Jay Currie

My libertarian friend Peter Jaworski of the Western Standard just brought this story to my attention—perhaps the most direct confirmation of anti-statist libertarian fears that one could imagine. This is a case of malicious meddling by petty Ontario officialdom that beggars belief. dr. dawg

Put up a Liberty Camp see the municipality try to ding you [...]

Sharryn Aiken, associate dean of the Queen’s University Faculty of Law and an expert on immigration and refugee law, said that even if members of the Tamil Tigers were aboard the ship, they may not be sent back to Sri Lanka.

“They may not be eligible for refugee protection but they may be eligible to remain [...]

Conrad Black to be released on bail

Miguel Estrada, Black’s American lawyer, welcomed the decision to bail the peer.

He said: “The Supreme Court has now unanimously ruled that a violation affecting Mr Black’s Sixth Amendment just trial right occurred.” the telegraph

“From start to finish, you have to admire the moxy and tenacity of this guy,” Mr. [...]

Several actually. Cop 3478 pretty much illustrates how not to deal with a law abiding member of the general public.
Videoing on a public street, even in Toronto, is not actually forbidden. Cop 3478 seems to think he can tell people to stop videoing. Too bad he picked on Kathy and Arnie.
Update: It is too [...]

The foundational principle of the new bill remains that anytime a digital lock is used – whether on books, movies, music, or electronic devices – the lock trumps virtually all other rights. In other words, in the battle between two sets of property rights – those of the intellectual property rights holder and those [...]

A suspect in last weekend’s failed car bomb attack on Times Square was taken into custody late Monday while trying to leave the country, a law enforcement official said.

The suspect, a Pakistani, was identified at midnight Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was stopped, said the official, who spoke to The Associated Press [...]

Mr. Hockey Stick, Michael Mann is threatening to sue over the hilarious “Hide the Decline” video.

And UVic’s own Andrew Weaver is suing the National Post for “grossly irresponsible falsehoods”.

As a commentor at The Tyee puts it “Back in the days when scientists conducted research instead of propaganda, they did not have much use for a [...]

Hard on the heels of the Lying Jackal’s usual non-apology, apology, Dr. Dawg has retracted his post regarding Ezra and good for him.

It is too bad it took a lawyer’s letter to get Dawg to realize that a dismissed complaint cannot be a complaint “upheld” .

In his retraction Dawg considers going to law school…the mind [...]

At least a judge thinks so.

“It is clear, when the evidence is viewed in its cumulative context, that White’s actions did not amount to a “true threat” and must, therefore, be deemed protected speech under the First Amendment.”

This is one of those time where you have to wish both of the weasels could have lost…

Justice Kowarsky asked, “Are the cow-share members bound to accept the protection offered by the legislation or they free to reject that protection?”

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It looks like Justice Kowarsky takes the position that adults ought to be allowed to “opt out” of [...]

(And watch for Lucy’s white towels to start being tossed into the ring.)
The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door for journalists to use the defence of “responsible communication” against libel suits.
Canada’s highest court ruled Tuesday in two decisions that publishers can escape liability if they can show that they tried to verify the [...]

Bob Tarantino is interviewed by J.J. McCullough on the Supreme Court of Canada. For those of you looking forward to the CHRC’s last stand before the SCC this will be a sobering, and hugely entertaining, read. Bring coffee, a couple of bagels and a donut or two, Bob has never been short winded and charges [...]

Ali Mohamed Dirie, a Canadian born in Somalia, called white people the “number 1 filthiest people on the face of the planet. They don’t have Islam. They’re the most filthiest people.”

He added that: “In Islam there is no racism, we only hate kufar (non-Muslims).” canada.com

And after this asshole has served his time is there anything [...]

Former media tycoon Conrad Black will have the chance to appeal his fraud conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court….

“If it turns out that none of this was criminal, a jury might take a very different view of whether he was guilty of obstruction,” [Black’s lawyer] Estrada said, adding that would warrant a new trial “at [...]

Dr. Dawg drops the pomo, multi-cult thing and suggests that there is no cultural defence to murder.

It’s a start.

Hiatus.

The Lying Jackal, gone from the CJC, the subject of Member’s Statements in the House, no longer sporting the Iggy label, has gone on hiatus. Very changey that.

Surgery. Ominous. Would that be to remove the tire treads of the Iggy bus? Or, perhaps, more seriously, the seldom attempted, rarely successful cranialrectalectomy? Or bunions? The Jackal [...]

Connie posts that FD got leave to appeal the John Doe decision.

It was a lousy, lazy decision which would have given carte blanche for general fishing expeditions regardless of the privacy interests involved. There may well be an argument that the Does names should be disclosed; but reading the earlier decision that argument was not [...]

I have not been terribly interested in the Abousfian Abdelrazik matter largely because of the sorts of people who supported his return to Canada. (Not to be nasty to the Dawg, but the list of Abousfian Abdelrazik supporters reads like a who’s who of the pomo, mushy, left in Canada.) At the same time, I [...]

Despite Labour promises to crack down on violent attacks, the number of assaults using a knife has risen starkly. Last week, two teenagers were stabbed to death in separate attacks within hours of each other in London.

Mr Grayling said: “If you are found carrying a knife, if you attack a stranger in the street, you [...]

The CRTC is holding hearings as to whether it should regulate broadcasting on the web. This is an incoherent proposition to begin with as there is no such thing as “broadcasting” on the internet. Broadcasting is, essentially, “one to many” whereas the net is “many to many”. But this has not stopped ACTRA and other [...]