Not Every Seperated Father Is A Deadbeat Dad!

...but it seems like the bureaucrats, family courts and the government think so.

Matt Gurney: Dysfunctional Ontario bureaucracy sets up fathers to fail

(Aaron Lynett / National Post)

Dalton McGuinty: Men? Why should I care about men?

Ontario’s plan to begin impounding the cars of fathers who fall behind in their child support payments next month has a familiar ring to it. I’ve heard of a very similar story before. The man’s name is Jeff Dolan, and his case should ring alarm bells for any Ontario politician considering linking driving privileges to child support.

Jeff’s story is as depressing as it is worrisome. His wife left him soon after he lost his job when the construction industry in his native Minnesota bottomed out. He moved from job to job, trying to earn enough to meet his child support obligations and pay for needed medical treatment, but with no jobs available, he fell behind in his payments while volunteering at a sexual violence clinic and looking for stable work. He finally landed a good job, one that would allow him to make his payments and also included medical benefits. But then the courts caught up with him and, since he’d fallen behind in his payments, stripped him of his license. A valid driver’s license was a condition of his new job, which he then lost. He then fell further behind, and was jailed. The courts told him he could get out once he had a job. He couldn’t get a job until he restored his ability to drive … and he couldn’t do that from jail. Read More »

when Will This Agency Be Held Accountable...

...for poor management, poor communication, deterioration of assets, etc. etc. When you get 2,800,000on google you know there is a problem. The Board of Directors is made up of the Mayor, three councilors and nine tenant reps.

Housing agency admits errors in senior's death

Al Gosling was 82 when he was evicted from his public housing unit after he fell behind on his rent, which had been hiked to market rates due to some missing paperwork. He fell ill after staying in a shelter.

ANDREW WALLACE/TORONTO STAR

By Donovan Vincent

Fri Jun 18 2010

 

The head of Toronto Community Housing Corporation has admitted the agency made mistakes and is “fully accountable’’ in the case of an 82-year-old tenant who was evicted and later died in a shelter.

You And I Can Be Audited But Not Our Emplyees...

L’état, c’est le Board of Internal Economy

By National Post Staff  May 24, 2010 – 9:22 am

 

Every year, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audits thousands of taxpayers. They may grumble, they may panic, but for most Canadians, it would never occur to them to say: “Wait a minute Mr. Taxman, I don’t need to show you my receipts, just take my word for it. Why would I cheat you? There are laws against that sort of thing.”
The reason for this lack of resistance is not our mythic Canadian politeness, but the fact that failure to comply with an audit can have very nasty consequences. The CRA can seize your bank account, put a lien on your house and generally make your existence a living hell. Such is the power of the state.
But apparently when you are the state, different rules apply. There are no immediate sanctions, and perhaps not surprisingly, your attitude shifts a little. L’état, c’est moi, as Louis XIV used to say. Membership has its privileges, and one of them appears to be avoiding scrutiny of your expenses.
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Parliament's audit disgrace

If the House of Commons were a business, MPs would be either facing a shareholders’ meeting from hell, a stock price meltdown, or a lawsuit

Frozen Wastelands Of The Arctic Would Be Ideal Site

Ottawa to up prison spending to prep for inmate influx

The head of Canada’s prison system says there will be “major construction initiatives” in the coming years to cope with federal legislation to imprison...

...it would strengthen our claims of sovereignty, provide employment for "aboriginals," etc. Plus it would support Dullton McGoonty's plans;

Kelly McParland: Dalton McGuinty in Wonderland

Posted: March 09, 2010, 11:30 AM by NP Editor Filed under: Full Comment,Kelly McParland

Whoever invented the term "dreaming in technicolour" must have been hanging around Queen's Park recently while Dalton McGuinty was cobbling together his latest speech from the throne. Lieutenant Governor David Onley was proceeding along nicely, reading out the usual platitudes, when suddenly he veered off into strange territory. It's as if the Premier was a secret Johnny Depp fan and had spent the weekend writing the speech while ingesting the latest rendition of Alice in Wonderland. The Liberals, it suggested, have big plans for a mining development in northern Ontario.  

