My Fourth Year of Law School
From the October 2009 issue of Amicus Curiae Many law students find law school to be so painful that few can understand or relate when I say I actually enjoy the ordeal. They would probably…
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North American Leaders’ Summit Kicks Off in Mexico
Over the next couple days Prime Minister Harper, President Obama, and President Calderon are meeting in Guadalajara [From Arabic, وادي الØجارة , “rocky riverbed”], Mexico for the North American Leaders’ Summit. The meeting is part…
Obama: End of Guantanamo and Good News for Omar Khadr
I have previously expressed my shame at the Canadian Government’s failure to follow the example of every other Western nation in demanding the repatriation of our citizen at Guantanamo Bay. The advocacy in favour of…
CBA Joins Fight to Repatriate Omar Khadr
The Canadian Bar Association has announced that it is joining with a number of other agencies to fight for the repatriation of Omar Khadr to Canada. Omar Khadr, a 15-year-old boy at the time of…
Follow-up: Reply Letter from Foreign Affairs Minister regarding Omar Khadr
On July 15, I posted a letter that I had written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper regarding Omar Khadr’s continued detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The letter was signed by myself and 10 other law…
Harper Picks Justice Thomas Cromwell to Complete S.C.C.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has nominated Nova Scotia appeal judge Thomas Cromwell to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Cromwell will succeed Justice Michel Bastarache, who retired from the S.C.C. on 30 June…