Creation of trusts and sham trusts
Duca Financial Services Credit Union Ltd. v. Bozzo, 2011 ONCA 455 is a good source for the law as relates the creation of a trust and when a trust, apparently properly created, is…
Never Mind The Bomber….Bring On The Italian Stallion
AllAlongTheWatchtowerDisintegratingBluelineVille______Update: OK, maybe they should have inserted both into the line-up....Interesting watching/listening to entire HNIC crew ignore the long, intense boos for Bettman during trophyfest.______So.......Wit...
Simple Minds In a Complex World
We in the West like to keep things simple, especially when those things relate to countries on the other side of the world. We like to reduce everything to basic…
Why Merge With The Liberals?
If you can become the Liberal Party? How the NDP deals with the temptation to move right, will determine whether or not it will be worth supporting them, going forward.
Deep thought
I won't claim to have compiled a full list of criticisms of the Cons' government. But I'm pretty sure that putting too many resources into environmental priorities would rank rather…
Video: Joe Foy on Why We Don’t Need Site C Dam
At a recent event in Vancouver, the Wilderness Committee's Joe Foy picked apart the BC Liberal Government's faulty case for Site C Dam - discussing better alternatives to power our…
"abortion saved my life" and other tales of human rights
What does abortion access look like to women who don't have any? What does it mean to be unable to obtain an abortion when you need one? The anti-choice movement…
Duncan the Dogcat, living the good life
Duncan and his Vet, January 2008Ever since I adopted Duncan from the Humane Society, I’ve referred to him as a Dogcat. Half dog, half cat. Right from Day One. He…
Support The Strikes To Defend Pensions
Usually even the mention of Margaret Wente's name can ruin my day but her article in today's Globe & Mail is actually not too bad in terms of laying out…
NDP: the kids are all right, redux
My fears were unfounded. Surprisingly good accent, too. Bravo! ...
White Water, Black Gold
You can’t practice abstinence while running a brothel. Yet politicians of almost all stripes talk simultaneously about developing the Alberta oil sands while getting serous about reducing carbon emissions. Sound…
When It Comes to Expertise, You Can Always Fight a Guerilla War
Gorillas-fight.jpg You know how conservatives always have those big sign-on letters, listing X number of experts who disagree with evolution, or don’t think global warming is human caused? ...
Bad Nurse! Bad!
I guess my venting, raging post the other day offended and/or ticked some people off, or at least the use of the strong language did. No sooner had I posted…
VIDEO: Stephen Harper Announces Manning Centre’s New Findings 16 Years Ago
Recently, Preston Manning wrote a column outlining the results of an extensive poll done for the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. The poll was designed with the intention of better…
Incomes and the Recession
Today’s Statscan release “Incomes of Canadians” provides data for 2009 and a partial reading on the impacts of the recession. (I say partial because the 2008 annual average data were…
For Women, The Worst Countries On Earth
There are plenty of countries where it's no blessing to be born female but there are some where it's bloody awful. The worst, the very worst country is - why…
But she describes it so calmly…
FBI to Expand Domestic Surveillance Powers as Details Emerge of Its Spy Campaign Targeting ActivistsCivil liberties advocates are raising alarm over news the FBI is giving agents more leeway to…
First They Came For Our Slaves, Now They’ve Come For Our Coal.
Those goddamned Yankees! Far right Republican jackass, Senator Mitch McConnell, says the federal government is at war in the South again. "They have declared war, war on Kentucky's coal industry."…
Spend ‘em if ya got ‘em: the Alberta version
In light of the suggestion the provincial government needs a blue ribbon panel of experts to decide how to safeguard the provincial economic future, take a look at what is…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 15, 2011
Today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Exclusive: Judge Bars Woman From Suing Over Faulty Google Map - http://goo.gl/6cH1m Justice Department Accused of ‘Reckless Technique’ -http://goo.gl/iBBrMQueen of S&M talks…