Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. But, Really, Just Don’t Ask.
Who is buying Trump property? Who knows? Not you and not me. A USA Today investigation finds that something has changed since the inauguration with those who’ve been buying property…
June 2017
Trump’s Benighted Cuba Stance
Donald Trump is attempting to curry political favour in Florida by turning back the clock on warming U.S.-Cuba relations initiated by Obama. However, that cynical move is likely to have…
Trump is the illegitimate president
Not merely because of what he has done since he became president. But also because of what he did during the election. It has amazed me, for months, that millions…
That’s All There Was
Ruth Marcus writes that, in forty years, she’s never seen anything like it: Sometimes my role as a columnist is to advise readers not to overreact, to maintain perspective. Today…
Saturday Photo: Another Invasive, and One Not So
The perfume of Russian olives fills the air these mornings. A bit like the scent of orange blossoms, it lingers all day. I love the trees hardiness, as well as…
Jeremy Corbyn and the Politics of Hope
I must admit I'm still enjoying the aftermath of the British election.Seeing the Cons and their media stooges trying to explain why Jeremy Corbyn is so popular with young people.After…
Isn’t It Time To Ask What’s Wrong With Donald Trump?
You can see the fear in Donald Trump's piggy eyes. You can smell his desperation.After somebody shot some Republican congressmen, he tried so hard to look and sound like a…
Lament for Liberalism.
This is not Diogenes searching for honesty. It is just a poor liberal searching in vain for the true meaning of liberalism. Has liberalism eluded us all? Is liberalism just…
WCAI Islamophobic "Mega" Rally May Have Been Self-Quelled
An alternative title for this article could be "Everyone I Don't Agree With Is Funded By George Soros." In one week, the MASSIVE and GAME CHANGING rally MEGA RALLY is…
Environmentalist Tzeporah Berman, who gave as good as she got, leaves Alberta oilsands advisory role
PHOTOS: Former Oil Sands Advisory Group member Tzeporah Berman. Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Progressive Conservative Legislative Caucus Leader Ric McIver, and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips. Tzeporah Berman, the high-profile…
Musical interlude
Queens of the Stone Age – The Way You Used to Do
The Birth of Canada’s Armed, Anti-Islamic ‘Patriot’ Group (repost)
In front of Calgary City Hall a couple dozen of them stood, shoulder-to-shoulder, in an attempt to make an unbreakable human wall. Each of them wore a uniform consisting of…
What, Engines Fail?
A brand, spanking new oil tanker has grounded in sand near Cornwall in the St. Lawrence. Fortunately the weather is clear and the waters of the St. Lawrence are placid…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Wanda Wyporska writes about the scandal of growing inequality and the separation of the ultra-rich from the rest of society. And Richard Reeves…
Expert Evidence
Bruff-Murphy v. Gunawardena, 2017 ONCA 502: In White Burgess, a decision released shortly before the judgment under appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada provided clarity and guidance regarding challenges to…
Expert Evidence
Bruff-Murphy v. Gunawardena, 2017 ONCA 502: In White Burgess, a decision released shortly before the judgment under appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada provided clarity and guidance regarding challenges to…
New SFH web site!
Now available for public viewing and your punk rock edification. Right here, maaaaan.
Supreme Court Doubles Down on Jordan
R. v. Cody, 2017 SCC 31: Constitutional law — Charter of Rights — Right to be tried within a reasonable time — Pre‑Jordan delay of more than five years between…
Supreme Court Doubles Down on Jordan
R. v. Cody, 2017 SCC 31: Constitutional law — Charter of Rights — Right to be tried within a reasonable time — Pre‑Jordan delay of more than five years between…
Paul Adam and Wise Law Office Featured on Lawyer’s Daily
BY PAUL B. ADAM Last week, an interesting Ontario Court of Appeal case that I recently argued, Floward Enterprises v Winberg Estate 2017 ONCA 448, was featured on Lawyer’s Daily.…