According to the Liberal Policy book (p.26), they want to expand the power of the Canadian Human Rights commission to include citizenship status and socio-economic class as a grounds for discrimination…. Excuse me – does that mean: I might have to hire someone who can’t read because they suffered from growing up poor and not …
Category Archive: The Law
Mar
05
Racist native policies continue…
BC Premier Gordon Campbell has unveiled legislation to give the aboriginal people of BC title to the land. And the “native industry”, as I like to call it, thinks it is a good thing. Which is why it is bad. Treating the aboriginal people of Canada differently just because their ancestors were here before the …
Nov
19
The Queen’s University Thought Police
So, once again an institution based on the places where individual thought and new ideas has implemented a program to stifle free speech. This is absolutely ridiculous… Putting a few “thought police” individuals into a student body of thousands with the task of “informing” people when they might be offending another person around them will …
Nov
11
On Freedom and Obama’s socialist leanings
Mark Steyn reminded me today of a few very good quotes from brilliant political writers of the past, which should provide guidance to people in all democracies. “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) “The American Republic will endure, until politicians …
Nov
11
Ezra makes a good Speech
Ezra Levant apparently made a good speech in Ottawa last week. I went to University at the same time as Ezra and I recall he was a bit of a wingnut back then. He’s improved a lot over the years – age has been good to his temperment. He makes, yet again, a very good …
Apr
01
On the Kearl Oilsands Project situation
I was disappointed to hear the decision of the Federal Court on 5 March 2008 regarding the permitting of the Imperial Oil (and parent/partner ExxonMobil) Kearl Lake Oilsands Project in northern Alberta. To summarize the situation, the Pembina Institute, Sierra Club and other environmental groups made an application in Federal Court asking for review of …
Jun
08
The SCOC makes a partially bad decision
The Supreme Court today decided that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the right to collective bargaining, and that governments should not be able to change the rules for union contracts arbitrarily. In one respect, I agree. Contracts are contracts and should not be easily violated by a legislature looking for an easy way …
Jan
08
Making the Courts more public
It is generally accepted that anything that goes on in a court of law in Canada is public, unless the judge has ruled there is some good reason to limit access to the details of the court, usually for the protection of one or more parties. The problem in Canada is that getting easy access …
Aug
10
On the Monopoly of Violence
Steve Janke hits the nail on the head and points out that John Ibbitson misses the boat on the current situation in Caledonia: Steve Janke: Angry in the Great White North The viability of the State requires that in the face of violent insurrection (which is what the Caledonia occupation by the Mohawk Warriors is), …
Jun
21
Another mistake by the SCOC
This decision is ridiculous: Supreme Court rules in landmark case The Court is trying to have it both ways.