Yesterday, Michael Ignatieff stated that pay equity is “a basic human right” and blasted the Conservatives who “[…] very clearly used their 2009 budget to impose their ideological opposition to pay equity for Canadian women.”…
Colvin a protected `whistleblower,’ Cannon says The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says diplomat Richard Colvin had a right to make his explosive allegations about Afghan prisoners. He says Colvin exercised his prerogative…
A: Well, pretty much everything. But in this case, it’s lacrosse.
Earlier today Iran began large-scale war games to simulate a response to attacks on its nuclear sites. But these games are hardly for fun, as the country intends to showcase its capability of defending against…
As the controversy over impeding U.S. climate legislation continues to simmer, one interesting recent development is the spotlight on two California EPA attorneys: Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel. The N.Y. Times reported that the U.S….
Notes from a keynote speech by Justice Iacobucci at the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) Fall Conference. Grew up in the East End of Vancouver, where there was lots of diversity of people from…
Guest Post by Krystalline Kraus | Reproduced from www.rabble.ca with permsision Next week, on November 11, veterans will get only two minutes of recognition — if people stop to reflect at all — while the…
Guest post by Krystalline Kraus, reproduced from Rabble with permission. With the war in Iraq still ongoing and the conflict in Afghanistan going from bad to worse, who is paying the price? Can success be…
First posted on Commercial Law International on Oct 15, 2009. By Charles Wanguhu The caveat emptor rule dictates that an individual seeking to purchase land should ensure that he is dealing with the rightful owner….
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…
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…
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…
