Benjamin Perryman

Leonid Sirota: Yes, the notwithstanding clause overrides rights. No, it isn't defensible When Sec. 33 becomes habit, the people will lose

ICYMI: My piece in the National Post addressing some of the myths being spread about the "notwithstanding clause" to justify its widespread use. nationalpost.com/opinion/leon...

Alberta police watchdog to investigate N.S. police handling of Glen Assoun case | CBC News Glen Assoun spent nearly 17 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, but was later exonerated.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

N.L.'s 10-year education action plan cites sources that don't exist | CBC News A major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative artificial intelligence.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Power price stability and the insurance value of renewable technologies - Nature Energy Increasing solar photovoltaic and wind generation capacity beyond European 2030 targets could make electricity prices more stable, with reductions in sensitivity to fluctuations in the price of natura...

Two new papers find renewables are good insurance (they stabilize electricity price volatility in welfare improving ways)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Faculty of Arts at UWaterloo is pushing through a 'reorganization' plan that will - administratively, at least - collapse a number of its departments into 'schools'. Problems abound with both the process and the plan. A long thread... 1/n

The Law Society of Alberta has disbarred both John Carpay and Jay Cameron of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms for hiring a private investigator to surveil Manitoba Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal. documents.lawsociety.ab.ca/wp-content/u...

“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”

… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾

www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...

"... standard LLMs outperform LRMs at low complexity, LRMs excel at moderate complexity, and both collapse at high complexity"

The Illusion of Thinking

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Sask. judge stays immigration fraud convictions after 'systemic collapse' during border agency investigation | CBC News Gurpreet Singh was found guilty of 10 charges, all of which were related to his preparation of false letters of employment. Those charges have now been stayed because a CBSA agent working on Singh's c...

"This was not a single lapse in judgment by a single individual. This was a systemic collapse.”

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for

Haibatullah Akhundzada, Supreme Leader of the Taliban, and

Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Chief Justice of the Taliban,

for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds.

www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

1/ We're hiring two (2) Staff Lawyers! The Staff Lawyer (Public Legal Education) will primarily work to enhance public understanding of the litigation efforts of Egale Canada as well as other key legal issues for 2SLGBTQI communities in Canada.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Federal Court never fully adjudicated the application of Rebel News and True North Centre because the application was struck out as moot against the objections of both entities.

www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/do...

Picture of paragraph 55 from the Court's decision in 2019 FC 1424, stating: "Given that the scrum takes place after the face-to-face debates have concluded, there is a significant question whether the Commission has any jurisdiction to control attendance there, as its mandate is directed to the conduct of the live debates. In any event, the Commission recognizes the importance to reporters and the media in being able to attend the scrums."

The motions judge also questioned whether the Commission even has jurisdiction to control the post-debate media scrum.

The injunction order in 2019 concerned "accreditation" and the opportunity to "attend and cover" the debates, including the post-debate scrum. The Court did not comment on the number of questions a media outlet should be permitted to ask as part of that coverage.

www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/do...

CANADIAN REPORTER: Trump's tone on Canada has shifted. He stopped talking about Canada becoming the 51st state.

LEAVITT: I would reject that the president's position on Canada has shifted. Perhaps he just hasn't been asked about it. He believes Canadians would benefit from becoming the 51st state.

SCC majority concludes that the use of the balance of probabilities standard in prison disciplinary proceedings violates Charter ss 11(d) and 7 - presumption of innocence. Important decision for prison law with some stare decisis thrown in for good measure. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

As the voice of the legal profession in Canada, the Canadian Bar Association stands in firm support of the rule of law, judicial independence and the right to counsel—principles that are fundamental to any democracy.

Self-professed "deep and abiding interest in democracy" + dad was a judge + university thesis on "democratic institutions" + took constitutional law and administrative law = real stake or genuine interest

A very permissive public interest standing decision -- ¶124-125

The Federal Court has dismissed the application in MacKinnon challenging the Jan 2025 prorogation of Parliament. Decision here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m95bv.... Analysis to follow!

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’ Trump appointee Ed Martin made the claim in a letter to the Georgetown University law school dean. Martin has called the school a “locus” of anti-Trump activity.

This letter violates the First Amendment. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Judge Blocks Trump Orders to Stop Funds for Trans Youth Health Providers The ruling affects hospitals nationwide, putting on hold the administration’s plan to withhold research grants from those that offer gender transition treatments to young people.

Federal funding for hospitals providing gender-transition treatments for people under the age of 19 will remain in place, a federal judge ruled.

Premier Smith questioned on private surgical facilities charging more than public ones Alberta’s premier continues to be peppered with questions about the ongoing Alberta Health Services (AHS) scandal in light of a former CEO’s wrongful dismissal lawsuit. Danielle Smith said Monday that...

“The Canadian Press recently obtained internal documents showing Alberta Surgical Group was billing the government $8,300 for hip replacements, while estimates for the procedure when done in public facilities was just over $4,000.”

calgary.citynews.ca/2025/02/24/a...

The way an executive branch that respects the rule of law objects to a district court ruling it doesn’t like is to *appeal* it, not to imply that the ruling just shouldn’t be followed.

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC to the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Darfur, pursuant to Resolution 1593 (2005) Mr. President, thank you so much for the opportunity to brief the Security Council once again today, and I would also wish to express my thanks to His Excellency, the Permanent Representative of Sudan...

"It’s the clear view of my Office, Mr. President, as reflected in the report that is before the Council that, as we speak, international crimes are undoubtedly being committed in Darfur. They’re being committed as we speak."

www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...