On The Off Chance…
… that going for a dip in the freezing friggin’ ocean in the middle of a Canadian frickin’ winter isn’t stoopid enough to satisfy you…
Aw, screw it. Just watch.
Category: CanadaJanuary 3, 2009December 23, 2008Christmas Greetings from the Prime MinisterPlopped down with no comment because I don’t have time for anything lately… December 22, 2008Toronto feminist lawyers and the money crunch.Ever since Conservative government cut funding to Court Challenges Program army of feminist lawyers that used to depend on this glorified welfare for legal professionals found themselves scrounging for new careers and new sources of income. Some of these feminist lawyers were unable to make safe transition and join ranks of Ontario judiciary despite best efforts of Dalton McGuinty who in his relatively short stint as Premier of Ontario nominated close to one hundred judges so far. One of these lawyers stranded by cancellation of Court Challenges program is Ms. Susan Vella. http://www.rochongenova.com/team/susan_vella.aspx
Susan might not be connected well enough in Toronto legal circles to become a judge but she knows enough many feminist judges well enough to be sure that if she can put a case together she is guaranteed to win it. One of such judges sympathetic to feminist cause is Madam Justice Sandra Chapnik who in one of her former incarnations served as the President of the Women’s Law Association of Ontario. http://www.osgoodealumni.ca/mentorspro/chapnik.htm
In 1976 she obtained an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1978. Prior to her appointment to the now Superior Court of Justice in September 1991, Madam Justice Chapnik was a vice-chair of the Worker’s Compensation Appeals Tribunal (WCAT) and a fact finder and mediator for the Ministry of Education. From 1982 to 1986, she practiced civil litigation, family, some criminal and entertainment law as a partner in Banks and Chapnik and acted as a part-time Rent Review Commissioner. Professional positions that Madam Justice Chapnik has held include President of the Women’s Law Association of Ontario, member of the national and provincial executives of the Canadian Bar Association, Bar Admission Course Instructor and Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Awards received include the Canadian Bar Association Award of Distinction and Award for Distinguished Service, the Women’s Law Association President’s Award and a Reuben Wells Leonard Scholarship from the University of Toronto. E-mail: sandra@chapnik.com All that Ms. Vella needed a was a civil case preferably sexual assault case that ended in guilty plea or criminal conviction and an organisation with deep pockets that could be made vicariously responsible for paying compensation. You might not believe it but Canadian law still keeps on their books almost never used concepts of fiduciary duty and vicarious liability. If you were a child victim of abuse or (homosexual) rape do not hold your breath for too long thinking that you could hold people that were paid to “raise” you or CAS to account for any of their actions, Ms. Vella can assure you of that as she tried it on previous occasion, see: http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2003/2003canlii22812/2003canlii22812.html If there is a will there is a way, as they used to say. Justice Thomas R. Lederer of the Superior Court of Justice threw Ms. Susan Vella’s case out of court for abuse of process. You can read some details of that fiasco at: http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2007/2007canlii41437/2007canlii41437.html You can also read how well is Ms. Susan Vella connected at Ontario Court of Appeals at: http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2008/2008onca427/2008onca427.html In a meantime, Susan Vella poked around some more and found another case; nothing so drastic and life altering as rape, and quite dated as the case is almost 30 years old but other than that perfect case as the victim and the perpetrator are still alive and are living in Ontario, Toronto Police has deep pockets, and most importantly perpetrator was found guilty of sexual assault. When Harper’s Government cut federal funding for Court Challenges Program they firmly believed that “welfare for legal professionals” was killing entrepreneurial spirit of Toronto feminst lawyers and distracting them from serving some “real” clients. The proof is in the pudding, as they say, so here are some stunning financial results of Ontario feminists left to their own devices: http://www.the.com/News/GTA/article/555103 ‘I went through this . . . to heal’
