Legislating Air Canada back to work
http://bit.ly/j6noOh "The Harper government is threatening to legislate an end to the Air Canada strike if union negotiators and company management can't reach a deal." This is very odd indeed.…
James C Morton
Beware the fury of a patient man
John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
Joint submissions on sentence should be followed
R. v. McGraw, 2011 ONCA 451, released today, is a useful current source for the law holding a trial judge ought to follow a joint submission on sentence unless contrary…
Remarkable Pedro Infante Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewwHyftl50&feature=autoplay&list=AVGxdCwVVULXd54q72u6W-rrCGE9VFK2PB&index=22&playnext=4
Fake expert testimony? Greg Carter testified in Durham family court cases
This is a remarkable story and one that affected people far beyond the Whitby/Oshawa area. Obviously the facts of the specific case are before the Court which will decide what…
Quebec woman wants to stay in Saudi Arabia: Reports
If you believe these reports, well, Stalin's Show Trials were a true reflection of reality. Remember she's not able to leave the home without her husband's permission. Under Saudi law,…
Trial judge’s decision not to be set aside lightly
R. v. C.L.J., 2011 ABCA 176 is a useful decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal setting out the high standard required before a trial judge’s decision will be set…
Sex trade on trial: Court considers prostitutes’ right to work safely
It is always dangerous to judge a judge's mind from a judge's questions but ... if Justice David Doherty is inclined to uphold the decision below the Crown is in…
Goguen Art Gallery at Corner of Centre and McGrigor, Oshawa
Second Empire Cottage, 1905
Parliament, not judges, should decide
Imagine a nation with rampant open, but unlawful, prostitution, a significant number of the poorest prostitutes coming from aboriginal backgrounds often with drug and alcohol addiction and a constant undercurrent…
MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO DISCUSS CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION
Perhaps we'll get some details of the crime legislation? As I have said before a detailed review of the legislation as proposed may be very helpful -- but the actual…
The Post Office
When I started in business I would get, on a normal day, ten or more letters. People communicated by telephone and, if there was a need to make a permanent…
Prostitution appeal begins tomorrow
http://natpo.st/ksr5pX Tomorrow the appeal of the decision that struck down some law relating to prostitution is being heard by the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The argument will take a…
A wise and noble man
"Genuine kindness occurs when our sole motivation is caring about the welfare of others": Pirke Avos The funeral of Justice Bentley was deeply moving. The father of Canada's drug treatment…
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
G. K. Chesterton
New mobile site
This blog now has a mobile form as well -- so when you access it from your smartphone it will look a little different than before. The content remains the…