The Innovative Advocate: Canada’s Legal Future
The way legal services are delivered in Canada is changing. Increased competition and a demand for lower prices has pressured law firms to slow hiring and deliver their services more…
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M-312 Aborted, Questions Live On
If a pregnant woman with a 38 week old fetus is violently attacked and survives but the fetus dies there is no charge of murder. Is that just? Conservative MP…
PETITION: Mayor of Kelowna Must Rescind Anti-abortion Proclamation
This petition is sponsored by the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada / Coalition pour le droit à l’avortement au Canada. It calls on Walter Gray, the Mayor of Kelowna, B.C.,…
What’s Wrong With TPP?: Prominent Academics Respond
Prominent Academics Respond to the TPP (via EFF) We asked several academics to let us know their thoughts about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The TPP is a secretive, multi-national…
Who Else is Getting Tired of Writing About Rob Ford
So, sometime really soon I’m going to have to take a serious break from writing about Mayor Ford…our “embarrasser-in-chief”. I mean, I’ve already written this and this. But, like George…
NYPD brutalized Occupy Wall Street protesters and violated their rights: REPORT
I spend the last five hours digesting the contents of the report on the first systematic look the NYPD’s response to Occupy Wall Street protests. The report is the product…
Guns DO Kill People
So, I’ve been pouring over this week’s articles about the horrible shooting that happened in Scarborough, trying to put together some thoughts or words on what the hell is going…
Home For Rent – Paulitical Needs a new Place to Live!
So, you may have noticed that blogs posts have become a little more sporadic over the past few weeks here on your favourite corner of the internet. Sadly my time…
The Paulitics of Beer – Movie Monday
So, a few weeks ago our esteemed videographer and I made a Movie Monday video extolling the virtues of local food. When we put it out to the world and…
Who Watches the Watchmen? – Paulitical Edition
So, I’ve been struck recently but the large and growing number of transgressions against transparent, accountable, and in many cases ethical and legal governing. I’m not just referring to what’s…
F-35 Scandal – 40,000 Feet Above the Average Canadian
“Roger that control, commencing scandal bomb drop…” So, I was having a discussion/argument last night with some friends about the 24 hour news cycle and the 15 second soundbite information…
Cell Phone Companies – On the Wrong Side of the Law
So, this is going to be kind of a quick hit, as it doesn’t require a crazy amount of time and space to explain why the Ontario Government’s recent proposal…
War vs. the Canadian Charter – Which is Worth Celebrating?
So, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Can you hear that sound? **crickets chirping** Right, because there was literally nothing planned for the…
A moral argument against the war on drugs
Brazilian police patrol a favela in Rio De Janiero. EPA/Marcelo Sayao Former Brazilian President, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has argued that the war on drugs has failed and cannabis should be…
Young Americans Sue Government to Stop Global Warming, Polluter Interests Granted Intervention To Defend
Screen shot 2012-04-03 at 4.37.19 PM.png Last May, a group of young Americans, fed up with government inaction on climate change, decided to sue to protect their future. The group,…
140 Law Legal Headlines for Monday, March 19, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines for Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, March 19, 2012: U.S. judge on Strauss-Kahn case: just another trial Brown: Secret Service gives Santorum ‘first…
Israel Bans Palestinians From Living With Spouses
“Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law,…
Rush (band) pulls music from Rush (bigot)
North America has always been home to one good Rush and one evil Rush, but never have they engaged in battle … until now. Canadian prog rock legends Rush have…
Canadian Online Surveillance Bill on Pause, But the Fight Continues
by Katitza Rodriguez | EFF Last Saturday, the Canadian government announced it would put proposed online surveillance legislation temporarily “on pause” following sustained public outrage generated by the bill. Since…
The Surveillance State – No Warrant Required
Yesterday a number of police organizations came out in support of bill C-30 – the online online surveillance bill proposed by Minister Vic Toews. You can read the Vancouver Police…