RENÉ JOHNSTON/TORONTO STAR Marian Evans was awarded $215,000 plus legal costs for a 1979 attack in which she was detained and assaulted by a Toronto police officer. Woman vows to fight for ‘what is right’ after police appeal ruling in officer’s sex attack Dec 17, 2008 04:30 AM Betsy Powell Marian Evans says she had expected to lose and wind up “financially devastated” when she sued Toronto police for an assault committed by a former officer almost 30 years ago. But she says it was never about money. “I went through this process to get the truth … to heal basically,” she said yesterday, sitting in a midtown coffee shop. “It was so important for me to figure out for my own good. I couldn’t move forward.” Following a civil trial, Ontario Superior Court Justice Sandra Chapnik last month awarded Evans $215,000 plus legal costs, and said the Toronto Police Services Board should pay because it was “vicariously responsible.” John David Sproule, a former constable, was also ordered to pay $25,000 in punitive damages. The court-ordered award is believed to be one of the largest against Toronto police. Evans’ lawyer, Susan Vella, hailed the ruling as “very important for women.” Last Friday, the board filed a notice of appeal. Despite the setback, and the prospect of having to borrow even more money to pay her legal bills, Evans, 54, says she will continue to “fight for what is right.” That means refusing to accept any offers to settle, just as she has done since launching her lawsuit in 2002. “I’m actually a stronger person than they think,” she said. Chapnik, whom Evans praised as “a picture of class,” wrote in her Nov. 12 judgment that Evans “was subject to an admittedly outrageous and despicable sexual assault.” In the morning hours of Jan. 7, 1979, Sproule, who was in uniform, stopped Evans, then 24, as she was driving alone on Danforth Ave. He detained her, drove her to a secluded area and tried to grab her breast and kiss her. She complained and he was charged with indecent assault. After pleading guilty, he was fined $1,000 and quit the force. The incident was a closed book, something never discussed in the Scarborough home where she lived with her parents. “I was left to deal with it on my own terms so the only way I could deal with it was to let it go as much as I could and it festered over the years.” She went from someone who had grown up in a happy and “normal but strict environment” to living a chaotic life that saw her, for a period, living in rooming houses. After years of blaming herself for what she describes as often erratic and irrational behaviour, she started to see a psychiatrist in 2001. With the benefit of counselling, she began to realize the impact the assault had on her life and, in 2002, she began legal proceedings. She was well aware she was long outside the four-year limitation period under the Limitations Act. “It was understood, but the fight was more important to me than being concerned about that.” The board, in its notice of appeal, is asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to set aside the trial decision and dismiss the claim because it was initiated 23 years after the assault took place. The notice also states the judge “erred in the application of the law regarding vicarious liability as it related to the Toronto Police Services Board.” A mediation session in 2003 was the first time she had seen Sproule since 1979. He lives in Northern Ontario and did not appear at the trial. “I could not look at that man’s face,” she said, covering her own face with her hand. Nor was she able to speak when asked to state her name. “I didn’t want anything to do with this man. I didn’t want him to hear my voice … So I was quite pleased when he didn’t show up at trial.” Evans is trying to “rebuild her life.” She works freelance in the book publishing industry and is writing her memoirs. “It’s been a very, very long time for me and slowly coming together but it’s really hard,” she says tearily. She says she still gets frightened when she sees police cars. Her 23-year-old son Adam has been the “angel” on her shoulder. She started to cry yesterday recalling how, after the judge’s ruling, he hugged her and told her he was proud of what she had done. “I’m willing to go through this, I’m very willing to go through this,” she said. “I can’t run – I have to face it. The only thing that matters to me is my son. As long as he’s all right I can get by, I’m happy.”
December 19, 2008Dr. Harper sees his other patient Mr. Dalton McGuinty.
As a part of that reorganisation effort, last Friday, Dr. Harper saw one of his many narcissistic and “very prominent” outpatients Mr. Dalton McGuinty, in his private office at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/… During object relation therapy session that took place on that day patient McGuinty’s complained that his brother David McGuinty, one of Dr. Harper’s current patients at HoC Hospital, feels depressed by the fact that great many of his friends in Ontario are denied psychiatric treatment at HoC Hospital in Ottawa due to severe rationing of hospital beds. Patient McGuinty accused Dr. Harper of outright hostility and wilful discrimination against his brother and all other Ontario Narcissists. Dr. Harper skilfully diagnosed that his patient McGuinty’s transference and recurring projections are caused complete lack of an ongoing treatment due to complete absence of therapists trained in treating personality disorders at the Queen’s Park Psychiatric Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Harper recommended that his outpatient Dalton McGuinty contacts Dr. John Bradford Associate Chief, Forensic Psychiatry, at Royal Ottawa Hospital and seek recommendations for therapists living in Toronto area who might be willing to offer ongoing treatment for patient McGuinty’s severe psychopathology and if possible offer treatment for other patients frequenting Queen’s Park Psychiatric Hospital in Toronto. (more…) Canadian Left lines up behind Michael Ignatieff!!!
