Ottawa to appeal injection site ruling

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 12:59 PM PT

The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal a lower court ruling that sanctioned Vancouver's supervised drug injection site.

The case has raised important questions about the division of powers among federal and provincial governments that need answers, said Justice Minister Rob Nicholson on Parliament Hill Tuesday.

"The case we’ll be presenting before the court is to ask for clarification," he said. "I think it is important to do that."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/09/bc-supreme-court-appeal-supervised-injection-site.html

Strahl defends cut to First Nations University
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 5:15 PM CT

Seems to be quite a bit of shouting from the cons this week. Well let's not forget what is getting under their skin.

MPs call for probe into release of documents

Opposition parties are calling on the information commissioner to investigate how the government censors records and whether there has been any political interference from the Prime Minister's Office.

"There's been a pattern of delay and obstruction with this government that should worry Canadians with regard to access to information," NDP Leader Jack Layton told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday.

The request from both the Liberals and NDP follows news that a top political aide to the Public Works Department's minister overruled bureaucrats and had forbidden the release of a sensitive report to The Canadian Press.

"That’s why the information commissioner must investigate all instances of Conservative interference and order the public release of all politically censored documents," Liberal Treasury Board critic Siobhan Coady said on the party's website on Monday.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/09/access-information-layton.html
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 1:57 PM ET


And quite a few more recently.

One item that they may be a little leery of is a possible bubble in the Canadian housing market. Just remember the last election. The economy was all fine and dandy.



MLS challenge could change the way houses are sold

The federal Competition Bureau has launched an aggressive attack on the Canadian Real Estate Association, challenging its rules governing the Multiple Listing Service and calling for a radical change in how homes are sold in Canada.

“Our concern is that are improperly and unlawfully leveraging in order to impose these restrictions and to deny competitive forces and to deny good old-fashioned market competition,” said Competition Commissioner Melanie Aitken. “This case is focused pure and simple: Let consumers have the choice, let agents have the opportunity to satisfy and serve those choices.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/mls-challenge-could-change-the-way-houses-are-sold/article1460839/

Now if we should see a downturn in the real estate market, Harper would have his hands full.