It is common for Canadians to invoke the American protection against self-incrimination by "taking the fifth," but invoking the fifth article of our Charter of Rights means calling upon Parliament and each provincial legislature to sit at least once every twelve months.
clipboard, and a small out-of-the-way button on the top of every window to throw windows back and forth between screens without having to drag them.In some restaurants, they put ice cubes in the urinals.
This is excellent for many reasons, the most obvious being the entertainment value of causing them to melt, but the more practical purpose of reducing odour in the restroom.
Unfortunately, some restaurants like one of the Tim Hortons near my home in Waterloo use commercial ice-cube makers (right).
Because commercial ice makers use running water to make higher-quality ice, the ice comes out with an indentation on one side of the ice cube where the machine held the block in place.
When aimed in just the wrong way, the stream of urine will enter one side of the indentation, and be refocused back from whence it came. (I.e., all over my pants.)
John Turmel is vowing to continue his fight against what he claims was inequitable treatment during a televised local candidates debate during the recent provincial election.
Turmel, a independent candidate in Brant riding, was ejected from the September Rogers Television debate by police after moderator Tim Philp ordered him removed for breaking a debate rule that said no props, buttons or other promotional materials were allowed.
Turmel says his removal early in the debate was undemocratic, inequitable and against regulations governing broadcasts during election campaigns. He launched a court challenge asking for equitable time on Rogers following the incident.
The Federal Court of appeal recently dismissed one motion put forward by Turmel, saying it didn't have the authority to immediately rule on the matter, but the court is preparing to hear arguments as to the fairness of Turmel's ejection.
Turmel and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which governs broadcast standards on TV stations, including Rogers, are now in the process of filing arguments with the court.
"They are going to have to argue somehow that (my ejection) was fair," Turmel said during an interview. "We haven't found out why Philp decided that party buttons were not allowed.
"My hope is for the CRTC to be chastised for not having supervised that I got equitable time."
A CRTC spokesperson this week said the commission can't comment on the case because it is still before the courts.
Philp, a columnist in The Expositor, said he isn't surprised that Turmel is pushing the case forward.
"He's got a long history of doing this sort of stuff," Philp said. "He doesn't really care if he wins this or not. He's really doing this to embarrass me, but I think the only thing he will do is embarrass himself."
Court documents filed by the CRTC mention Turmel's record of filing numerous complaints against the broadcasting regulator during the 1980s. Turmel has run in 66 elections for various offices, a Guinness World Record, but has never won.
"It is worth noting that the applicant has brought similar applications against the respondent in the past and that they have been rejected by the court," the documents say.
Philp said Turmel's actions during the televised debate - wearing a promotional sticker on his jacket and interrupting another candidate - served to make a mockery of the political process. Philp said he acted fairly and appropriately in ejecting him.
Turmel said he doesn't expect a final resolution to the case for at least six months.
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