
Help me read more of what I want to write!
I read a lot. I write, I think, because I have always read a lot. At some point, even prior to any explicit consideration of "What will you be when…
Help me read more of what I want to write!
I read a lot. I write, I think, because I have always read a lot. At some point, even prior to any explicit consideration of "What will you be when…
Walk # 2 Part 1
“With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear.
The Scummy Race to the Bottom Orchestrated by the Conservatives & Media
The people that pull Justin Trudeau's wife into the limelight are the scummiest scum of the earth.
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Johnna Montgomerie makes the case to treat austerity as a failed experiment. But Laura Basu points out that misleading coverage of economic and fiscal…
India Clocks All-Time Heat Record – 51C
The past few years have seen something we never heard of before - temperatures breaking 50 degrees Celsius. A town in the Indian state of Rajasthan set an all time…
Who Really Benefits from Pipelines like Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain, Anyways?
This article originally appeared on the Dogwood Initiative website. “Oil to tidewater.” It’s an industry mantra happily adopted by politicians — and even some environmentalists. But ask yourself this: what…
Who Really Benefits from Pipelines like Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain, Anyways?
This article originally appeared on the Dogwood Initiative website. “Oil to tidewater.” It’s an industry mantra happily adopted by politicians — and even some environmentalists. But ask yourself this: what…
Kudos to PMO and Justice staff
It can now be revealed: neo-Nazi Paul Fromm (and Your Ward News supporter) was going to use Parliament Hill for a press conference this week. And senior staffers at PMO and…
Israeli Defence Minister Quits. Says Extremists Have Taken Over Netanyahu Government. Who Knew?
Slick is not going to want to hear this. After pointlessly backing the Tory motion to censure the BDS, Boycott/Divest/Sanction movement aimed at fighting back against Israeli persecution of its…
Duffy Has Taken Everybody Off the Hook
Pamela Wallin got her early Christmas gift yesterday. Today Mac Harb found his under the tree. Nobody is getting prosecuted in the Senate expenses scandal.The RCMP and the Ontario Crown…
Act of contrition
Have heard from many insiders that @JustinTrudeau's truly contrite. We should credit smart senior staff and a smart wife for that. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 20, 2016 He…
How Much Trouble Are the Saudis In?
When you think of a place that must be drowning in petro-dollars, surely Saudi Arabia comes to mind.Saudi Arabia's oil giant, Aramco, is a family business, a closed shop, and…