Jeremy Maddock

Legal Research Consultant, supportive of free markets and free speech.

[Jeremy Maddock @MaddockJD]

@CityOfVictoria Council claimed we could save the environment by making our streets harder to drive. The results have been longer commutes, more traffic jams, and ironically, more pollution. Victoria's war on cars needs to stop.

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@DD_Geopolitics "It was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. ... Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia."

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#1MillionMarch4Chidren was an opportunity for dialogue, wasted by an angry mob. https://t.co/MK9gSP3y2k

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@anarchistfish If a person with money and power can be drummed out of a profession for politically controversial speech, what precedent does that set for those without money who try to speak truth to power?

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Removing statues erases history while endorsing lawlessness. https://t.co/MXXmVB68PB

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@mattdellok Just as not every square is meant to be a parking lot, not every point is meant to be a picnic destination.

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@IRPlawyer @Dave_Eby Obviously impossible without invoking the Emergencies Act. 🙃

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@LCCDomBautista @NikiSharma2 The rules are not meant to be understood, only to be obeyed. Just as Louis XIV said "I am the State," @LawSocietyofBC is "the Law." They are a propaganda machine with no interest in honouring their promises, and no means of accountability when they lie.

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@keithbaldrey Expressing concern for children is not "aimed at transgender people." Peaceful protest is still permitted in this country, for the moment. If the "vast majority" think it shouldn't be, then Canada is truly lost.

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@LCCDomBautista @LawSocietyofBC @NikiSharma2 @LawSocietyofBC has repeatedly proven that they can't be trusted to regulate their competition.

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@mattdellok Good to see Council rejecting this regressive tax on the poor. Should scrap the paper bag tax too.

As for "reusable dishes," this seems like a solution in search of a problem. Paper plates are biodegradable, and how many fast food restaurants even use them in the first place?

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@IRPlawyer @acquitted24 The Offence Act (like its equivalents in other provinces) is silent on whether agents can be paid. Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, etc. have all reached the conclusion that paid agency is specifically permitted, despite general prohibitions on non-lawyers practicing law.

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@IRPlawyer @LawSocietyofBC That would describe 95%+ of my work. Work that I was prevented from doing for 15 months, forcing my supervising lawyers to drop low-income clients. LSBC's disdain for #A2J has been apparent throughout the process.

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@IRPlawyer @acquitted24 To the contrary, s. 133 of the Offence Act does incorporate the Criminal Code. BCCA has placed itself out of step with every other appellate court in the country on this point.

Question of national importance? We shall see.

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@Dannygrayfox @bntly I guess I assumed an expert in "data driven policy" could do simple math (i.e. 14 ÷ 7) in his head.

My point is simply that VIVA's spending was among the most efficient. 5x the funding would've yielded 5+ seats. Next time. 😉

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@Dannygrayfox @bntly Actually, across seven candidates averaging ~2,000 votes, VIVA spent just over $1/vote.

Meanwhile, candidates who were elected spent between $1.06/vote (Caradonna) and $2.47/vote (Thompson).

All eight of the winning candidates were among the top-10 total spenders.

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@ejamesYYJ @mattdellok In Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump, the President's account was deemed public, and dozens of accounts were unblocked by court order.

In an analogous Canadian case, Ottawa's Mayor backed down and unblocked his critics. https://t.co/cw7lvcoKn0

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@PaulDoroshenko The irony is Manitoba had a "COVID-19 tip line" at the time, which encouraged citizens to conduct surveillance of their neighbours. https://t.co/hm9UkP4YQE

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@BulfordDaniel Intimidating a judge would be obstruction, but a private investigator isn't supposed to be detected, so it's hard to see how mens rea for obstruction could be established.

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@IRPlawyer This is not a situation where a contested bail hearing was required. It had everything to do with running out the clock, and making him serve a night in jail out of spite. The people who concocted this charge are a disgrace to their profession.