Homelessness in Yellowknife
I’m in Yellowknife all week attending events relating to the launch of a policy report on homelessness. The report is one of several articles coming out of a multi-year research…
Air force generals’ pathetic lies: We’re waist deep in the Big Muddy
Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi with one of his Western friends. The Libyan dictator is stubbornly hanging on in the face of Western escalation and the promises of air power advocates.So, how…
The question
Since The Night of the Liberal Dead on May 2, the question that the Liberal party has been struggling to answer is this:Why does Canada need you anymore?Cutting through the…
Ontario Employment Law: Reprisal For Asserting Rights Pursuant To An Employment Contract Amounts To Wrongful Dismissal
In Brown v. 1714717 Ontario Inc., decided April 26, 2011, the Ontario Labour Relations Board found that an employer had wrongfully terminated the applicant employee when it dismissed her without…
This Week At The Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-05-20
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions by the Ontario Court of Appeal.R. v. Roncaioli. An appeal in a manslaughter case where the convicted defendant was accused of killing…
Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Digest – April 1-30, 2011
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews important decisions from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.SUBSTANTIVE RULINGSKerry Pinkney v. Datex Billing ServicesIn this case, the applicant alleged discrimination on the basis of…
Articling, Access to Justice, And Lakehead University’s New Law School
Two recent related news items - the Law Society of Upper Canada's approval of a potential new law school at Lakehead University and Michael Johnston's remarks upon becoming chairman of…
Don’t panic…..It is International Towel Day.
It is that day again.... Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans…
Proposed California Law Tackles Social Media, Privacy Concerns
A proposed new law in California would have radical implications for Facebook and other major social media sites:The bill, which would apply only to users in California, would prohibit sites…
Petition: Feminist Demand Let Justice Be Done
Just received word of this international petition that was written “to unite people in support of the alleged rape victim of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former director of the International Monetary Fund.”…
You go, Bob
(source)A little bit of hope after a tough month. Bob Rae is now officially confirmed as Liberal interim leader. "That means our party has to become, which it has always…
Thorium: Nuclear Power’s Last Hope…Maybe
Awhile back I did a piece on nuclear energy and you would have thought I was in favour of hanging petty thieves (that theory belongs to the Harper Conservatives). I…
Agenda for the Socialist Party Convention May 28th
This is the agenda for the convention this Saturday, May 28th.Please note that people are welcome all during the day. You need not register at the start of the day…
Pro-Life Bill in the Fall? Abortion Rights Under Harper
I should have posted this two weeks ago, in the aftermath of the National March for Life. Julie van Dusen, a CBC reporter, interviewed (I think) the director of the…
Take Time to Vote for The Grizzly Manifesto
I am championing Jeff Gailus' book The Grizzly Manifesto in the Alberta Readers' Choice Awards. You can vote for this book - and you should - if only because I…
Take Time to Vote for The Grizzly Manifesto
I am championing Jeff Gailus’ book The Grizzly Manifesto in the Alberta Readers’ Choice Awards. You can vote for this book – and you should – if only because I…
Gender As Afterthought
It’s not so strange to want children to be safe from bullying. It’s also not strange to want children to grow up whoever they want to be. One thing many…
New Resolution: A Resolution Regarding Disability Benefits
A Resolution Regarding Disability BenefitsProposed by: Jan Maxwell, TorontoDate: 25/05/11Whereas people with disabilities are 11 times more likely to be unemployed than other Ontarians;Whereas the Ontario Disability Support Program provides…
QOTD
Twitter is in the midst of a minor nervous breakdown so I can't tweet this post from Josh Marshall. But that's what blogs are for. I'm going to gamble that…