Stereo Decisis

On this week's episode of Stereo Decisis, Rob Danay and Hilary Young are joined by their old colleague, Professor Howie Kislowicz of the University of Calgary Faculty of Law to discuss the proposal by the premier-designate of Quebec, Francois Legault, to ban the wearing of religious symbols by public employees as well as the lawsuit brought by Toronto mayoral candidate Faith Goldy against Bell Media for failing to run her commercials.

In Obiter Dicta, Howie talks about WNYC's "More Perfect Album," Hilary talks about a study showing that climate change may double the price of beer, and Rob talks about a man who unlawfully skinny dipped with sharks in Ripley's aquarium.

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On this week's episode of Stereo Decisis, Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Rob Danay discuss the decision of the federal government not to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's decision on the TransMountain pipeline and to appoint retired Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to oversee consultation with Indigenous groups and the controversy over the transfer of convicted murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic to an Indigenous healing lodge.

In obiter dicta, Rob talks about Banksy's self-shredding painting, Hilary talks about Cards Against Humanity and Oliver takes jabs at Canadian Thanksgiving.

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On this week's episode of the pod, Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Rob Danay discuss:

In obiter dicta, Hilary talks about the perplexing recent provincial election in New Brunswick, Oliver delivers a sermonic ode to the game of baseball and Rob talks about the unfortunate clash of mountain goats and human beings in the Olympic National Park.

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On this week's episode of the pod, Hilary Young, Robert Danay and Oliver Pulleyblank discuss the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Rogers Communications Inc. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC, 2018 SCC 38, which concerned the ability of a copyright owner to gain easy access to the identities of alleged copyright infringers; the Federal Court judicial review of a decision concerning the removal of a judge by the Canadian Judicial Council in Girouard v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FC 865; and the creative sentencing decision of Mr. Justice Nakatsuru in R. v. Morris, 2018 ONSC 5186, which dealt with questions of systemic discrimination, moral culpability and the scourge of gun violence in Canada.

In obiter dicta, Rob discusses a story about a grandmother in Texas who killed an alligator that she believed to have eaten her miniature horse, Hilary discusses the Beverley Bralette and Oliver pays tribute to teachers after suffering through his son's birthday party.

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On this week's episode of the pod, Rob Danay, Hilary Young and Oliver Pulleyblank discuss the recent saga in Ontario involving legislation reducing the size of Toronto City Council that was struck down as unconstitutional by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice before the Ford government threatened to re-introduce the legislation using the notwithstanding clause.

In Obiter Dicta, Hilary talks about sexist room temperatures, Rob discusses the sexual assault allegation brought against Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the United States and Oliver laments the exodus of his friends from the expensive city of Vancouver.

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On this week's episode of the pod, Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Robert Danay discuss the recent six decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal interpreting that province's Anti-SLAPP legislation, the decision of the Indian Supreme Court to strike down s. 377 of the Penal Code, which criminalized sodomy and the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal to invalidate the approval of the TransMountain Pipeline.

In obiter dicta, Hilary discussed "I Object: Ian Hislop's Search for Dissent" at the British Museum, Oliver discussed the Flying U Ranch, which allows people to ride horses without supervision and Rob discussed the use of forensic linguistics to uncover the anonymous Trump official that posted a recent op-ed in the New York Times.

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On this week's episode, we air a recent interview by Oliver Pulleyblank of Shea Coulson, who represented a group of BC wineries at the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, which involved an effort to #FreeTheBeer.

As Oliver and Hilary Young were actually traveling at the time of taping, Rob Danay performs the rare solo triple obiter dicta. He discusses a recent case in which a Kuwaiti fish monger was shut down for using googly eyes to mask the not-so-fresh state of its ostensibly fresh fish, a recent complaint to the BC Human Rights Tribunal made by a woman who was fired from her job for failing to wear a bra, and an unsuccessful law suit in the BC Supreme Court in which a plaintiff complained that his rights were violated by the failure of the BC government to recognize and protect the Sasquatch.

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On this week's episode of Stereo Decisis, Rob Danay, Hilary Young and Oliver Pulleyblank discuss the merits and significance of Mike Bullard's recently filed defamation suit.