QP: The politics of deceit and abandonment
The first day back, and you would have thought that Question Period would be bursting with excitement, with MPs eager to trade barbs that they haven’t been able to for…
January 2012
Head-Free Driving
Hands-free exemptions in cell-phone driving laws are nonsensical. That much has been obvious to me and a lot of other people for years. The problem with phoning while driving isn’t…
Cleary on the Move #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary is on the move. Backwards. In the most recent seating plan for the House of Commons, Cleary’s seat goes all the way…
Gerald Amos Of Haisla First Nation To Stephen Harper and Joe Oliver: No Apology Forthcoming
This letter is reprinted from the Terrace Daily, where it was first published on January 8th, and then republished last week: Recently there has been a lot of criticism by…
Occupy Ottawa to protest Crime Bill C-10 on Parliament Hill
Hundreds of activists are expected on Parliament Hill at noon on Tuesday, January 31, to protest the Harper Conservative government’s widely condemned omnibus crime Bill C-10. The protest is being…
CAQ Momentum Falling?
While it’s not a totally established trend yet, it appears that the Coalition pour l’Avenir du Québec and it’s leader François Legault are facing an increasing downward trend in Quebec’s…
Harpie’s Bad Move and the Wrath of Elders
It was a little like finding out your spouse is running around on you from someone in the cashout lineup at the grocery store. Indeed, it was absolutely doubleplus-awesome of…
Battle of Service
While legislators in New Hampshire consider a bill that would make it legal for business owners in the public sector to deny services to any gay person getting married, an…
Evidence given on voir dire not thereby trial evidence
R. v. Chaing, 2012 ONCA 59 deals with a case where there was confusion about evidence given on a voir dire and actual testimony. Evidence given on a voir dire is not thereby…
Shafia Becomes An Excuse For Anti-Muslim Racism
Of course the horror of the multiple murders of three young girls and their mother by the father, son and second wife ought to be condemned. It ought to be…
4166…Cannes Advertising Festival
It is an annual affair, the best of adverts from around the world. It is on at the ByTowne Cinema in Ottawa, the one on Rideau Street near the big…
Guilty verdicts in Kingston — a turning point in the war against women?
The struggle for equal rights never ends and must never end. Recent events in two parts of the world, seemingly disconnected but linked by the common element of who the…
A Non-Satirical Look at Ottawa’s PIN Messaging "Scandal"
Is Ottawa’s PIN scandal really a tempest in a teapot. You cannot legislate or regulate integrity. The only thing that can ensure someone’s integrity is their integrity. As it stands…
The Global Economic Crisis—Part 3
CD: The financial sector has been remarkably successful in shifting the debt burden into the public sector which also bears much of the cost of “recapitalizing” the banks. But what…
Cuts: This time it’s personal by Susan Delacourt
Columnist questions whether it is possible for the Conservative government to make cuts without first demonizing the target of them.
What happened to Canada?
Corporations Have No Use for Borders, Chris Hedges, Truthdig “What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became…
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Lacked Legal Authority to Cancel Transit City
Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish released a legal opinion today concluding that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford did not have legal authority to cancel Transit City. The opinion concludes that…
Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Marriage Equality
Via The Daily Dish. Filed under: United States Politics Tagged: Cory Booker, LGBTQ, marriage-equality, Minority rights
Downstream, from Babelgum
The first original production by and for Babelgum, Downstream focuses on the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta’s oil sands. This beautifully photographed documentary is an eye-opening investigation into one…