Protests, demonstrations blockades and occupations that are now are facilitated by social media are growing in size and popularity. And so are the damages they inflict on people and businesses who are […]
Andrew Roman
There is so much misinformation, narrowly biased coverage and raw emotion online that concern me about our society's ability to think critically about the important issues of the day. I want to provoke a deeper level of thought by offering an explanation of issues as I see them. You may agree or disagree, but hopefully you will at least think about the issues.
I am a retired litigation lawyer with over 40 years of experience in environmental, electricity, competition, and constitutional issues. I have appeared at all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada, and in every province of Canada. I have been invited as a guest lecturer at almost all of the law schools in this country. I am also the author of over 100 legal articles and a law book, and have been an adjunct faculty member at four Canadian law schools.
Our Net Zero by 2050 Policy Will Soon Make You Poor and Cold!
How soon, and for how long, do you want you, your children and grandchildren to be poor and cold? While not saving the planet from anything? Keep supporting the political goal of […]
My Presentation on Illegal Fishing to Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, February 1, 2024.
Illegal Fishing, Indigenous Treaty Rights and Reconciliation 1 Thank you for inviting me. I am a non-partisan witness with no personal interest at stake. My relevant legal practice before my retirement was […]
Lessons in Protest Management Learned from the Emergencies Act.
Protests, blockades and other forms of civil disobedience are growing in popularity in Canada; and the federal government depended on a blunt instrument – the Emergencies Act (the “EA”) as the way […]
What I Have Learned About Governments’ Thought Control
A Memorable Event from my Childhood In 1948, at the age of 6, I started school in Soviet controlled Hungary, where my family had lived for generations. Every morning our teacher showed […]
Reply to Leslie MacMillan
On November 5, 2023, Leslie MacMillan wrote a comment on Patrick Hunt’s guest post, of the same date, here. Leslie’s comment is set out under the first heading, below. Because his comment […]
There is Random Correlation Between CO2 and Global Warming: or How to Save $10 Trillion Per Year! A guest Post by Patrick Hunt
All of us will remember the warning that correlation doesn’t prove causation. On the other hand, the absence of correlation does prove the absence of causation. Patrick Hunt has kindly agreed to […]
The Supreme Court of Canada Finds Part of the Federal Impact Assessment Act Unconstitutional. So What?
Introduction The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision holding that parts of the federal Impact Assessment Act are ‘unconstitutional’ caused cheering in several provincial capitals and in the media. However, there is […]
Media Training for Jordan Peterson? Really?
Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4685, Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court. This blog post provides my analysis of the College’s order to Dr. Jordan Peterson to take […]
Global Warming Issues and the IPCC: A guest Post by Ken Wilson, P. Eng. (Ret).
Ken Wilson has kindly provided my readers with the excellent summary, below, of his fuller examination of the global warming issues raised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The full […]
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