140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 21, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 21, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: iPhone owners can sue Apple for monopolizing App Store, SCOTUS rules Sweden…
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Our Timid Canadian Revenue Agency
Over a year ago I posted about the sad record of the CRA in pursuing offshore tax cheats as revealed by the Panama Papers. It seems that little has changed…
Victoria Day Odds & Ends
The Victoria Day long weekend was somewhat busier than normal this year. There was also some news I wanted to touch on that didn’t warrant their own posts. Cake from…
Turning Back The Clock
For over seventy years now, conservatives have been working hard to turn back the clock. And, lately, they have been achieving what they see as victories. The latest evidence comes…
War Rooms from the political past.
It started back in the late 1970s and 80s when Senator Keith Davey, some of us liberal apparatchiks and the marketing communications experts, who volunteered their time, started to look…
Exclusive in the Sun: JWR speaks!
The truth. She says it’s true — the actions of the Liberal Prime Minister should be “of great concern for many Canadians, across the country.” She says, truthfully, that Justin…
The Lowest-Common Denominator Minority Legislature #nlpoli
An inherently unstable minority legislature where the parties have a history of finding political agreement through public spending is not exactly a recipe for tough decisions. There is something seductively…
The Smart Guys Got Us To This!
OK, now let’s see. Trudeau bought the Kinder Morgan pipeline and Horgan has immersed us in unneeded and unwanted fracking operations and LNG fantasies that will all blow up in…
The Hypocrisy of Faith Goldy
During the past few weeks south of the border a number of state governments controlled by Republicans have passed and signed into law increasingly regressive restrictions on reproductive rights in…
On the streets of Edmonton with Dale the Street Preacher: ‘It’s really tough’
Dale the Street Preacher is doing the Lord’s work. We can acknowledge this, even if we don’t share his idea of whom the lord is, or accept his view about…
Episode 37: Return of the Leg and in the Federal Election Red Zone
Along with guest co-hosts Lianne Bell and Chris Henderson, Dave discusses what to expect from the United Conservative Party and New Democratic Party when the Legislature reconvenes on May 21…
THE TIME HAS COME FOR A SPECIAL OFFER
Dr. Zachary White and I both received our author’s boxes of books last week (so exciting!). That means it’s time to order THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY OF CARING: The Transformation From…
Vancouver Aquarium parent body sues City of Vancouver and park board, alleging millions in lost revenue
by Charlie Smith on May 18th, 2019 The Ocean Wise Conservation Association has filed another legal action against two local governing bodies. The parent organization of the Vancouver Aquarium has…
abortion without apology: the war on women, the slippery slope, and how you can fight back
Tl;dr? Learn about the National Network of Abortion Funds, and give generously. * * * * Right-thinking Americans and Canadians are reeling at extreme anti-abortion laws sweeping through at least…
Two referendum proposals for Ontario: Catholic School Funding and First-Past-The-Post
Current average poll standings: CBC Poll Tracker This year, our outdated Single Member Plurality voting system, also known as First-Past-The-Post, once again threatens Canada’s progressive future, as well as the…
Just Make Sure No One’s Looking
Ottawa is preparing to relax regulations governing the release of effluent from some Tar Sands tailing ponds. It was bound to happen in the Great Northern Petro-State of Canada. Ottawa…
On buried dangers
There have been a few recent reports dealing with issues surrounding the Northern Village of Pinehouse – including a systematic refusal to answer access to information requests to which continued…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Susan Bradley reports on Dave Phillips’ observations as to how Atlantic Canada is already facing the effects of a climate breakdown. Cameron Brick…
The party of the middle class. The white middle class.
Sunny ways. #cdnpoli #lpc #cpc #ndp https://t.co/2lRuBeIgsi — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 20, 2019