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I think anyone who recommends longer sentences and more incarcerations also has to address how to fund it. The prison population will grow, as more people are incarcerated and they stay in jail longer. That means building more prisons, hiring more staff, etc. California neglected to address...

Getting back to the original article, I notice how most of these G20 victim stories are accepted at face-value. It seems that each of these stories portrays the person as an infallble truth-teller. I wish the media did a bit of research, or made some effort to show the victim's story has some...

I don't think Canada is the second highest taxed country in the world - almost every European country has higher personal income taxes rates than Canada, plus VAT or sales taxes in the 20% range. I do wish personal income taxes and corporate taxes would come down. But, taxes are inevitable...

I also think a lot of the HST hysteria is exaggerated - a good story for the media. The cost of most retail purchases won't change. However, now the after-tax cost of a $60 haircut will be $67.80 instead of $63. Unless you get a lot of haircuts, personal training, legal services or funeral...

I suspect that companies in the Adult Industry, being primarily a cash business, do not report every dollar received to Revenue Canada as income... nor do I suspect they inform Revenue Canada of the true nature of the business. I think that the suggestion of a price increase to HST alone is a...

...so that means military, police, judges / court system, health care, disaster relief, etc. For private companies to provide those services, someone has to pay for it...and that usually means a government (municipal, provincial/state or federal), and the government still has to get money from...

As for Hicks Block Adams, I dated a law clerk who worked there a few years ago. She said the lawyers were pretty good, and they generated a lot of their income from legal aid cases. It's worth a shot contacting them, since they won't view your case as worthless just because you get legal aid...

Yikes - I guess you can skip that one... I'm not sure if Baker Law does criminal matters, but you could try them... if they don't do criminal, they should be able to refer you a criminal lawyer who understands your circumstances.

If it is a criminal defence lawyer you are looking for, these 2 firms are pretty well respected: http://derstinepenman.com/ http://www.hicksblockadams.ca/ For non-criminal matters, I agree with the previous poster's recommendations