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- Women Ski Jumpers Grounded… by Law is Cool on Nov 14, 2009
The BC Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of a number of a group of women ski jumpers attempting to get inclusion into next years olympics being held in Vancouver. Written statements were not given, but will be available next w...
- Getting justice is no popularity contest by Law is Cool on Nov 13, 2009
Available online here By Kashif Ahmed, Special to The StarPhoenix November 13, 2009 Friday the 13th often is disparaged as an unlucky day, or conversely, lauded as one that brings good fortune. Canadian citizen Omar Khadr and human rights advocates c...
- EPA lawyers who criticize cap-and-trade cautioned by EPA over professional ethics by Law is Cool on Nov 12, 2009
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. EPA has directe...
- Federal Securities Regulation by Law is Cool on Nov 6, 2009
On Oct 22 an anonymous Law is Cool contributor posted a comment about the Federal Government’s intention to submit a reference to the SCC about whether a federal securities regulator is intra vires the Constitution. As expected, Quebec is g...
- Journalistic privilege by Law is Cool on Oct 23, 2009
Paper fights to shield its source Tonda MacCharles writes for the Toronto Star: The constitutional guarantee of a free press is “meaningless” if it does not protect journalists from being forced to reveal the identity of confidential sour...
- Canada’s own version of SEC to be vetted by Supreme Court by Law is Cool on Oct 22, 2009
Ottawa to seek top court ruling on single securities regulator Unlike the US, Canada doesn’t have a national securities regulator. Canadian constitution is somewhat equivocal in its division of powers between provinces and Ottawa. It sounds lik...
- Attn CSIS: American Airlines Flight 93 Doesn’t Exist by Law is Cool on Oct 19, 2009
Justice Tremblay-Lamer of the Federal Court has quashed the controversial case against Adil Charkaoui, the alleged terrorist detained on a security certificate. In his 2004 case before the Federal Court, the government made submissions that his inter...
