Progressive Blogger’s Meetup
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James C Morton
6,800 Ottawa patients may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV
Odd story here - sounds, perhaps, more serious than it is: http://bit.ly/p9I4GC OTTAWA — Public health officials in Ottawa will send out 6,800 registered letters Monday warning former patients of…
Nova Scotia Liberals
The Liberal Party has a strong Federal base in Nova Scotia. And it is a base that comes from a mix of urban and non-urban Ridings. And it is a…
Air Canada union wants deal on essential services
CUPE makes a fair point. Either the relationship is the normal one with a strike as an option or it is essential services where there is arbitration etc. Leaving everything…
Political science, if there were anything even remotely scientific about it, would be searching for a cure
P. J. O'Rourke
You are six times more likely to be mugged in London than New York
Curious factoid!
Drabinsky denied bail pending appeal
R. v. Drabinsky, 2011 ONCA 647 was released about an hour ago. Drabinsky was denied bail pending appeal: This application is gove...
Supreme Court excludes evidence supporting murder conviction based on Charter breach
R. v. Côté, 2011 SCC 46 was just released by the Supreme Court. It dealt with a search of accused's home conducted by police without valid warrants. The trial judge…
"Bargaining becomes meaningless without the right to strike"
If the airlines are, in fact, essential services (and that is possible) then the existing labour structure should be changed to reflect this. Ad hoc blocking of strikes, whether constitutional…
Cloud and I-Phone
This is more a question than a customary post. The radio says the new I-Phone will be storing all its data in the Cloud. Is this true? If so, does…
Should free speech trump hate laws?
http://bit.ly/n9VKA6 "For the record, I fully support gay rights. I also fully support free speech. That means anything this side of incitement to violence. I believe the current law is…
Best practice accused be alerted during plea inquiry of implications of a court-ordered NCR assessment
R. v. Williams, 2011 ONCA 641 deals with a plea followed by an NCR assessment. The Court of Appeal suggests that the judge should alert an accused, where an NCR assessment would likely…
Common employer doctrine
Asselin v. Gazarek et al., 2011 ONSC 5871 is a wrongful dismissal case dealing with the common employer doctrine at common law. The doctrine provides that an employee can have,…
Hate speech and freedom of religion and expression
Freedom of religion and expression is never limitless. Although it may be obvious, human sacrifice is not allowed even in the name of religion and you cannot defend a fraudulent…
If the panda didn’t have anything to hide then why did he evade the residents?
BEIJING - A panda scaled a fence, hopped roof-to-roof, swam in a river and napped in a tree before its city adventure ended.The panda led residents of Dujiangyan in southwest…
Blackberry Outages Span the Globe
As most of my blogs come from my BlackBerry there may be a bit of a gap in posting (followed by a flood of posts all at once) -- the…
Test for granting leave to appeal an interlocutory order
Ahmed v. Assu, 2011 BCCA 388 deals with the test for granting leave to appeal an interlocutory order. In Ontario ss. 6 and 19 of the Courts of Justice Act…
Gao Gao Update
From SDZ:Update (October 11, 2011): We appreciate everyone’s concern regarding Gao Gao. Veterinarians were able to rule out major concerns through the exam performed on October 6. Although we do…