The driver is presumptively at fault unless they can prove otherwise by Cody Malloy, McLeish Orlando Lawyers LLP Perhaps we’ve become numb to the news of pedestrians being struck by vehicles in the Greater Toronto Area. In 2022, 22 pedestrians were
Read MoreJustin Trudeau poses in an electric vehicle for photographers at the opening of GM’s new CAMI plant. Photo: GM Thanks to human ingenuity, we continue to find new ways to extract oil and gas by Dan McTeague I’ve been speaking a
Read MoreDistracted driving in Toronto involves more than using your phone while driving. It happens when any distraction impairs your judgment and hinders you from safe driving.
Read More“Enough evidence of China-government sponsored election interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections has been reported to make it clear that the Commissioner needs to do a full investigation and issue a public report of what the investigation reveals concerning violations of Canada’s election law,” said Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch. “A public inquiry would delay the enactment of clearly needed changes, and will only be needed if the Commissioner, the House Committee and the national security committee of parliamentarians fail to investigate China’s election interference fully, fail to reveal key information about what happened, or fail to issue public, comprehensive reports recommending all the key changes needed to stop future interference.”
Read MoreUber Canada’s head office in Toronto Photo: Taxi News Unchecked discrimination and secret algorithms fuel deactivation crisis among rideshare drivers, first-time survey finds The press release below was distributed by the Asian Americans Law Caucus on February 28, 2023: SAN
Read More“Some of the weirdest things have happened to me in life.” Photo: Jeff Childs by Jeff Childs Three years ago today, I was hauling a slop-taker out of Ft. Mac down to Elk point. Some of the weirdest things have
Read MoreThe trucks appeared with the force of a thousand chariots charging into battle. In one fell swoop they broke us free from our terminal hypnosis. This was the moment covid was over.
Read MoreI was planning to wait until the final expense data for 2022 was posted. I also intended to do a more in-depth exploration of whether it matters that mayoral staffers have increasingly relied on a private transportation option to get around while doing their jobs — in the midst of TTC ridership struggles — but recent happenings have caused those plans to change. This data, after all, will be way less relevant with someone else in the mayor’s seat.
Still, I think the data is interesting.
Read More“Enjoy the report.” Those were the last words Commissioner Paul Rouleau uttered before rising and leaving the room yesterday. The room in which he cheerfully announced that the Canadian government was justified when it invoked the Emergencies Act against festive, peaceful, working class protesters a year ago.
Which part did he imagine we’d enjoy? The knowledge that there’s absolutely no accountability in our political system? The knowledge that a vast network of supposed checks and balances (funded year in and year out by the sweat of working Canadians) offers us no protection from tyrannical, rogue politicians?
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