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Devin Johnston
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Devin Johnston is a law student a political blogger in Winnipeg.
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Recent Posts
House of Commons Procedural Question
If the government members of a House of Commons committee fail to show up to a meeting, can the opposition members elect a temporary chair and proceed with the meeting anyway? I'm honestly not sure what the answer is, so please feel free to leave you...
Eight-Point Response to Levant on Afghan Detainee Documents
Earlier this afternoon, a friend and classmate (who is politically conservative), sent me a link to this article by Ezra Levant and asked for my thoughts on whether the government's documents relating to the Afghan detainee torture scandal should be ...
Then and Now: Harper\'s Conservatives on Transparency and Accountability
On today's installment of "Then and Now", we look at the evolution of Stephen Harper's thinking in relation to government transparency and public accountability. I remember working on the 2005-2006 federal election campaign. When it ended, I was disa...
Pay Equity: Did the Ignatieff Liberals Vote Against "a basic human right"?
Yesterday, Michael Ignatieff stated that pay equity is "a basic human right" and blasted the Conservatives who "[...] very clearly used their 2009 budget to impose their ideological opposition to pay equity for Canadian women." I have to agree with I...
Law is Cool Podcast: UWO Arrest and Campus Police Use of Force
Download (MP3) In October of this year, Irnes Zeljkovic was arrested at the University of Western Ontario by the UWO Campus Police. The arrest was caught on tape by at least two bystanders, who posted videos of the arrest to YouTube. In the videos, t...
Cartoon: Obama & Afghanistan
See Cartoons by Cartoon by Cameron Cardow - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon ...
