Oh that was years back in law school. It went to our supreme court in 2001. Therefore, I would only assume the case and facts were years earlier as it takes time to make its way through the courts.

Well on another thread I debated this with someone else for several days. Firstly, there should be a "opt out" in the event of an "OOPS" or "GOTCH'YA" pregnancy. In other words, presuming there is reasonable access to affordable abortion or the mother can give the child up and walk away, the father should have the…

I like her! Reminds me of George, my first-year sociology prof more than a decade ago! She is not entirely incoherent in that Venezuela is in transition and the US definitely is going to have a hand in the inevitable coup d'état. I am Canadian, so I am going to be fucked since if the US props up a puppet regime, oil…

I too am a child of divorce. My dad never paid shit. My mom only went after him years later when I was around 13 and he paid a little and stopped.

What are you talking about? All sorts of creative "child" expenses are conjured up at a child support hearing. There is a base amount which is in direct proportion to the father's income. However, courts can and frequently place additional expenses on dad, the most common being college tuition. Again, people who set…

Not that big a reach. Some jurisdictions have placed significant restrictions on contact sports for teenagers. There is also debate within the NHL to ban fights, something which the fans love. Personally I am not a sports or car guy, but I can see the same line of reasoning in banning skinny models applied to what is…

This is a slippery slop for which I have mixed feelings. Girls and women are not the only one with body image issues. Boys and men struggle too, albeit in different ways. This manifests itself in more than aspiring to look like an underwear model, but engaging in "manly" (often dangerous, unhealthy and, sometimes…

I don't really care about the abortion provision one way or the other. Whether it is included or excluded, there is no constitutional argument in any event.

Canadians like to brag about our illusionary utopian healthcare system. It is the same way in Belize, when I moved here, every local said they have the best health care and Belize City is a safe place to walk about lol

There are outrageous wait times to see a family doctor. I don't know what part of Canada you speak of, but in the larger regions, it is harder to access any type of healthcare and it is not uncommon to go out of jurisdiction to find faster and more accessible healthcare. My parents moved from Quebec to Ontario on…

In fairness, the inconvenience you describe is inherent in most medical affairs, including accessing anti-biotic medicine. I am privileged enough to have my private physician. Other Canadians can expect a 36 hour wait in some Emergency Rooms for uncomplicated ailments. Likewise getting a family doctor is getting more…

No, that was my point, and some others who opposed me inadvertently conceded my point in stating the very reason for an absence of citation is lesbians as "invisible" and "not taken seriously." The only times religious groups clashed with lesbians is when the latter picks a fight. For example, in British Columbia, a…

Well you must be in the significant minority. In Canada, a coalition of dozens and dozens of women's groups got together under the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund to fight for special rights for mothers, including accrual of seniority while off work. Canada actually allows for parental leave to be taken my the…

Well we are seeing some feminist back-peddling. The very precedents which were at the behest of women's groups lobbying for decades are now impacting women which was uncontemplated decades ago.

Our healthcare system is hardly worth emulating. Ontario's budget is mostly healthcare. We need a system similar to that of the US, but more efficiently administered. Our taxes are extremely high because of our inefficient, over-burdened healthcare costs. Why not have a sliding scale private insurer, and have free…

LOL ... Don't forget the inevitable Bolshevik revolution, an angry uprising of the proletariat against the State!

I have to say I am unsure where to draw the line. There are valid arguments for having "X"-only or No "Y"s allowed type clubs. In Canada, most provinces and territories have a very narrow exception where religious, philanthropic or private clubs to discriminate. For example, a fraternal organization may exclude women;…

I think we are on the same page with the abortion issue. Canada has its fair share of politicians and busy-bodies who protest, but nothing compared to the US. I have first-hand knowledge as I have brought many female friends to a clinic or the hospital and stayed for moral support and safety (as you probably know, the…

Careful what you ask for; you may just get it.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasectomy…)

When I was in undergrad, it was GLBT. I was the Executive Director for the GLBT Centre. After all, the purpose of GLBT should be separated from feminism. The "L" is, according to their own academics a more politically, spiritually and socially entrenched identity than merely being attracted to members of the same sex.…