Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company, 2011 ONCA 683 was released late today. The decision is lengthy and deals with specific issues in insurance law. In so doing, however, the Court makes useful…
The Liberal Party is not and has never been the "Natural Ruling Party of Canada".The success of our great party came from listening to the people of Canada, understanding their…
http://convention.liberal.ca/delegates/The Liberal Party's biennial convention is happening this January at Ottawa's new convention centre! Learn how to become a delegate here How to stand as a Delegate convention.liberal.ca January 13th…
Re Jennifer Hart, 2011 NLCA 64 has some useful language about adjournments to obtain new counsel: A litigant is not entitled to continuous postponements to allow for the substitution of…
One of the many advantages of modern technology is the ability for ordinary people to be heard. Each one of us, as Liberals, has the opportunity to be heard not…
Some American bishops have barred Catholic politicians who openly reject Church teaching from receiving Eucharist. That makes sense as a bishop is supposed to monitor the behavior of parishioners. But…
In Question Period today, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews criticized NDP MP Joe Comartin for his "long career defending criminals". Just like John Diefenbaker: http://bit.ly/uIPPJP
A polar bear plays with a tyre in the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec October 31, 2011
R. v. Sahota, 2011 ONCA 679 is a good source for the principle that a jury is entitled to listen to a passages of a jury address if they so…
http://natpo.st/udwUoP "The federal Tories have said the legislation will cost the treasury $2-billion over five years, while the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates it will cost Ottawa $5-billion over five years…
Claude Adrien HELVÉTIUS (The art of politics is to make it so that it is in everyone's best interest to be virtuous).
What's interesting here is that the Provinces, broadly put, pay for and run prosecutions (drug offiences are a partial exception). So if Quebec, say, simply fails to enforce Federal laws…
Prince Edward Island uses the same Rules as Ontario. As a result decisions of PEI Courts have a broader application than they might otherwise have. Vail & McIver v. WCB(PEI)…
I was on the Motts today. A podcast of the show is at: http://www.themotts.ca/listen.php Just click on the podcast for October 31st.
CONSERVATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOLUTIONS — http://bit.ly/sNSUR5 A very interesting website where Conservative Americans set out (what look like Liberal) justice reforms
