Retrospective Criminal Laws
R. v. K.R.J., 2016 SCC 31:Section 11 (i) of the Charter constitutionally enshrines the fundamental notion that criminal laws should generally not operate retrospectively. This constitutional aversion for retrospective…
July 2016
A Teachable Moment?
If so, I am afraid Melania Trump failed:But of course, now that Meredith McIver has taken the fall for the plagiarism, I guess we can all hit the rewind button.…
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, but for all the wrong reasons.. . .
The Republican National Convention is in full swing and this week’s theme appears to be fear. The Grand Old Party (‘old’ being the operative word here) seems to be channelling…
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, but for all the wrong reasons.. . .
The Republican National Convention is in full swing and this week's theme appears to be fear. The Grand Old Party ('old' being the operative word here) seems to be channelling…
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, but for all the wrong reasons.. . .
The Republican National Convention is in full swing and this week's theme appears to be fear. The Grand Old Party ('old' being the operative word here) seems to be channelling…
Prisoner Justice Day Punk Show (Montreal, August 7th)
(français suivra – la majorité de l’événement va être en anglais) Prisoner Justice Day Punk Show Sunday, August 7th, 2016 Brasserie Beaubien 73 Beaubien Est (metro Beaubien) Doors at 8pm…
LawFact of the Day: Civil Litigation
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday July 21, 2016. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul 21,…
Uruguay Defeated Big Tobacco
Large tobacco companies that operation multinationally and earn billions of dollars a year off of an unhealthy addictive drug often fight poor nations. They fight poor nations in the courts…
There’s no business like no business.
Watching the events in Cleveland this week at the Republican National Convention you realize there are two stories unfolding. The first is in the convention hall itself where the strangest…
Police must take steps to ensure medical treatment for prisoners
R. v. Poirier, 2016 ONCA 582: In my opinion, the police have a duty to take reasonable steps to ensure that the accused's safety and security of the person are…
Police must take steps to ensure medical treatment for prisoners
R. v. Poirier, 2016 ONCA 582: In my opinion, the police have a duty to take reasonable steps to ensure that the accused's safety and security of the person are…
Republican Death Notice
Brent Rathgeber writes that the Republican Party is dead. It's been replaced by The Donald Trump Show:This is no longer the Republican Party; it’s becoming the Trump Party — bombastic,…
The Day Donald Trump Was Totally Humiliated
It was already the most bizarre political convention in modern American history. A third rate Nuremberg rally if ever there was one.But for Donald Trump yesterday had to be the…
The New Approach in Uncommunication #nlpoli
There are times when you look at a government news release and just laugh.Apparently, people who catch fish illegally are now called "abusers."The gang at fish and wildlife caught a…
No qualified candidates? What nonsense. #nlpoli
Let's make two things clear at the outset.First, the Globe and Mail is a rag. It's reputation has more to do with snobbery than the quality of its content.So right…
PEGIDA Canada Comments on Republican National Convention and Black Lives Matter
Watching the dumpster fire/hate fest that is the Republican National Convention, this writer decided to check in on one of the groups being monitored by ARC. Since we haven't looked…
PEGIDA Canada Comments on Republican National Convention and Black Lives Matter
Watching the dumpster fire/hate fest that is the Republican National Convention, this writer decided to check in on one of the groups being monitored by ARC. Since we haven't looked…
Odious Debt and the Betrayal of the Popular Will in Greece
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=16775Filed under: Uncategorized
On Tuesday, Corporate Media Played You. Did You Catch It?
Which was the most important news story on Tuesday this week? And which news story was overshadowed by corporate media coverage of the other 3? Donald Trump was officially nominated…
The 14 people you need to help you decide if you should publish or not
There are three things that I love about this: they are tremendous and witty words of wisdom from Mark Twain. it is narrated by John Lithgow, who’s voice alone makes…