140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 18, 2013: Zimmerman jury selection enters its second week The Supreme Court rules prosecutors can use…
6154…Canada Hits The Big Time
Again. This time of course it is anti-corruption mayor Michael Applebaum of Montreal who has been charged with corruption. Beeg story. So big that Reuters is writing about it and…
Harper’s PMO: busted
Quote: The Prime Minister’s office sent information yesterday to The Advance regarding a money-losing speech Liberal leader Justin Trudeau made in Barrie in 2007. On Monday, PMO communications officer Erica…
PMO Hands Trudeau A Gift
Chalk me up as amongst the majority of Canadians who will yawn at the Trudeau charity "controversy". About the only reinforcing fallout within this affair, Justin Trudeau isn't like other…
PMO Hands Trudeau A Gift
Chalk me up as amongst the majority of Canadians who will yawn at the Trudeau charity “controversy”. About the only reinforcing fallout within this affair, Justin Trudeau isn’t like other…
PMO Hands Trudeau A Gift
Chalk me up as amongst the majority of Canadians who will yawn at the Trudeau charity "controversy". About the only reinforcing fallout within this affair, Justin Trudeau isn't like other…
PMO Hands Trudeau A Gift
Chalk me up as amongst the majority of Canadians who will yawn at the Trudeau charity “controversy”. About the only reinforcing fallout within this affair, Justin Trudeau isn’t like other…
Nothing For Something
The Harper government has released ads touting its Canada Job Grants Program. The problem is that the program doesn’t exist. Andrew Coyne writes in the Postmedia papers: Ottawa proposes to…
So, OC Transpo…
… when did it become OK to allow Christian proselytizing on your buses? I find this offensive: And just a couple of ad slots along is yet another ad for…
Resettlement Plan For Harper’s Cronies
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Ask General Kang: How do you deal with bad drivers?
The first thing you have to realize is that I’ve only been subject to the idiocy of my fellow car-jockeys since my arrival on Earth. (Car-jockey is the right term,…
Paper touts ‘no jail’ option in exchange for reduced Charter protection
A startling idea — especially as the Constitution expressly applies to offences — almost certainly not lawful:A discussion paper issued by the federal Department of Justice is suggesting that for…
National inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women needed: United Church of Canada
By: United Church of Canada | Press Release TORONTO, June 17, 2013 – The United Church of Canada has added its voice to the call by the Native Women’s Association…
In Tuesday’s Sun: corrupted
What part of Canada is the most corrupt? After Monday — and if you were to ask Maclean’s magazine — it would seem to be Quebec. Monday morning, Montreal Mayor…
Sexism Alive in Canadian Politics #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Sexism is alive and well in Canadian politics but it isn’t coming from any of the places you might expect. Donna Dasko is a co-founder and past board chair of…
James Moore and the Framing of Justin Trudeau
In the ghastly Orwellian circus that the Cons have turned our Parliament into, it was a wonderful moment.There was James Moore, filling in for Stephen Harper, doing what he has…
The smear is backfiring
Today’s least surprising news story is that the nursing home foundation which sandbagged Justin Trudeau last week by complaining about how he owed them $20,000 has close ties to the…
"Shoot the Boer" and Bonehead Hypocrisy
We noted yesterday that the big "Occupy South African Embassies" protest in Toronto was sort of a bust. However Paulie, needing to polish yet another turd, begs to differ: Yes,…
Over 100,000 Protesters Hit the Streets in Brazil
Some of country’s biggest ever rallies sweep major cities. Bus fare hike is the last straw as high costs and poor services spiral Read the full report from the Guardian…
Policy-Making in a Big Data World
For those interested I appeared on The Agenda with Steve Paikin the other week talking about Big Data and policy making. There was a good discussion with a cast of…