5960…Note To Rob Snow CFRA Ottawa
Dalton McGuinty is no longer Premier of Ontario. Find someone else to hate. Tim Hudak is a choke artist. That’s it; that’s all. WFDS
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Factual concerns to be raised with parties to lawsuit
Williston v. Hamilton (Police Service), 2013 ONCA 296 provides: The appellant submits that the trial judge erred in ruling that s. 258.6 did not apply because the respondents were not…
And you want to be my latex salesman? #nlpoli
Last week SRBP noted that the provincial cabinet seems to be having some difficulty getting legislation into the House for debate. Normally, we’d see upwards of 30 bills handled in…
Chicago Wants to be a World Class Bicycle City
Chicago politicians understand that people in their city commute sustainably via bicycles and that this is a great component to their transit planning. What’s more is that by building proper…
Reasons need not be elaborate in a brief trial
R. v. P.S. 2013 ONCA 297 is a useful source for the proposition that, in brief trials, a trial judge’s reasons need not be elaborate to be sufficient: Second, the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading… – Joseph Stiglitz discusses the abuse of intellectual property law to turn publicly-funded research into privately-held profit centres (no matter how many people…
Charles Ramsey’s Analysis of What’s Wrong with America
Far too much stuff this morning–a day when there are huge stories on the international scene–about the bizarre escape of three young women after, it would seem, about 10 years…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 7, 2013: Psychiatry’s New DSM Guide Falls Short, Experts Say Corporations Find a Friend in the…
Ground Control to Major Tom #nlpoli
New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael asked natural resources minister Tom Marshall in the House of Assembly on Monday about Husky’s plans for natural gas development offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.…
OHA snippy about lack of health care planning
Last week’s provincial budget was accompanied by an uncharacteristic snippy release from the Ontario Hospital Association expressing disappointment. While OHA CEO Pat Campbell says there are a few positive initiatives…
Liberals: Cash, Polls, Attacks
A bit of a grab bag post on all things Liberal. With the usual “moment in time” caveat understood, these are still encouraging times for the Liberals. The polling shows…
Magical apparatus malfunctions
Alltop’s humor collection never stinks.
Is Stephen Harper Going Over the Deep End?
OMG. I don't know whether to celebrate or send out an Amber Ape Alert eh? But it appears as if Stephen Harper is missing in action.He hasn't showed his face…
Ralph Sultan: Poverty is a “Single Mom” Issue
At an SFU Public Square event on child poverty tonight, BC Liberal candidate Ralph Sultan evoked boos from the audience when he described the matter as a “single mom” issue.…
5959…I Got It: Harper’s Nose Is Leaking
That has got to be it, right? A leaking nose is why our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, misplaced that 3,100,000,000.00 dollars, wants to blow billions more on sh*tty jets…
Canadian Diplomacy Supported Deadly Blackfire Mining Project: Report
By: United Steelworkers (USW) | Press Release: OTTAWA and SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS – Documents released from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in response…
Kellie Leitch Speaks Again In Her ‘Master’s Voice’
Like the good yeo(wo)man she is, Ms Leitch never deviates from the Harper regime script as she ‘answers’ Evan Solomon’s questions about the Temporary Foreign Worker’s Program. One only hopes…
The Death of ‘Sustainability’
This is a guest post by Glenn Hurrowitz, author and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. Can destroying a tropical rainforest be “sustainable”? Well, according to a decision…