Judge says Ritz breached Wheat Board Act
Marking the moment here with a bit of the media coverage and some highlights from the judgment. “Judge says Ritz breached wheat board act.” “Government broke the law when dismantling…
Rule of Law
Lock up Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper’s Conservatives like to present themselves as tough on crime, committed to accountable government and respectful of the rule of law. Given their record, we have to ask ourselves,…
CBC takes the high road
Today the CBC turned over documents to the Commons ethics committee "under protest": In a speech before the National Press Club Foundation, CBC President Hubert Lacroix confirmed what NDP House…
The Conservatives’ strained relationship with the rule of law continues
The parliamentary law clerk has written a strong opinion on the legality of the Conservative push at the ethics committee to compel CBC to provide documents to the committee while…
Dean Del Mastro: Judge, jury and information commissioner
What is going on at the ethics committee under Dean Del Mastro's leadership deserves plenty of sunlight. From a Liberal release this afternoon: Liberal Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics…
Ritz protests too much
"Tories slams Canadian Wheat Board legal challenge." Methinks Ritz's language is quite animated, not conveying the confidence of a majority government. Maybe they're worried about the legal challenge. Or the…
The Mohawk Manifesto
MNN_188_Mohawk_Manifesto_sep_9_05 The legal framework that proves by Rule of Law that First Nations are indeed sovereign. This is because Canada is in fraud and treason unto itself as it has…
The Conservatives make a witness list
Interesting list here, to put it mildly: "Peladeau, Von Finckenstein, Sun Media journos to testify before committee on CBC." It's bad enough that multiple representatives who abhor public funding for…
RCMP brought into middle of PEI election
"Ottawa calls for probe of PEI immigration program." The timing of all of this is suspect: The federal government is calling in the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency…
Sunday drive-by blogging
1. Here's your what-kind-of-democracy-is-this-we're-living-in item of the day: "Barring the media bad move by PC candidate." The Tory candidate in Lambton-Kent Middlesex, Monte McNaughton, barred the media from a town…
Private security is a moral hazard when there is no rule of law
The rise of private security personal and war contractors - embodied by the since rebranded Blackwater - is a moral hazard that has, predictably, led to significant consequences. The profit…