"The plan also looks to capitalize on northwestern Ontario's deposit of chromite -- said to be one of the largest deposits in the world and a key ingredient in stainless steel," the government pledged. "The government will work with northerners and Aboriginal communities to take advantage of the find and continue to protect half of the northern Boreal Forest."

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McHale Might Be A Pain In The Butt BUT,,,

...he is right on the mark when he talks about a two tier justice system.

Fantino, accuser have long history

The allegations against OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino highlight the long-standing tension between the former Toronto police chief and...

• OPP head Fantino could face charge of threatening public officials

• Read the court documents

National Post editorial board: It's simple, really. Enforce the law.

Posted: January 02, 2010, 10:30 AM by NP Editor
Filed under: Editorial,Canadian politics

From Dave Brown’s and Dana Chatwell’s perspective, settling their lawsuit against the Ontario Provincial Police and provincial government, as they did Wednesday, makes perfect sense. The Caledonia, Ont., couple only ever wanted the means to move out of the Douglas Creek Estates subdivision, which the government essentially ceded to native protesters in 2006. They’ve already bought a new house, and Mr. Brown says he hopes never again to see the old one. (The actual amount of the settlement won’t be disclosed.)

For society at large, however, this is a most unsatisfying outcome. The Liberal government has never been able to argue coherently, in or out of court, against Mr. Brown’s and Ms. Chatwell’s basic version of events: that their family and home were abandoned to the caprices of often-intimidating protesters whose appalling conduct the police refused to … well, to police. This shocking abdication of the government’s most basic responsibilities deserves a stern rebuke from the highest court available: The government cannot decline to enforce the law and protect its citizens simply because it might anger a certain segment of society or create an uncomfortable political situation.

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Ontario taxpayers pick up another Caledonia settlement

December 31, 2009 — BC Blue

The Liberal Ontario government and Ontario Provincial Police settled out of court with the couple who was suing them over their treatment by the authorities from harassment received from the Six Nations protestors who occupied a development nearby. (see story here)

Now we’ll never have anyone held accountable over this as the settlement comes with a confidentiality agreement. I love how governments are allowed to spend tax payer money to settle lawsuits and no one is allowed to see the terms? Sweet deal for the cops and politicians involved.

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GOOD NEWS...Better news would be re-instatement of Death Penalty

Randal Dooley died Sept. 25, 1998 of brain injuries that witnesses said were received after repeated beatings at the hands of his parents.

Abused child's parents lose their murder appeal

Updated: Tue Dec. 22 2009 6:35:29 PM

The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Second-degree murder convictions against the father and stepmother of seven-year-old Randal Dooley were upheld Tuesday by Ontario's highest court.

A jury convicted Tony and Marcia Dooley in 2002 of murdering the boy in what's been called one of Canada's worst child-abuse cases.

Randal had wasted to just 41 pounds and had 13 fractured ribs, a lacerated liver, four brain injuries, and head-to-toe bruises when he died in 1998.

On Tuesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the couple's argument that they should be granted a new trial because the judge made legal errors which resulted in jury verdicts based on emotion, not evidence.

"Randal's severely compromised physical condition must have been apparent to the appellants," the Appeal Court decision reads.

"Neither did anything to protect Randal from further abuse or to obtain the medical assistance needed to keep him alive."

Randal was born in Jamaica and came to Canada to live with his father and stepmother in November 1997, 11 months before his death.

The key objection raised during the appeal was the trial judge's failure to specifically instruct the jury not to convict the couple based solely on the evidence of prior abuse.

"The trial judge's explanation connecting liability for murder to culpability in the fatal assault, repeated at several different phases of the instructions, made it clear to the jury that in arriving at its verdict it must come to grips with the evidence pertaining to the final assault," the decision reads.

