http://natpo.st/AnWXD4 "So, no, we do not know for a fact that the calls came from anyone acting on the authority of the Conservative party. But, well, let's say it fits…
This is just wrong. To use the Forces for partisan purposes is worse than misusing a military helicopter. The tradition of keeping the Forces separate from politics is critical to…
Claude Adrien HELVÉTIUS The art of politics is to make it so that it is in everyone's best interest to be virtuous.
An odd thing about dirty tricks — they are usually not necessary. Some readers may be old enough to remember President Nixon. He was going to be reelected without any…
Section 254(2) of the Criminal Code reads: (2) If a peace officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has alcohol … in their body and that the…
Odd story. I can hardly believe it was formal CPC policy — still, dirty tricks are not unknown from the CPC … http://natpo.st/x47VVy "In Guelph, a riding the Conservatives hoped…
R. v. L.C.T., 2012 ONCA 116 is a good example of a mechanical application of the test for admission of fresh evidence on appeal: The four-part test for the admission of fresh…
Today is Ash Wednesday. According to the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, during…
Gligorevic v. McMaster, 2012 ONCA 115 holds an ineffective assistance claim is available on appeal from a Consent and Capacity Board capacity decision: In my opinion, as with an accused whose liberty…
R v Pizzuro, from Justice Beatty January 30, 2012 in Bracebridge holds the prosecutor must adduce evidence a handheld cellphone is capable of sending and receiving before a conviction for…
One who is constantly in fear is every day condemned: Publius Syrus
"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any…
Good luck to that — people don't like to be under an 'iron fist' and once they see another tyranny falling … http://bit.ly/yS1J6m ""It is the state's right to confront…
Hoban Construction Ltd. v. Alexander, 2012 BCCA 75 has a useful discussion of when an informal contract is binding and the nature of intent to form contractual relations: Did the…
