Not too sure about this

From Canwest's news service

"Police have the right to continue to interrogate criminal suspects, even after the suspects have asserted their constitutional right to silence and refused to answer questions, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday."

This is not a good indicator for the future. People complain about security cameras on buses, but this is the bigger issue, and you can bet there won't be nearly as much discussion of it as there is over transit cameras.

It also comes as a surprise to me. People in Canada are so used to the judicial system being so blasé about criminal investigations; heck, a rapist can serve a single-digit sentence. Not like the almighty US, where the Bill of Rights is falling apart one right at a time and sentences are so harsh that people don't even live to finish them (stereotype, not necessarily my opinion or fact). But nobody thinks that something like this will happen in Canada. It's not a very good sign, either.

Interesting developments

As of tomorrow morning, our mortgage will be paid off. We've been in the house for 18 years this past April, and now the castle is all ours.

As of today, we are the proud lessors of a brand new Toyota Corolla. My little French Freedom Blue Ford Focus will be traded in for whatever value can be obtained from it, and I'll have a new car. I'll probably drive my mother's hybrid Camry most of the time though XD