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I believe there are some bargaining units in the broader Ontario public sector that still accumulate sick time and can get paid out for at least some upon retirement. Governments, and I assume private sector employers, generally dislike accumulated leave, particularly unlimited or high limit...

The fallibility of disciplines that are founded in areas such as chemistry, physics, etc. have a better track record than those involving fields like pathological and behavioral interpretation., primarily because they don't involve SMEs offering opinions. Ontario had to deal with a bad run of...

It's still there.

Mandatory shaved to the wood for all then. In all seriousness, when I was still working, I can't remember the number of times I heard that.

I'm not sure "fairly certain" is a bar that our common law system, or the system of any modern functioning democracy, should be satisfied with. Maybe despots sitting on their thrones were happy to wave their hand and dismiss somebody to their fate with 'fairly certain' (or they were bored that...

And, if I'm not mistaken, ruined the final years of an elderly landowner who fought the expropriation to the (his) bitter end.

Comfortable in the knowledge that they will never have to push the plunger/pull the lever/flip the switch. I'll bet that, depending on the wording and timing of the question, a majority of Canadian would think we should go into Haiti. I'm quite happy to commit my tax dollars to keeping 'the...

And to add (and I'm only guessing since I'm an outsider), the folks staring at NORAD screens 24/7, and I imagine we have a handful of fighters on rapid deployment status 24/7, with all of the flight and ground personnel it takes to make that happen. Add to that I doubt they can schedule long...

I know what you are saying. I simply don't have the faith in the infallibility of our criminal justice system. That's not a knock on our system, but simply an understanding of any system that involves humans judging humans. There have been many cases of people rotting in jail for crimes the...

The OPP had 'campaign hats' for a few years, not counting 'way back'. Not particularly practical for working out of a car; although many US agencies manage. They could have been retained for dress order but weren't. Many members bought or made hat presses. Of course, they weren't real...

Any departmental policy I have seen on this (which, admittedly, isn't extensive) indicates that if a person is a subject in a recorded image they can make an FOI request. It will take the courts a while to sort out the 'reasonable expectation of privacy' implications. I would think venue will...

I don't interpret having a conflicting territorial position to ours as not respecting our sovereignty. They claim something - we claim something. Quite frankly, if they are exploiting a perceived weakness on our part for not exercising or enforcing our claim, I'm not sure I blame them. I...

No they don't. The reject our claim that the entirety of the Northwest Passage is Canadian internal waters, and there are disputing border proposals regarding the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, which haven't been negotiated yet.

Sad, but I can understand. We have members who are quite happy to live and work in the GTA and do highway patrol work, and good on them. Where the social change seems to be is in outlying areas, but not that far. Places like Muskoka, Haliburton, Prince Edward County, etc. which, in my day...

Admittedly, Ottawa PS does have some unique issues that other cities don't face by virtue of the presence of the federal government, but my understanding is they are financially compensated for that. The problem is promoting senior staff and chiefs who tick a lot of boxes except the crucial one...

Not to mention having to schlep back and forth for court over the couple years following a posting. The logistics and costs would be significant. It would work better in one direction than the other. Cops in/near the city might get a reprieve, but others living rurally a sentence. I suppose...

You still need provision for those places where the "as long as they want" is zero. Actually, in the OPP, paid transfers are nowhere near what they used to be; it's simply too expensive. Movement of recruits, completion of fixed duration postings, promotions and advertised vacancies are pretty...

RIP to the EPS members, condolences to their families, shift mates and all EPS members. It sounds very similar to what happened to the two South Simcoe PS members in Ontario.

The advantages most European countries have is more consistency in population density and a smaller geographic footprint. The Australian model is interesting and would be closer to our situation. I have no clue about the history that got them to where they are. I have no clue as to their...

Being "part of" something has no bearing on personal criminal responsibility (with very few exceptions). He was either guilty of criminal offence beyond a reasonable doubt or not - and the court found not. He is as free to seek civil compensation for the wrongs he alleges as anyone else...