DiscriminationIntimidationIsolationVilification These are but a few of the many experiences that some, if not most, owners of certain types of dogs must endure on a regular and frequent basis. As a direct result of the disinformation spouted by mainstream media organizations and by publicity-seeking politicians,…

Every morning, a quotation pops up on my computer. I was particularly struck by today’s. “What luck for rulers that men do not think.” The speaker was Adolf Hitler.As 2006 ends, I and many others have spent the last two years fighting Ontario’s pit bull…

On Thursday, December 21, 2006, the last day before the Ontario Legislature’s winter break, members of Provincial Parliament voted on two bills. I find the voting on these two bills disappointing and disturbing. The first bill was Bill 178 – The Truth and Transparency in…

From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation website, a number of petitions to the Government of Ontario, in particular to Premier Dalton McGuinty. Premier McGuinty honour your pledge On the 11th of September 2003 you signed a pledge to uphold the Taxpayers’ Protection and Balanced Budget Act…

Over the past two years, I have truly come to appreciate Peter Kormos, Ontario MPP for Niagara Centre.As a senior member of the New Democratic Party of Ontario, Peter holds the posts of Justic Critic, Labour Critic, Consumer Protection Critic, and Community Safety Critic. During…

A ruling from Advertising Standards Canada has found newspaper and television ads (by the Ontario government) this fall falsely suggested that people who visited a government website or phoned a hotline could find new ways to get treatment faster.Misleading the public again? This by the…

Ontario politicians plan to give themselves a 25 per cent pay increase before the legislature’s Christmas break.Read the entire story from the Toronto Star. Unfortunately, the original report from the Star has disappeared due to their new and improved format. In that article, there was…

Consolidated plain language interpretation of Ontario’s amended Dog Owners’ Liability Act (2005), courtesy of the Dog Legislation Council of Canada.Version for viewing (HTML) Version for printing (PDF) Information in these documents is intended to provide the reader with a summary of the key elements of…

According to Legal Aid Ontario, grandiose “mega-trials” designed by Ontario’s Attorney General, Michael Bryant, are bankrupting the Legal Aid system, which can now no longer afford to provide assistance to people who truly need it.Just like with his ill-conceived dog legislation, Bryant has dived headlong…

I had started to put this together back in September and then decided to re-read bill S-213 before posting here. Since that time, Mark Holland, a Liberal from Ajax-Pickering in Ontario, introduced private member’s bill C-373 which is identical to the former C-50. Without a…