James C Morton
Dumb dumb dumb
A US debt default is totally unnecessary -- and becoming increasingly likely because of a game of political chicken. http://bit.ly/omwsef "The unthinkable could happen," said Mr. Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat.…
It takes effort to ignore the truth so rigorously
New Statesman, July 25, 2011 speaking of Scotland Yard and the British PMO's lack of interest in investigating the phone hacking scandal until forced to by stories in the Guardian.
It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
The Christophers
Female Presumptive Rule
I find it astonishing that there is a gender based presumptive rule remaining in Canadian tax law – constitutional or not it is offensive: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/07/20/ottawa-father-benefits.html An Ot...
Location of property “on a reserve” under s. 87 of the Indian Act
Bastien Estate v. Canada 2011 SCC 38, just released, sets out the test for determining when property is to be considered "on a reserve" for income tax purposes. The decision may…
Ontario judge frees prisoners because of late prosecutor — but we aren’t hearing the full story
http://bit.ly/qZPtaJ The judge is being pilloried in the media. But in fairness there is almost certainly two sides to the story and the judge's side is going unspoken. Lawyers being…
Ottawa police looking increasingly Third World
Fortunately with the crime rate so low, the police are not as important as they once were... . http://natpo.st/pKXYtK Chris Selley, National Post Friday, Jul. 22, 2011 On Tuesday, a…
Ottawa police looking increasingly Third World
Fortunately with the crime rate so low, the police are not as important as they once were... . http://natpo.st/pKXYtK Chris Selley, National Post Friday, Jul. 22, 2011 On Tuesday, a…
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties….
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in…
Stay pending appeal
Granite Mortgage, 2011 MBCA 59 contains a helpful review of the law regarding a stay pending appeal: 2 In Labossiere et al. v. The Estate...
Rushing wife to hospital costs man 10 demerit points, massive fine
Very odd story here – normally the police in a case like this just escort the parents to the hospital. http://bit.ly/qbkaCU When his pregnant wife started bleeding onto the car…
Should sex offenders wear GPS tracking devices?
JOE FANTAUZZI| YorkRegion.comPoint/counterpointConvicted sex offenders will be wearing GPS tracking devices if a Progressive Conservative government is elected in October, party leader Tim Hudak said.The idea has drawn a mixed…
First Nations children are more likely to go to jail than to graduate from high school
The federal government spends just 2 per cent of its federal prison budget, which exceeds $2-billion a year, on aboriginal programs. ... From an incarceration point of view, aboriginals are…