"The appellants have not convinced me that, absent the instruction they seek, the jury could have ignored the trial judge's instructions tying culpability to the final assault and convicted based on responsibility for the earlier assaults."

The court also dismissed Marcia Dooley's sentence appeal.

At the 2002 trial the judge found Marcia Dooley "more blameworthy" and handed her a life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 18 years.

It was found that she had struck the fatal blow to Randal and had inflicted the vast majority of the prior abuse.

Her husband received a life term with no parole for at least 13 years.

Schoolgirl killer gets life

By SAM PAZZANO, COURTS BUREAU

A ruthless drug dealer admitted yesterday he fired the .357 Magnum that likely killed schoolgirl Jane Creba in a brazen Boxing Day gunfight on Yonge St.

Jeremiah Valentine, 27, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the shooting.

What Is There To Argue.....Maximum Sentencxe Under Criminal Code

Sentencing arguments for dad whose girls froze to death
By THE CANADIAN PRESS

ROSE VALLEY, Sask. — Lawyers are expected to wrap up sentencing arguments today in the case of a Saskatchewan man whose two young daughters froze to death.
A provincial court judge has already heard from elders in a sentencing circle that 25-year-old Christopher Pauchay should be spared prison time.
Pauchay’s defence lawyer agrees the man should serve a community sentence.
But the Crown, comparing the case to child abuse, wants Pauchay sentenced from 2 1/2 to five years in prison.
Pauchay left his home on the Yellow Quill reserve just over a year ago and lost his daughters as he stumbled drunk in the snow.
He has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death.

Outrage over $100 fine for abandoned dog
by Andrew Chung
Mar 4, 2009 (11)

Michou the poodle was left inside a vehicle for 19 days in the freezing cold without food or water.

And Harper Should Make The Announcement On Plains Of Abraham

Editorial: Tell Quebec where to get off

Enough of the decades of appeasement; it's time for Ottawa to adopt a tough-love attitude toward Quebec

Gregory: Plains battle wasn’t the end of the story
It is a sad fact that much of the current debate about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham is based on a misunderstanding of the historical significance of the battle. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was successful in the capture of Quebec City, but what people forget is that New France remained in the control of French forces. After retreating from Quebec after the disaster of the Plains of Abraham on Sept. 13, 1759, the French army regrouped in Montreal under General Lévis. Meanwhile the British army, left behind in Quebec after the fleet sailed at the end of October 1759, suffered from hunger and the travails of living in a city largely destroyed in the siege. [...more]

Canada - Friday, February 27th, 2009
CTV Plains of Abraham staging might go ahead in U.S

MONTREAL -- The organizer of the re-enactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham says the event will likely go ahead this summer, but not in Canada. [...more]

But What About The Wrongly Convicted......

......will be the lament of the left.

Letter: Glad to hear they are going to fry\

Posted: October 24, 2008, 11:36 AM by Paul Russell
Filed under: Letters

In Thursday's Post we ran the story, "10 Slated To Die In 30 Days In Texas Death Row." It featured the faces of the 10 condemned men, and a short bio of each of their crimes (One sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl before killing her, another raped and murdered a seven-year-old girl, a third killed his girlfriend when he found she had cheated on him; he also killed her nine-year-old son).

Horrible men all, it appears. But I wonder how many readers share this letter-writer's contentment at seeing these men die on the state's electric chair?

Here's the letter:

How gratifying it was to look at each of the 10 faces of the Texans being put to death. It is wonderful to know that they will never have an opportunity to re-offend, and that they will be suitably punished for their heinous crimes. I wonder what their sentences would have been here in Canada, and how long they would actually have served before being set free. Probably five to 10 years? Thank goodness Texas leads the way in a civilized society, more intent on protecting the innocent than the guilty.

Barry Samuels, Vancouver.

