This is hardly a surprise. Remember what Stephen Harper said about Kyoto? “Kyoto is essentially a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations.” http://www.canada.com/technology/Environment+minister+Peter+Kent+skates+around+departure+from+Kyoto+climate+treaty/5778658/story.html#ixzz1f1wKt5A0 OTTAWA — Environment Minister…
R. v. Janusas, 2011 ONCA 742 has a useful summary of when leave to appeal in summary conviction cases will be granted: Before and since the decision of Doherty J.A. in R.…
In fairness, during the campaign he did say he would raise taxes. This was published in the Sun as part of Ford’s plans for after the election: But Ford said…
The time to vote on the resolutions is coming rapidly to a close — November 30. I urge everyone to go online to www.liberal.ca and review the resolutions. One I…
I must say I think this is rather sweet; fortunately the tweets were clearly gibberish otherwise there might have been fallout. Imagine if they had been about, say, Humpty Dumpty!…
The B.C. Lions took advantage of excellent field position and hold a 11-0 lead over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after the first quarter of the 99th Grey Cup at BC…
The home-town B.C. Lions will have a capacity crowd of 54,000 behind them as they prepare to take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 99th Grey Cup Championship.
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I had a long chat with a Liberal from Saskatchewan. His major concern was the structure of the Liberal Party and making sure that the PTAs and Commissions should continue…
Jack v. Gowling, Strathy & Henderson, 2011 ONCA 736 deals with the test to dismiss an action because of a failure to fulfill undertakings given on discovery. The Court accepted…
I remember asbestos mines in the 60s and giant boilers in schools (!!) covered with the stuff! http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/130-years-canadian-asbestos-production-192622068.html MONTREAL – Canada‘s once-mighty asbestos sector has ground to a halt for…
This is a very weird story. Lawyers want judges to copy their submissions — indeed, the main reason to give submissions electronically is to encourage judges to 'cut and paste'.…
Canadian workers are failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living as average real wages continue to shrink dramatically, new data from Statistics Canada shows. Real after-inflation wages…
Over the last week I have spoken to Liberals in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. This afternoon I will be speaking to some Liberals over a drink in Montreal.…
R. v. Bodenstein, 2011 ONCA 737 is a useful example of the Court of Appeal applying the traditional test for expert evidence in the context of soft sciences and criminal…
