Supreme Court of Canada to help clarify what constitutes hate speech
The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to draw the line between what constitutes free speech and what crosses the faint line into hate mongering. The case against William…
Supreme Court of Canada
Outasite! Supreme Court bludgeons Con ideology with reality.
One of the few benefits of not having any political power is that you get to sit back and watch the majority power fall all over its own ideology and…
The Canadian Supreme Court rejects Conservative ideology for facts.
Not only am I pleased with the Insite rulling, I’m pleased it’s unanimous, in a strong rebuke to the Conservative government, who’s been trying to close this since 2008: A…
Inside the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian Binnie shares this insight on how the courtroom looks from the "other" side of the bench: “The argument takes place and everybody gets engaged…
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…
Schreyer v. Schreyer: Canada’s Divorce-Bankruptcy Loophole
In a unanimous decision in Schreyer v. Schreyer, released Thursday, June 14, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that that a bankrupt Manitoba man is not required to pay…
Alberta Conservative MP takes surprising swipe at Canada Post back-to-work law
Your blogger with Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber, in agreement for once … sort of.With locked-out postal workers being forced back to their jobs last night by the Harper Conservatives,…
The Supreme Court’s Confusing Decision on Sexual Assault and Consent: <em>R. v. J.A.</em>
The Supreme Court's decision on sexual assault and consent in R. v. J.A. has been a hot topic since its May 27, 2011 release. Complaints that the decision essentially criminalizes…