Another Thing Trudeau & Layton Have In Common
Justin Trudeau and the late Jack Layton have quite a few similarities, underestimation by Conservatives is yet another. It wasn’t too long ago a certain inexperienced federal politician became leader…
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Saskatchewan Becomes First Province To Mandate Compulsory Asbestos Registration … ‘Howard’s Law’
MLAs on both sides of the aisle have voted unanimously to pass a groundbreaking asbestos registry law.Howard’s Law was introduced by NDP Leader Cam Broten in the fall. It will…
London radio station’s yanked CPC/Trudeau parody ad is back online — without CPC logos
On Thursday morning a London radio station, FM96 (which may or may not have London’s best rock) uploaded a humorous video parody of the Conservative Party of Canada’s anti-Justin Trudeau…
Hidden City Festival 2013
The Dufala Brothers have been selected to be part of the Hidden City Festival in 2013. Their installation will be at Globe Dye Works, and will feature materials sourced through…
Why Your High Cell Phone Bills Have Nothing To Do With The Size of Canada
Canada’s broken cell phone market has come under a lot of public scrutiny of late, with the CRTC trying to establish a set of minimum standards for wireless providers; the…
A third anti-Trudeau attack ad
I didn’t think the first two were overly effective, but this one has me worried. The Liberal Party needs to respond rapidly before this narrative sets in with Canadians: UPDATE:…
One small step for the government
One giant leap for the opposition.
Leadership battle imminent?
For the Tories, perhaps. Why do I think so? This is what you do when you’re thinking about making an exit.
Trudeau ends hope for Canada with decision not to fight attack ads
I am in complete and utter shock and sadness at the news that Justin Trudeau will become the third Liberal Party leader in a row defined by the formidable Reform-Conservative…
Pinball wizard
And I am, by the way. Didn’t know that about me, did you? When the other kids were playing Pong and its succedents, Your Humble Narrator was whiling away the…
Call me Ducky
The Nipper has the Best Ideas Ever Invented. He said, last night on the way to rehearsal, “you know what would be cool, would be if they made a Call…
In a voluntariness analysis the fact the statement was made by the accused must be demonstrated albeit to a minimal degree
Montgomery, 2011 ONSC 5331 (at para. 9): On a voir dire to determine whether a statement made to a person in authority is admissible, a trial judge is required to…
new zealand joins the world of marriage equality and their parliament breaks out in celebratory song
This is so beautiful! New Zealand, we thank you! We love you!
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ellie Mae O’Hagan and Nicholas Shaxson annihilate the claim that perpetually lowering corporate and upper-income tax rates offers any competitive advantage: Tax…
Appropriate Dress Required
Sometimes you feel like putting on a pretty little sundress, and prancing around in a meadow with the butterflies. Other days, you wake up and think: rubber dress … fishnet…
140Law – legal Headlines for Thursday, April 18, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 18, 2013: Ontario to crackdown on debt settlement company abuses: Roseman Top 10 Annoying Clichés Lawyers…
No "There" There
Taking his cue from Andrew Coyne’s recent column on the utter vacuity of Canada’s three major political parties, Zack Paikin writes that the Conservative Party has replaced values with venom.…
New column day
Here, building off of my previous analysis on the current positioning of Canada’s federal parties. For further reading, see:– Bob Hepburn and Carol Goar on the purpose and effect of…
You Have No Rights – Because you are Breaking the Law Right Now
For those who missed it, which I suspect is most people, there is a fantastic Op-Ed in the New York Times by Peter Ludlow of Northwestern University. Titled Hacktivists as…