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When a local Georgian Township man, Trevor Middleton, was convicted of assault and criminal negligence in December, 2009, friends and family of the victims were hopeful that justice was served. During the case, the jury had heard how Middleton and his friends had engaged in the practice of "nip-tipping" - that is, they would push into [...]

In October of this year, Irnes Zeljkovic was arrested at the University of Western Ontario by the UWO Campus Police. The arrest was caught on tape by at least two bystanders, who posted videos of the arrest to YouTube. In the videos, the six officers appear to strike Zeljkovic repeatedly with fists, knees, and a [...]

Polygamist leader Winston Blackmore and James Oler are facing criminal charges of polygamy in British Columbia. Polygamy refers to a practice in which a person is simultaneously married to more than one spouse. The most common form of polygamy is polygyny; this is the practice of one man having multiple wives. Social attitudes toward polygamy [...]

If you have been following magazines and blogs for the past year, you are probably aware of the human rights and free speech controversy involving Mark Steyn and Maclean’s. Starting in 2005, Maclean’s ran a series of articles by Steyn and Barbara Amiel which, according to a group of Osgoode Hall law students, cast Muslims in [...]

Alternative Lawyer Jobs On today’s show Omar Ha-Redeye interviews Stephen Fine, creator of Alternative Lawyer Jobs. They discussed how many law school graduates and practising lawyers are looking for careers that are slightly off the beaten  path. The site, which is North American is scope, seeks to connect employers with legal professionals for in-house counsel positions, [...]

Is the current federal election illegal? That’s what Ottawa-based non-profit Democracy Watch is alleging in an Application for Judicial Review that it filed in the Federal Court of Canada. The allegation is that the Conservative Government violated its own fixed election date law by requesting the early dissolution of Parliament from the Governor General. Several [...]

A stir was created in the federal election when a group of progressive voters started a Facebook group to facilitate vote swapping. Elections Canada investigated the matter and concluded that vote swapping is legal, but cautioned voters that there is no way to be sure that your swap is being honoured. The practice has been controversial [...]

Here’s a few clips Stéphane Dion’s talk in London, Ontario last night. In the first clip he reaches out to minorities communities, expressing a vision of inclusion, and mentioning that Stephen Harper had accused him of being pro-Taliban when he criticized the war effort. In the second clip he talks about the problems in the Canadian economy, All [...]

In this episode, Omar Ha-Redeye interviewed Caitlin Rose, a summering student with Fasken Martineau. A recent graduate of the McGill Faculty of Law, Caitlin was a co-founding Executive Editor of the McGill Journal of Law and Health (formerly the McGill Health Law Publication). Following that interview, I discussed climate change policies in the context of the [...]

In my first podcast for Law is Cool, I had a conference call with Dr. Sam Trosow and a group of political bloggers about copyright and Bill C-61. They are concerned about the impact of the proposed legislation on creators and consumers of digital media. Special thanks to Omar Ha-Redeye and Scott Tribe for making [...]