#LavScam apologies: Canadian Press apologizes for drive-by smear on JWR
Oh here's The Canadian Press apologizing for helping "unnamed sources" smear @Puglaas. I really do wonder if we will ever learn who these sources were… If they are who I'm…
March 2019
#LavScam latest: another nobody Liberal MP attacks JWR
The nobody in question, Madawaska – Restigouche’s René Arseneault, says: “For me, as a lawyer, this whole thing has been blown out of proportion.” He also says Jody Wilson-Raybould is…
#LavScam shocker: the prosecutors react to Trudeau
An hour after the “Prime Minister” speaks, this. This is simply extraordinary. In all my years of lawyering, and trying to teach law, I have never seen something like this.…
No Apologies
Early this morning in the National Press Theatre, something happened that the Canadian public has been waiting for now for a while. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a press conference,…
There are three sides to every story…
There are three sides to every story. Regarding Jody Wilson-Raybould’s experience as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, there is her side, the sides of everyone named…
Canada’s PM Trudeau has learned nothing from the rule of law crisis
After devastating testimony from his former attorney general, Justin Trudeau stood before the cameras and said the same thing his former senior advisor had said: We done nuthing wrong; no…
Three big mistakes Trudeau made at his #LavScam press conference
1. He didn’t apologize. After Trudeau’s office leaked that the beleaguered Liberal leader was deliberating about an apology for the SNC-Lavalin scandal, we all kind of expected one. We didn’t…
How Can We Prevent Climate Catastrophe?
Photo by Rennett Stowe It’s not hyperbole to say that the accelerating climate emergency, which is getting closer to spiraling out of control, is the most serious crisis that humanity…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tim Wu writes that the U.S.’ political system is serving to allow a privileged few to ignore the policy preferences and interests…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 7, 2019. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
New column day
Here, on how RBC’s survey about continued parental funding for adult children demonstrates the need for improved social supports to assist young adults who lack the same family resources. For…
Criminal Law And Family Law
Susan Delacourt writes that the SNC-Lavalin Affairs illustrates the difference between criminal law and family law. Jody Raybould-Wilson and Gerald Butts told two different tales at the Justice Committee: Where…
How to Remove Plastic From Your Life
We all know that plastics are bad for the earth and the oceans. Indeed, a study published last month found that plastic was found in the deepest ocean dwelling animals.…
The Hysteria Surrounding Alleged SNC-Lavalin Job Losses
I was watching The National ((aka The Whore of Babylon among those who reflexively defend all things Liberal) last evening, and was surprised to learn that there seems to be…
My Second Podcast Appearance – The View Up Here (And Of Course Some Thoughts On SNC Fakegate)
//percolate.blogtalkradio.com/offsiteplayer?hostId=711695&episodeId=11232575 I sat down for a wide ranging chat with Canada Glen (@canadianglen) about the United We Roll convoy and the SNC Lavalin story, it is actually quite fair, and…
No Butts about it!
With the Trudeau government, even a recently-resigned principal secretary to the prime minister sticks to the talking points. Gerald Butts appeared before the Commons justice committee yesterday and tried valiantly…
If true, this is beyond the pale…
“I was instructed not to send it,” said Nathalie Drouin. If true, this is beyond the pale… Jody Wilson-Raybould was, in her capacity as Minister of Justice, the chief federal…
Your morning #LavScam: the New York Times calls it “a spreading mess” and “a major blow”
I’ll be on CTV Your Morning today around 7, after Trudeau speaks this morning, and also doing the radio tying over on the mighty Newstalk 1010. This is the sort…
UCP leadership campaign reveals ‘how an aggressive campaign could hijack online votes,’ U.S. journalist writes
Digital-election-theft allegations swirling around the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership campaign should be a sharp warning for the U.S. Democratic Party, which plans to use similar technology in some of…