Frustration of an employment contract occurs when, through no fault of either party, an event occurs that makes the contract impossible to perform. Under Ontario law, where an employee is…
"Every senator in this caucus needs to decide where their loyalty should be and must be. The answer is simple; our loyalty is to the man who brought us here,…
View Full Album I am mindful, on this Father’s Day, that I do not have many photographs of Thomas Arnold (“Arnie”) Chaplin. (The additional ones I do have are wedding…
Just a fun post – no serious politico-philosophical stuff here…gotta take a break some time.. And yes, I am an unabashed head-banger… I do love music that gets your energy…
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Each week Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal.Ontario (Labour) v. Black & McDonald Limited. An appeal from an Ontario Court of Justice trial where…
The comments on this Calgary Sun article about activists who wish to not receive a criminal record for their act of activism (namely draping a protest banner off the Calgary…
A number of times this year I’ve gone looking for the federal NDP constitution on-line, with no success. During or before the last federal election the party pulled the constitution…
Moral Ground is a book of environmental essays that contains a chillingly poignant one by Derrick Jensen, "You Choose", in which he has asked people a simple and fundamental question.…
First the U.S will spend 3.8 Trillion this year. Let’s say Pawlenty's plan would only cost 380 billion then you add that with 1.6 trillion you have a approximate 2.0…
“It is a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you; when he comes down from the mountain and you see he’s this man…
…it’s good enough for America. ...
A while ago I was going to post a quick something that I saw about the Ottawa Tech Sector from the Ottawa Citizen, but didn’t post it. Unfortunately things didn’t…
For this Father's Day I thought I'd write about my kids. They are 'Buddy Basketball Star' and his sister the 'Princess Raspberry' aged 6 and 12 respectively. Kids are incredible,…
AllTheThanksThatFitAllMyKids'HopesAndDreamsVilleI've been climbing in and out of the cigar tube a lot lately on my way to and from not-so-secret science geek bunkers dotted around the country where peer reviewers…
Time once again to juxtapose: 2008: The woman who was fired by the federal Conservatives as president of Canada’s nuclear safety watchdog said Tuesday the safety risk of resuming the…
This weekend's VanCon2011 laid out Jack Layton's platform and plans precisely.His only plan is to become Prime Minister.He stands for nothing.WFDS
Jennifer Ward is the anchor who is on CTV Newsthingy right now.Al Lewis played Grampa Munster on The Munsters.Or, perhaps, they are the same person?WFDS
