Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended May 27, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. Full Disclosure – Beverley McLachlin 2. The Sign for the Migrant
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Politics and its Discontents: Apologize, You Sleazy Bastard
The Geneva-based, International Commision of Jurists, has issued a written demand that Sideshow Steve Harper and his supposed justice minister, Peter MacKay, apologize to Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin for the drive-by smear job they tried to pull on her following the failure of their bid to seat Marc Nadon on
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Harper’s Attempt To Politicize The Judiciary
More so than any Prime Minister in Canada’s history, Harper is hell-bent on imposing his political agenda on Canada’s courts. But there’s another way to look at it, based on a view shared by Stephen Harper and others in his inner circle, that judges on Quebec’s senior courts are too
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: The Harper Government Attempts To Politicize The Courts
In the wake of a series of failed gambits involving the Supreme Court, we now find Harper attempting to assassinate the character of the Chief Justice. “I can tell you this,” said a clearly irked Harper, who appointed Nadon last September after commissioning independent legal advice that approved of the
Continue readingThe Equivocator: The 2012 “You Go Girl!” Awards. Presented by: The Equivocator
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the twitter and the facebook (my twitter feed is there on the right side of my blog btw.) On twitter (you can
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