RIM Upgrades
So this week the Playbook will get all the features it should have had when it came out? All I know is the newest Blackberry software upgrades made it impossible…
James C Morton
Exposure to other faiths does not, in itself, amount to an infringement of the free practice of religion
S.L. v. Commission scolaire des Chênes, 2012 SCC 7 deals with religious freedom and more specifically the right to be free from exposure to other religions and faiths in school.…
Vic Toews responds to Vikileaks in letter to his riding
Vic Toews is totally right that his personal life ought not to be used for political advantage. And he is totally (even more) right that threats of violence (which I…
"No one expects a cabinet minister to know every single line of a piece of legislation,
but it is certainly alarming that the Minister of Public Safety was completely ignorant to an issue of fundamental freedom as serious as authorizing warrantless searches. This should never have…
New York Cardinal and Archbishop Timothy Dolan: an American Pope?
New York Cardinal and Archbishop Timothy Dolan speaks well and young for a Cardinal (he was born in 1950). He is President of the United States Conference of Bishops and…
Parking on trial at Brampton courthouse
Parking at the Brampton courthouse has long been a problem. I can imagine circling for a considerable time if you arrive just before court starts; I haven't really faced the…
Judges need discretion
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Actus and intoxication for first degree murder
One branch of first degree murder, s. 231(2) holds "Murder is first degree murder when it is planned and deliberate". This means, among other things, that the act for first…
No means no
R. v. Potvin, 2012 ONCA 113 is a useful case setting out the principle that only where reasonable steps to investigate consent are taken can a mistaken belief claim success: On behalf…
Good for Justice Minister Rob Nicholson
I often slag the Conservatives. But when they do something right they deserve to be recognized: Government to close legal loophole threatening gay marriage: http://bit.ly/wpm4kv "The Harper government moved quickly…
Leave to appeal from summary conviction appeal court the same for Crown and defence
R. v. Steeves, 2012 ONCA 106 deal with leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal from a summary conviction appeal court. In considering the case the Court suggested the test for leave…
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 – Otto Klemperer 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5juEqNvTzYw&feature=related