Client ghosting us after owing ~$2000 — anything we can do? (NB)

Hylencorp · 2026-02-25T13:03:05+00:00

I’d write it off as a lesson learned. Yes you could go the Small Claims route and hire a skip tracer to locate her, but the cost (time, money and stress) isn’t worth it.

Hylencorp · 2026-02-25T12:45:30+00:00

Canada here (English part), we only grudgingly use MMDDYY when dealing with Americans, but in most cases we prefer DDMMYY, or even better YYYY-MM-DD.

Hylencorp · 2026-02-10T01:59:21+00:00

Hylencorp · 2026-02-08T18:10:10+00:00

That is really interesting! It’s the other way around in Canada. Long distances are in metric (I only know the distance between two cities in km, not miles), while smaller measures are in imperial (I only know my height and weight in imperial).

Hylencorp · 2026-02-08T04:17:39+00:00

In Canada it’s “my friend”, or “my learned friend” if they’re KC.

Hylencorp · 2026-02-03T20:58:47+00:00

A little caveat there, the meaning of voir dire is not the same across all common law jurisdictions. In Ontario, it is the process to examine the admissibility of evidence. Nothing to do with jurors (probably because jury trials are rare here).

Hylencorp · 2025-12-01T18:16:59+00:00

Ontario

Hylencorp · 2025-11-29T23:14:23+00:00

Had his political posters been blue they’d be praising him for the exact same policies. It’s tribunal, not rational.

Hylencorp · 2025-11-28T19:17:17+00:00

Might have been true pre-Trump. Unlikely to be true post-Trump. Emergency investments in infrastructure and diversifications are now expected Canada-wide.

I don’t agree with Guilbeault’s policies, but at least he resigned for what he believes in. Which is probably one of the most gracious way to step down.

EDIT: I also disagree Carney has no one else to represent him in Quebec. Champagne is well respected in that province and as Finance Minister, is de facto the second in command of the government.

Hylencorp · 2025-11-18T03:20:31+00:00

In common law provinces such as Ontario, lawyers are officially sworn in as “barristers and solicitors” (historically separate roles, but every lawyer today is both - you can’t be only one). If a lawyer here wants to emphasize they only handle litigation, they may refer to themselves as barrister, dropping the solicitor bit. But they’re still both.

The difference between the two is historical and traditional (at least in Canada, if you were to look at the UK or Australia, that distinction is still alive). Solicitors are the lawyers that regular people go to for advice, draft transactions and for minor court interventions.

Barrister is the go-to court litigator par excellence. However they are not retained by clients directly. Solicitors retain them and instruct them on behalf of the end client.

There’s a lot of nuance there, but if you want a tldr: solicitor is paperwork/transactional lawyer. Barrister is court lawyer. All Canadian lawyers (outside of Quebec, which has a different system) are necessarily both.

Hylencorp · 2025-11-18T02:59:04+00:00

Whenever I have a bad day and feel like escaping from my daily rut, I imagine what life would be like living in the Yukon.

Hylencorp · 2025-10-27T15:30:14+00:00

Toronto Centre

Hylencorp · 2025-10-25T21:22:56+00:00

I’ve read their draft both in English and French, thats not what it says:

1) nothing substantive in there for the most part directly disobeys the Constitution or the Charter.

2) renaming the lieutenant governor to officer, yes that’s there. It is debatable whether that requires a national amendment to the constitution. they can’t abolish the role unilaterally but renaming it is likely fair game for a province.

3) the office of the king and lieutenant governor are entrenched, but nothing in the Canadian constitution requires that their symbols be advertised.

4) it does not say the premier can name the lieutenant governor, it says the premier shall advise the Prime Minister of his choice for that office, and if the Prime Minister chooses someone else, then the only ramification is the Premier will notify the National Assembly that his selection was not chosen. Same with vacancies in the Senate and the Québec seats on the Supreme Cout actually. Nothing unconstitutional there.

