Important News From Turkey!
I just googled it and turkeys don't actually come from Turkey. So no matter what happens, the 1st World should be OK for thanksgiving.— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) July 15, 2016
2016
Important News From Turkey!
I just googled it and turkeys don't actually come from Turkey. So no matter what happens, the 1st World should be OK for thanksgiving.— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) July 15, 2016
Turkey, Coup. Army Tosses Erdogan.
At long last the Turkish generals have turned on strongman Recep Erdogan.Traffic has been stopped from crossing both the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges in Istanbul.There are reports of…
July 15: More me than news.
The good news is that there will be no blog this weekend. I feel the call of sand and salt water.The bad news is that I am now about to…
Those 28 Pages Are Finally Out.
Congress has released the 28 pages redacted from the 9/11 Commission Report. The 28-page document is a wide-ranging catalog of alleged links between Saudi officials and Qaeda operatives, from contacts…
Human
Human. Choose which to feed: hate or love. Starve the other.
A little musical Canadiana
Among my collection of many (many!) vintage song books and song sheets, I have a bundle of patriotic music from WWI. I was browsing through them again this week and…
Arbutus Corridor rail removal completing ahead of schedule
City of VancouverInformation BulletinJuly 15, 2016Temporary pathway installation gets under way next weekThe removal of train rails and ties from the Arbutus Corridor was substantially completed this week, ahead of…
Inadvertent disclosure seldom amounts to waiver of privilege
R. v. Ward, 2016 ONCA 568: Communications between a lawyer and his or her client are privileged where they involve the giving or seeking of legal advice and where the…
Inadvertent disclosure seldom amounts to waiver of privilege
R. v. Ward, 2016 ONCA 568: Communications between a lawyer and his or her client are privileged where they involve the giving or seeking of legal advice and where the…
Arbutus Corridor rail removal completing ahead of schedule
City of VancouverInformation BulletinJuly 15, 2016Temporary pathway installation gets under way next weekThe removal of train rails and ties from the Arbutus Corridor was substantially completed this week, ahead of…
Coin Toss: Will blockchain undermine or buttress state power?
I have a review of Don and Alex Tapscott’s new book, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business and the World in this month’s Literary Review…
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Like Survival of Our Species
Climate change gonna getcha. Climate change gonna getcha.The Republican presidential nominee, the Orange Behemoth, Donald Trump, dismisses climate change as a hoax. He doesn't mean it, right? Wrong. He's even…
10 Reasons Ottawa Should Rebuild Our Environmental Assessment Law from Scratch
By Chris Tollefson for IRPP. The Trudeau government has recently announced a sweeping review process that could culminate in what has been described as “the most fundamental transformation of federal…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- France St-Hilaire, David Green and Craig Riddell offer some needed policy prescriptions to fight inequality in Canada:As first steps toward expanding the share of…
When You Seem to Have Tried Everything
They want us out of their backyards. Maybe that's a good idea. Why should we continue on with a murderous pissing contest that we cannot end?Sometimes it's best to stop…
Assuming Jurisdiction Over A Claim
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon LLP v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2016 SCC 30:Before a court can assume jurisdiction over a claim, a real and substantial connection must be shown…
Assuming Jurisdiction Over A Claim
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon LLP v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2016 SCC 30:Before a court can assume jurisdiction over a claim, a real and substantial connection must be shown…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday July 15, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul…
In dangerous times: What do you say? What do you do?
Hours after last night’s horror in Nice, France, I don’t know what to say or do. I’m just a guy with a web site and a newspaper column. I don’t…