Stephen Harper and North American Union (NAU)
I am not familiar with the NAU concept and recently heard about it. It sure sounds scary. Are Canadians aware of the deals like these by Stephen Harper? It sounds…
God Bless You, Elwy Yost
Sad news. Elwy is gone. Elwy Yost is the reason I love films as much as I do. He is an even bigger reason why I like old films and…
Crime rate falls to lowest level since 1973
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/07/21/crime-rates.html
The Labour Party’s response to Margaret Thatcher
Actual footage (was used in this bit.) Alltop is all actual footage.
Hee-hee. Cool error message..
Here’s what happens when something goes wrong with Hootsuite. Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Female Presumptive Rule
I find it astonishing that there is a gender based presumptive rule remaining in Canadian tax law – constitutional or not it is offensive: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/07/20/ottawa-father-benefits.html An Ot...
NDP Needs to Launch a Culture War
Back in April, 2010, EKOS pollster Frank Graves got into a lot of trouble in the neo-con blogosphere for advising the Liberal Party to “invoke a culture war” on the…
The Facts About India’s Infant “Sex Changes”
Canadian and international press outlets reported last month that in India, the preference to have male children is so strong that parents are having their female infants surgically assigned (a.k.a.…
Blue Gaza – Friday Film Pick: Gaza Strip
An award-winning 2002 documentary on Gaza from filmmaker James Longley is now available on line.
The Worst Thing The Campbell-Clark Government Could Ever Do…
....Would be to not reappoint Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond as the province's child representative.And make no mistake, it is this government, a government currently being run by the very person who…
Updated with hyperlinks
A previous version of this post is the most Googled thing I've ever written, so I'll keep re-posting it with updates as the busy electoral season approaches. It's a calendar…
Rebekah Brooks "Friday"
“Friday, Friday, gotta resign on Friday”H/T: Mother Jones
Location of property “on a reserve” under s. 87 of the Indian Act
Bastien Estate v. Canada 2011 SCC 38, just released, sets out the test for determining when property is to be considered "on a reserve" for income tax purposes. The decision may…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 22, 2011
The week has come and gone, and here is this follow-Friday edition of 140 Law, featuring our leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Gay marriage doesn't end fight to…
recap of the alberta progressive conservative leadership forum in vermilion.
More than 350 Progressive Conservative supporters packed into the main hall at Vermilion’s Lakeland College Campus to hear and ask questions to the six candidates seeking the leadership of Alberta’s…
How To Fund Innovation
Just over a year ago, I wrote an opinion piece about the federal government’s “innovation strategy” and its impact on the post-secondary education sector. In the piece, I argue that…
A Martini with your putter?
The Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation is considering serving alcohol on the greens and fairways of the public golf courses. I am very much looking forward to the staff…
BMI & Other Lies
Went out last night for a drink with a friend of mine and we ended up in a conversation with a professor from the University of Western Ontario who teaches…
This Week At The Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-07-22
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Aguas v. Rivard Estate. A personal injury case where the appellant, Ms. Aguas, was suing the…
Audio: OpenMedia.ca’s comments at the UBB hearing
OpenMedia.ca spoke out against a metered Internet at the CRTC's hearing, which ran from July 11 - 19. Interested in what we had to say? Well you're in luck: Full…