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What the hell is the matter with human beings? 

A “racist” is someone who feels or shows discrimination or prejudice against a person of another race or who believes a particular race is superior to another.

On March 29th, 2018 the Federal Government introduced legislation to amend the Criminal Code of Canada.

“Swatting” is defined as the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed...

Occasionally, I run across interesting and amusing lawyer advertisements.  One of my favourites is the Pot Brothers tips of the day: “Shut the F*#k up”.  Setting aside the comedy, it’s...

The story of Kenrick McRae’s interaction with Montreal Police is reported as “racial profiling”.   Though the article is about racial profiling by police, it got me thinking about less obvious...

“Whatever a patron desires to get published is advertising, whatever he wants to keep out of the paper is news”.

The Federal Government has recently further relaxed what was already an exceptionally soft detention/investigation regime governing screening for impaired drivers.  No longer are police required to use even a modicum...

Headlining the news over the last couple of days in Canada is the manhunt for 19 year old Kam Mcleod and 18 year old Bryer Schmegelsky.  Canada Wide warrants have...

Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, testified today before the House Judiciary Committee. Many people throughout Canada and the United States watched with interest, trying to digest his testimony, with specific reflection...