Striking pleading appropriate in the face of repeated non-compliance
Grewal v. Nijjer, 2011 BCCA 505 deals with striking pleadings in the context of (1) deliberate and persistent breaches of the Rules of Court and (2) a court order combined…
James C Morton
Be Bold – we must light a lamp and not put it under a bushel!
Last night I spoke to a Liberal Riding President from British Columbia. She said that a major failing, as she saw it, of the Liberal Party was a failure to…
Beware of your friends, not your enemies.
Hiten zol men zich far di freind, nit far di feint.
On a conference call with Liberals from across Canada
I just finished an excellent cross-country telephone townhall with Liberals discussing membership and what we can do to make membership more relevant. We had four candidates for National Board on…
Why ‘Reprehensible’ is Not Enough
IRWIN COTLERMember of Parliament, Mount Royal When constituents of mine began reporting that they were receiving telephone calls asking if they would support the Conservative candidate in the pending or…
In general, arguments not raised at first instance ought not to be considered on review
The ATA sought judicial review of the adjudicator’s decision. Without raising the point before the Commissioner or the adjudicator or even in the originating notice for judicial review, the ATA…
Entrapment
R. v. Bayat, 2011 ONCA 778, a child luring case, deals with the law on entrapment. A helpful analysis of the law follows: In Mack, Lamer J. explained the basis…
Public transit is a core government function
Public transit is not a "perk" as some have recently suggested — it is a core governmental function in a modern city akin to police, fire and roads. Ignoring or…
A guilty person is always self-conscious.
Oifen goniff brent dos hittel.
Dismissal of summary judgment motion is not always interlocutory
Almrei v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 ONCA 779, released today, is a rare example of when a dismissal of a motion for summary judgment is a final order: In many…
Perhaps proper to postpone a summary judgment hearing because the record in the file needs to evolve?
Asset Engineering LP v. Pagotto, 2011 ONCA 777 is a very ordinary summary judgment appeal case, except… it hints that sometimes it may be proper to allow for summary judgment to be adjourned…
Chief, ‘misinformed’ minister clash over Attawapiskat consultant
Oh dear: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/chief-misinformed-minister-clash-over-attawapiskat-consultant/article2267812/ From being pulled out of press conferences to avoid questions to the awkward 18-second delay in trying to frame his answer to a query about when he…
"When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada", by Peter C. Newman
is compelling (and infuriating) reading. But his view that the Liberal Party is history is premature. Still the book is interesting. There is some interest in reading about details of…
Daniel Paille after being elected party leader of the Bloc Quebecois said:
"Even the most ardent federalists … are stunned at having been treated as nobodies by Ottawa," Paille told 300 people who turned up in a Montreal hotel Sunday to hear…