Ignatieff and his supporters at HoC presented real risk that they could cross the floor and join Conservatives so in order to prevent such possibility Liberals backroom boys had no choice but to name Ignatieff as their interim leader. Since they were unable to stop him they decided that they will use him as meat for their cannon in war with Harper. Now, they started to pump him up creating totally unrealistic expectations of him in eyes of his liberal supporters and general public. (more…) December 14, 2008Doctor Harper is in, and he will see you soon.Doctor Harper is in, please take a number and take a seat, he will see you soon. Dr. Stephen Harper, Chief Psychiatrist at Personality Disorders Clinic of the House of Commons Psychiatric Hospital in Ottawa, at request of hospital management and local community, agreed recently to reorganize his medical practice. From now on, patients suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorders will get preferential treatment and due to the fact that they tend to be more stable emotionally they will be put in charge of patients suffering from Borderline Personality Disorders. In an effort to seek ways to prevent recurrence of recent incidents of patients at the clinic going off their medication, and attempting to start a rebellion at the HoC Hospital Dr. Harper agreed to interview one of his severely narcissistic patients Mr. Michael Ignatieff . Last Friday, Dr. Harper saw his “prominent” patient Ignatieff in his private office at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/… During object relation therapy session that took place on that day Dr. Harper skilfully diagnosed that his patient Ignatieff’s disphoria and recurring depressive states are caused by the severe shortage of Narcissistic Supply that causes shrinking of patient Ignatieff’s False Ego. Dr. Harper recommended that other psychiatric patients, that patient Ignatieff comes in contact with, double their efforts to provide Narcissistic Supply and boost patient Ignatieff’s sagging False Ego at every opportunity they get. This suggestion was immediately put into action and two outpatients Warren Kinsella and Scott Reid were delegated to that task immediately. Here is the evidence of their heroic efforts. www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/…
Stephen Harper, consider yourself told. This man is not screwing around. If you want to remain as Prime Minister, you must provide two things in short order: a corrected economic program and a public expression of contrition. (It’s telling that Mr. Harper will likely find the latter to be more of a challenge.) Other psychiatric patients all across Canada also offered to pitch in some Narcissistic Supply for patient Ignatieff see: here OTTAWA NOTEBOOK Liberals’ new captain tidies up the shipJANE TABER jtaber@globeandmail.com December 13, 2008 New Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff told his troops there will be no freelancing; the Liberal Party will now speak with one voice and it will be his, according to an insider. In line with other recommendations of Dr. Harper Carolyn Bennett MP as classic BPD case will be moved to back benches as soon as HoC Paychiatric Hospital reopens at the end of January 2009. www.extra.ca/blog/ottawa/post/2008/12/12/Were-off-to-stack-the-Senate! Hill Queeries: Ottawa’s federal politics blog on Xtra.ca Friday, December 12, 2008 We’re off to stack the Senate!Friday, December 12, 2008 The talk of the town today was that Harper plans to stack the Senate before New Year arrives. Of course, “stack†is to be taken pretty loosely, since the Liberals in the Senate outnumber the Conservatives by 58 to 20, and there are currently 18 vacancies. But that aside, it’s possibly the biggest single round of Senate appointments in Canadian history. Few people are happy about it. …..
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Madam Justice Sandra Chapnik obtained a BA from the University of Toronto in 1962, and a Secondary School Teacher’s certificate in 1963. She was a high school teacher for several years, commencing in 1963.
Dr. Stephen Harper, Chief Psychiatrist at Personality Disorders Clinic of the House of Commons Psychiatric Hospital in Ottawa, at request of hospital management and local community, agreed recently to reorganize his medical practice. 
When I thought about it for a while I came to conclusion that Warren Kinsella and Scott Reid are two Trojan horses of Bob Rae and Power Corporation boys. They both are Chretien’s old hacks and Jean Chretien wants to install Bob Rae as LPC leader to protect PowerCorp’s interests. (John Rae, the brother of Bob Rae is currently listed as Power’s Executive Vice-President, Office of the Chairman of the Executive Committee (Paul Desmarais), Chretien’s daughter France is married to Paul Desmarais’ son Andre. see 
Scott Reid (former communications director for Paul Martin): Michael Ignatieff began his tenure as Liberal Leader with a display of quiet, composed and steely purpose. After only 36 minutes behind the podium, he had fixed responsibility for saving Stephen Harper’s government solely on the shoulders of Stephen Harper, commanded the stage with unquestioned authority and made clear he would play his cards as they should be – one at a time and with wise measure.