Tweet An interview I did on CTV Power Play.  In July, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling, R v. Jordan, that was designed to issue a jolt to what the majority called the “culture of complacency” in the criminal justice system.  The majority (5-4) decreed that henceforth, cases decided in provincial courts must be completed ...

Tweet Here’s a link to an hour-long segment I did on November 3 with Rita Celli of Ontario Today.  Rita had done a show a week before, following up on a controversy about an event hosted by a student group at the University of Ottawa that might be best described as a sexual pub crawl.  She ...

Tweet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made his first appointment (not yet sworn in) to the Supreme Court of Canada: Justice Malcolm Rowe of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal.  The appointment is historic – it it is the first from the province since it joined Confederation in 1949.  It also was the culmination a ...

Tweet Oops – my bad!  Neglected to post this interview I did a few weeks ago on the twitter controversy involving Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones who was hounded off the site until the CEO personally intervened, following which a notorious alt-righter had his hall pass confiscated.  It seems apt to post today, though, since the story du jour is ...

Tweet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new process for Supreme Court of Canada appointments.  I’m pleased to say that I had a hand in assisting the government on this, providing a draft of the list of qualifications and the questionnaire that, for the first time, all candidates will be required to complete.  For ...