New column day
Here, on how the City of Regina's actual treatment of key information runs contrary to its stated commitment to open government.For further reading...- Natascia Lypny's report on the City's delays…
2016
Elizabeth May Calls Site C ‘Litmus Test’ for Trudeau’s First Nations Promises in New Video
Justin Trudeau and his cabinet must uphold their promise to respect First Nations rights when it comes to federal decision-making for the Site C dam, federal Green Party leader Elizabeth…
Ah, Jesus – Not Corexit!!
When it comes to the pipeline giants, prime minister Slick is their boy. His government had no problem giving the sack to a couple of dozen ambassadors appointed by Harper…
Howard’s Farewell to Elayne
Howard Shapray is widely known as a great guy, a fine lawyer and a devoted father and husband. After a lengthy struggle with incurable disease, Howard's wife, Elayne, ended her…
Ottawa Approves Controversial Chemical for Ocean Oil Spills
Photo by Technical Sergeant Adrian Cadiz The federal government has quietly approved the use of a highly controversial chemical for dispersing ocean oil spills, despite growing scientific evidence it doesn’t…
A Question of Leadership
Photo by Garry Knight He’s a decent man, with great integrity – but he’s not a real leader’ is the constant refrain from Jeremy Corbyn’s critics, questioning his electability. At…
Why Fonts Matter
The first problem I have when receiving a new book on typography is that I spend far too much time looking up the typefaces described or sampled therein, and searching…
Plus ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose
I was recently reminded of this climate change debate from almost 7 years ago (December 2009). I wrote this on my old blog (which was entirely about the environment and…
Plus ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose
I was recently reminded of this climate change debate from almost 7 years ago (December 2009). I wrote this on my old blog (which was entirely about the environment and…
If someone mocked your wife’s looks and said your father is a murderer, would you endorse him?
No sane person would. But the Trump Troops aren’t sane. They think Ted Cruz should put Donald Trump before his own family, I guess. Some of this latest GOP contretemps flared…
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…
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…
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…
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…