A pet owner in Winnipeg now has to pick up his mail four kilometres away from his house because of the animal’s aggressive behaviour towards letter carriers.Here are some of the descriptions from the news story: “aggressive and threatening the letter carrier” “unsafe for the letter carrier to deliver the…
The worst Canadian
The Beaver, the online magazine of Canada’s National History Society, is asking Canadians to suggest the worst Canadian. I chose Michael Bryant, Attorney General of Ontario, for the following reasons. Violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of thousands of average Ontario citizens; Created a law that can put people in…
Date for remedy has changed – stay tuned
UPDATE April 30 June 14 will NOT be the date for the remedy. Waiting for new date from lawyer.Click here for original post
Date for remedy re Ontario constitutional challenge
UPDATE April 30June 14 will NOT be the date. Waiting for new date from lawyer. Lawyers for both sides will be back in front of the judge on June 14, 2007.When I find out time and location, I will post it here. The basic decision of the judge, as far…
We can spend your money and you can’t find out where or how much!
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario recently asked the province’s Attorney General (of the Liberal Party) to give them some information about how much it has cost Ontario taxpayers to ban a non-existent dog.Below is the response, printed with the permission of the PC party. Do you really want to…
How much public money has been wasted on the Ontario dog ownership ban?
How much public money has been wasted on the Ontario dog ownership ban? We are asking EVERY ONTARIO RESIDENT to contact their MPP and ask them how to file a Freedom of Information request with the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Finance (if necessary) in order…
Voting without knowledge or understanding
Don’t know how I missed this before. The Ontario committee hearings on the Dog Owners’ Liability Act were a constant flow of politicians (members of provincial parliament), with no one day containing the same nine members of the committee. I really don’t know how they managed to vote intelligently without…
Pit bull owner acquitted of felony charges
Hewitt A. Grant, subject of the St. Petersburg Times story “Kennel Trash”, has been convicted of 80 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and has been sentenced to 364 days in jail, 5 years of probation and 500 hours of community service at the animal shelter that cared for his abused…
Full text of Ontario decision
Full text of Ontario decision now available on the Superior Court website.Decision regarding December 2006 motion Decision regarding Dog Owners’ Liability Act The lawyers from both sides will be going back in front of the judge for further interpretation and explanation, as well as to obtain a decision regarding the…
Those Born 1930-1979!
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s !!First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we…