Water Bottle Ban on the Horizon
Bottled water must be the most brilliant marketing ploy ever conceived. Some marketing reps decided to take regular tap water, run it through a filter, and then package it in attractive bottles designed to somehow…
Politics
Harper Abusing Legal System
Tim Naumetz of The Star reports, “This use of legal action to silence the opposition is characteristic of authoritarian governments,” Russell says in an expert opinion obtained by Toronto lawyer Chris Paliare, representing the Liberals….
First They Came for the Polygamists…
Susan Drummond, professor of family law at Osgoode Hall, finally weighed in yesterday on the polygamy issue. She claims that if fully prosecuted many individuals, including herself, would be guilty. There is a general rumbling…
Avena/Medellín Update
(Via International Law Reporter) José Ernesto Medellín (the subject of International Court of Justice Cases) is scheduled to be executed today at 6pm in Texas. In the flurry of briefs surrounding Medellín petition for writ…
In Defense of Free Speech…
On June 28 2008, the Canadian Human Rights commission dismissed the complaint against Maclean’s magazine (Rogers Media) concerning an article by Mark Steyn, and rightly so. (The complainants held that the article, among others, established…
Is Obama Really About Change?
The success of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama can be attributed to his “change†message. In fact, for those that have been following along, it is clear that many American voters truly yearn for a…
Avena Take Two
(Via Jacob Katz Cogan at International Law Reporter) It’s received almost no coverage in the US, but Representative Howard L. Berman (D-California) has presented a bill to complement the International Court of Justice’s decision in…
Omar Khadr Video Round-up
Early yesterday morning, the Canadian government, in compliance with court orders, released a video of Omar Khadr’s interrogation by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service agents at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The video, which is the first…
South Dakota, Free Speech, and Irony
Background In June 2008, the New York Times published this article: “Unlike Others, U.S. Defends Freedom to Offend in Speech” by Adam Liptak. In the article (which caused a big todo in Canada, since we…
New Copyright Bill C-61 Rallying Canadians
Copyright reform may not seem like the sexiest of issues, but it has caught the attention of Canadians and launched itself to the front of the political agenda. The membership of Fair Copyright for Canada…
Letter to Harper regarding Omar Khadr
Below is a letter that I have written to Mr. Harper to protest the Canadian government’s treatment of Omar Khadr, one of its citizens. If you are not familiar with the story, you can find…
Stereotypes of the Worst Kind
Rearing their ugly heads in American politics. See the story in the Huffington Post. Updates See more at Above the Law.