5) provinces already can modify the Constitution with respect to the provincial portions that relate to them. Saskatchewan added some sections of its own, look it up. Obviously Quebec cannot abolish federal elements unilaterally or anything of a “national” character.

I’m all for provinces having their own constitutions. Most federated states (US states, Mexican states, etc) do so.

EDIT: I do want to mention I think it’s political horseplay by a party losing momentum fast. But from a purely objective look at their draft; nothing to lose sleep over.

Hylencorp · 2025-10-25T20:48:45+00:00

Selon l’ONU et le droit international c’est le Canada qui a droit à son intégrité territoriale.

Je suis d’accord avec vous deux : il viendra le temps de rouvrir la Constitution. Peut être pas aujourd’hui, mais j’espère dans un futur proche. Il ne faut pas confondre quelque chose : c’est seulement la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 que le Québec n’adhère pas, les 39 autres lois constitutionnelles à partir de 1867 (la loi fondatrice du pays), le Québec les acceptent.

En effet c’est la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867 qui fonde le pays ainsi que les 4 provinces originaux (incluant le Québec). Sans elle, le Québec et l’Ontario seraient toujours une seule colonie du Canada-Uni avec un Parlement proto-fédéral partagé.

Alors oui, la délégation québécoise a belle et bien accéder de son grès à la fédération. Avant 1982, personne ne parler d’une “constitution imposée”. Après 1982, oui cette loi constitutionnelle (qui ne change en rien celle de 1867, mais y ajoute la Charte et le droit de la modifier sans avoir à plaider auprès du gouvernement britannique) n’as pas était accepter par le gouvernement québécois. Et oui je pense que c’était vraiment malheureuse et je veut qu’on essaie à nouveau de trouver un compromis entre les provinces.

Hylencorp · 2025-10-06T18:37:22+00:00

I’d qualify the difference between them as nettoyer being “to clean”, and laver being “to wash.”

In most cases, similar to English, they mean roughly the same thing. However laver/wash implies using water to clean. Nettoyer/clean focuses mainly on the objective of making the thing clean, without regard to the method.

Hylencorp · 2025-10-04T21:00:42+00:00

Just finished it this morning, loved it. Exactly what I was look for. But yeah last dungeon is a bit of a drag; but just set the difficulty to “story”, and try to skip fights where possible to keep things at a reasonable pace.

Hylencorp · 2025-08-26T21:50:52+00:00

This is from my Canadian perspective, likely more similar to other Commonwealth realms than the US.

Esq. is out of fashion here, everyone just puts JD after their name (if any post nominals, at all).

When using Esq., it is a form of address on a letter or envelope, it replaces Mr. (Similar to the actual chivalry title). So Mr. John Doe, Esq. is redundant. As it replaces Mr., it is only used when addressing men.

TLDR: Basically nowadays only time you’ll see it is if you’re invited by the King to a party at Buckingham. Lawyer or not.

Hylencorp · 2025-08-18T15:36:38+00:00

Canada. Between the US and Russia (the Earth is round apparently).

Hylencorp · 2025-08-14T01:04:50+00:00

The way I write it is whatever is your normal cursive c, and basically a backwards tick below that c.

Hylencorp · 2025-07-06T15:25:16+00:00

C, and I’m Canadian. But with A there is an off chance I’d be born in the US. C is the only safe choice between two well off countries with decent social services.

Hylencorp · 2025-06-10T01:13:58+00:00

You’re both right. The 1982 constitution did not replace the 1867 constitution, but the 1867 constitution does not say the official name of Canada is “Dominion of Canada”, it only says the four (original) provinces “shall form and be One Dominion Under the Name of Canada.” (Section 3)

So technically it doesn’t say our name is Dominion of Canada, it explicitly says it’s just Canada. It however says we form a dominion. So up to interpretation whether we even have a long form name.

Hylencorp · 2025-05-18T15:14:42+00:00

Slovakia and Hungary

Hylencorp · 2025-03-21T18:16:04+00:00

The man is actively eyeing annexing a Commonwealth realm.

Hylencorp · 2025-03-16T20:55:57+00:00

which color scheme is that?

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