Dec 13, 2007
I’m often critical of our judges, for good reason I think, but this time I have to say I am very pleased. Justice James Williams dished out the harshest sentence available under Canadian law ordering Robert Pickton to serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole. Well done.
Dec 10, 2007
Interesting piece by Peter Foster in the Financial Post called Road to Bali.
The fate of the Earth hangs in the balance in Bali, but the issue is not whether humanity will succumb to a “climate crisis,” or how the international community might craft a successor to the tattered Kyoto Accord (Let’s call it KyoTwo). The [...]
Dec 10, 2007
How is the killing of 6 women and possibly scores more not premeditated murder?
Dec 10, 2007
Canada, the land of oppressors and polluters. At least that is what some people think. In a report released Monday titled Canada and the International Protection of Human Rights: An Erosion of Leadership? Amnesty International said we are losing credibility as a global human-rights champion.
It cites Ottawa’s sudden refusal last month to fight the death [...]
Dec 9, 2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used to be a popular guy - not anymore. Students who once were the power base of his reform movement are turning against him in ever increasing numbers.
Hundreds of Iranian students expressed their anger over a government crackdown on activists in a protest Sunday at Tehran University, the second such demonstration [...]
Dec 9, 2007
Banning books that encourage readers to have an open mind. I love contradictions.
Dec 9, 2007
I sometimes have a difficult time wrapping my head around some of the decisions brought down by our justice system. While there have been many, some of which I blogged about, I refer this time to 2 separate cases both involving murder.
Peter DeBungee happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Back [...]