Judge formally strikes down security certificate against Charkaoui Charkaoui is a landed immigrant who was arrested in Montreal in 2003 under security-certificate legislation that allows Canada to expel foreign-born individuals if they are considered a…
The short answer is no (this is even more apparent if you look at the logarithmic scale on Gap Minder). In fact, high government spending on health care per capita (purchasing power parity adjusted) is…
After learning of the arrest of University of Western Ontario student Irnes Zeljkovic on Wednesday October 14, 2009, I looked up The Toronto Star article which led me to two videos on YouTube. Â The comments…
Law Blawgers Omar Ha-Redeye, Michael Carabash and Garry J. Wise return with Episode 2 of OMG! Law Talk. THIS WEEK ON OMG! – ·Google Juice ·Law Firm Public Relations Strategies ·Getting Legal Information Online ·Blogging…
Does diversity matter in the legal profession? And if so, what is the current status of diversity in major Canadian law firms? Canadian Lawyer is focusing the subject in the October issue. Gail Cohen looks…
Ottawa sued over censorship of Tommy Douglas dossier Steve Rennie writes: The federal government is being taken to court over its decision to withhold hundreds of pages, some decades old, in the Mounties’ secret file…
Tony Wilson, of Boughton in Vancouver, wrote in this week’s issue of Lawyer’s Weekly, Reputation matters… But it’s not just companies and trade-mark owners who have reputations to protect. We all do, and these days,…
Last November, MP John Duncan (CON – Vancouver Island North) was accused by the NDP of illegal wire-tapping, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada, s. 184(1). New Democrats alleged that Duncan, whose parliamentary email…
Father suffocated sons, stabbed daughter, murder trial told Another case where mental illness is at issue. Perhaps, if we as a society spent more money on diagnosis, treatment and care of the mentally ill, we…
Terror 18 leader pleads guilty Isabel Teotonio writes for the Toronto Star: Zakaria Amara, 24, confessed to participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion that…
It’s turkey day in Canada. But for our American neighbours, it’s Columbus Day, which commemorates the arrival of Columbus to the Americas on October 12, 1492. Many Americans don’t see this as reason to celebrate….
On Oct. 26, 2009, Bill 118 will go live in Ontario. The Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act prohibits the use of hand-held communication devices while driving, 78.1 (1)Â Â No person shall drive a…