Paul Russell is the Post's letters editor

Will Sanctions Be Taken Against HRC.....

.....and who is picking up the tab for those accused but found not guilty?

June 27, 2008

A victory over the speech police

Filed under: Government Idiocy, PC Idiocy, Lost Rights, Free Speech, Islam — Jerry @ 1:00 pm

Case dismissed: Canada’s Star Chamber rules for Steyn in hate-crime complaint

Creating the “new man” requires totalitarianism and violence to your rightsd.

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Some thoughts from Flaggman......

June 27, 2008

Free Speech News: Maclean’s dismissed, Mair vindicated, Pankiw persecuted, Lesbians vengeful

An interesting day in this Orwellian land of speech control. First came the news out of Ottawa - the third of three Human Rights compaints filed by Mohammed Elmasry’s Canadian Islamic Council was dismissed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, leaving just the BC complaint alive. After viewing the spectacle of the BC tribunal’s hearing earlier this month, and seeing the widespread public revulsion over the kangaroo court’s actions, it seems the bureaucrats at the CHRC retreated into self-preservation mode, and decided against exposing themselves to further worldwide

Thin Edge Of The Wedge......

.....and I would give it my 100% support if it would be extended to inspection of homes of unregistered gun owners.

Inspections of private homes to commence
Friday, December 07, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Comments: 22

The Ontario government will begin entering homes looking for evidence of laws being broken.

In order to ease the people of this province into this new reality, the process will be done in phases.

First, only elderly gun owners will be expected to submit to a search.

After that? Who knows? Once we've established that public safety trumps individual rights, it won't be too hard to extend this principle to anything that the government deems dangerous or risky. Or for that matter, to anything that runs counter to the public interest.

As a police spokesperson said, any steps should be welcome by the public.

And here I was only welcoming constitutionally legal steps.

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A Pat On The Head While Victims Are Traumatized

Let's get the law and order legislation through parliament and ensure that in cases like this it is three strikes and you out clauses and take the sentencing decisions out of the hands of the left wing judicial system.

Repeat rapist spared indefinite prison sentence

toronto.ctv.ca

In a case described to be a first in Ontario, a repeat rapist has been spared an indefinite prison sentence because he suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome.

Superior Court Justice Fran Kiteley ruled against labelling Wayne Mumford a dangerous offender, and instead told him to "work hard" on bettering himself while incarcerated.
Mumford, 31, has spent nearly all of his adult life in jail for violent sexual assaults against strangers and family members. Some of his victims were female prison guards, court heard.

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Just one example..........

GO train assault haunts victim

TANNIS TOOHEY/TORONTO STAR
Curtis Rush Nov. 07, 2007
Sixteen years ago, she was attacked on a GO train. She's still fighting to get over it.

I'm With Joe........

November 6, 2007

Some might want to bring him back, but dead or alive O'Neil Grant is not welcome in Canada
By Joe Warmington

O'Neil Grant can just stay in Jamaica!

Dead or alive. Either way, he should never be permitted to come back here.

Turns out he's dead and his unnamed "wife" and "friends" want to bring the body of the slain, deported criminal back to Canada for burial.

There better not be any taxpayers' money spent on it.

It takes a lot of nerve to try to get this community to have sympathy for a criminal who was charged and later acquitted in the callous Just Desserts slaying of ViVi Leimonis.

But that's what seems to have happened. Some of our competing media outlets were actually running interviews that seemed to suggest one of the suspects in this heinous murder is a victim and that his body should be returned to the country that booted him back to Jamaica.

It was stunning and disturbing. They can offer it up but we don't have to sign on. Former Toronto Police chief William McCormack, who attended Leimonis' funeral, sure as heck hasn't.

'ROTTEN LITTLE BASTARD'

"That rotten little bastard?" was his reaction to allowing Grant back on Canadian soil. "It's ridiculous. He dishonoured this country! That's why he was deported. Why should they let him back in?"

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