Bee Eh?

The UCP's second attempt to dress up the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act with a motion to give the illusion of meaningfulness, is, as the authors conclude (after patiently explaining why), simply "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
#cdnlaw #canlaw

It is great (and important) that judicial vacancies are getting so much attention. We undoubtedly need vacancies filled.

But to say that the backlog in crim and civil cases are wholly about judges misses the forest for the trees.

There is a larger resources (fed + prov) problem to fix.

If there are any criminal or family lawyers who need some advice/support assisting a client with FASD, I am happy to help. I have tons of experience.

This is a good resource. I was one of the organizers/presenters.

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One of my favourite things about reading John Grisham is that in every book so far, there’s a main character who is in recovery. And it’s not the standard ‘chaotic alcoholic for spicy plot’ trope, it’s understated, quietly reinforced, subtly mentioned, and they’re usually One Of The Good Guys.

Why didn't they just put the photos inside a glass case that only the manager can open

A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

Avid hunter and Minister of Parks and Forestry just happens to expand hunting and his family just happens to run an outfitting company that would benefit from this. Totally normal grifter shit Alberta.

A photo of UCP MLA, Devin Dreeshen, at a press conference taking place at a BBQ restaurant while wearing an apron stating "NO Cash Cow"

Exciting!

Looking forward to little Devin Dreeshen's announcement to defund police forces and municipalities across Alberta!

Get ready for more property tax increases thanks to UCP defunding measures!

#abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg #reddeer #fortmac #gprairie

We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.

YouTube video by criminallawyersca CLA 52nd Fall Conference: Welcome Remarks & The New Rep

My remarks at the Fall conference of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association on R. v. Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6, and search and seizure of IP addresses.

We have a politicized policing problem in Alberta when we have police services that target journalists such as @duncankinney.bsky.social and progressive elected politicians (as she then was) such as @sphillipsab.bsky.social. We need far more accountability.

Xmas tree is up. A bit small, but you can hardly tell....right?

It kind does....wait...no...I'm not even 40 yet....

Did you order a hamburger with a coffee? Token old person flex.

Damn and now Drake is going to have to pay a 25 percent tariff on that beef?

John Cleese for the win

The BEST account to follow. Hands down.

They are. Thankfully.

NEWS: Justice Yake just offered Lebessis a qualified apology and said he won’t cite him in contempt. Still had strong words about him leaving court, which Yake said he’s never seen in his decades in practice.

Red Deer judge in lawyer jailing case offers apology, declines to cite him with contempt A Red Deer judge whose dispute with a defence lawyer ended in the latter being jailed admitted he should have done more to "de-escalate" the situation.

NEWS: A Red Deer judge whose dispute with a defence lawyer ended in the latter being jailed admitted he should have done more to “de-escalate” the situation. He offered a qualified apology to the lawyer and declined to cite him with contempt of court.

Can't make that up. I had my own contempt hearing for getting my client consent released in KB over a Provincial court judge who refused to deal with it when he'd been in custody 4m already. Seriously.

This is not the first time it's happened to defence counsel in this jurisdiction.....this year.

Also I really like the haircut!!!

See you tomorrow!

Transcripts from the hearing in which defence lawyer George Lebessis was jailed.

An Alberta defence lawyer told a judge he couldn't answer a question. He spent the break in a jail cell A Red Deer defence lawyer is accusing a judge of bullying after he was locked in a jail cell following a disagreement in court.

New from me: a defence lawyer in Red Deer spent 10-15 minutes in jail after a dispute with a judge in court. He's accusing the judge of bullying and intimidation and says the practice of jailing lawyers should be abolished.

I’d rather share the bathroom with a trans person rather than someone in a MAGA hat.