A Politician To Respect
Although she is not one of ours, Democratic Senator Elizabethan Warren is one of those rare politicans who commands respect. Calm, even unflappable, and eminently logical, she handles herself with…
All The World’s a Laboratory
Source: Maclean’s Magazine: http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/07/16/hungry-aboriginal-kids-adults-were-subject-of-nutritional-experiments-paper/ When I woke up this morning, I had intended to talk a bit more about the news that the PMO is actively withholding emails from the…
Canada Day Bomb Threat Sure Looks Like It Was RCMP Inspired
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger When the reports of a thwarted bombing incident at Canada Day celebrations at the BC Legislature were first trumpeted non stop by our obedient media the…
Sometimes Mockery Is The Only Fitting Rebuke
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Baby’s first year
A Second a Day from Birth. – YouTube: ““ You won’t be able to stop smiling. Thanks to Daily Kos.
Stephen Harper’s Calamitous Cabinet Shuffle
Oh dear. Poor Stephen Harper. The euphoria over his cabinet shuffle seems to have faded rather rapidly.It was only yesterday, but now it seems like a thousand years old. And…
Stephen Harper Visits Lac Megantic
Mourning the senseless tragedy. Today I was very impressed when Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, broke with his almost long-held position of not visiting Lac Megantic. While he and…
PRISM: Does Government Have a Sense of Humour?
No. I never realized the famous voice that said, “You’ve Got Mail” on AOL, was actually some guy from the NSA. Do you ever feel like no one is listening…
Canada Sinking Fast on Global List of Job Creators
The federal government never tires of boasting that Canada’s labour market has performed better than most other countries through the financial crisis and subsequent recession, and that the number of…
July 17: I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Life is heck….
I’ve been all day fixing my computer. (So I got my son to fix it.) So this is a very late blog – possibly a short one. A reader wrote…
Gay marriage approved in Great Britain
George Takei posted this photo montage in celebration.
Rev. Al Sharpton speaks out on Trayvon Martin case
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Civil rights activist Al Sharpton has announced a national movement – to protest in front of courts over…
How social media has changed the news conference
This moment of snark brought to you by the incomprable XKCD. Alltop wonders if Google+ has a role to play.
Stephen Harper makes a joke
Pierre Poilievre named Minister of State for Democratic Reform.
Dean Blundell Show Sanctioned For Advocating Violence
Ottawa, July 17, 2013 – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning a conversation broadcast on the Dean Blundell Show on CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge, Toronto).…
Hostile and adverse witnesses
Canada Evidence Act: 9. (1) A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but if the witness, in the…
Cross examination of own witness on prior statement
McInroy et al. v. The Queen, 1 S.C.R. 588: Section 9(2) is not concerned with the cross-examination of an adverse witness. That subsection confers a discretion on a trial judge…