Friday night
This is Ruthie Foster performing solo in a TV studio with Runaway Soul. If memory serves, Women Be Wise was on Bonnie Raitt’s first album. Or maybe it was the…
January 2013
Oy it’s Oickle!
R. v. Oickle, 2000 SCC 38 holds a court considering the common law confession rule: must consider whether the police made any threats or promises. The Supreme Court states that…
Pro-Internet groups and supporters like you have kept us going
This December, hundreds of you joined OpenMedia as monthly donors through our Allies program, and over one thousand of you contributed with one-time donations. You answered the call to help…
AFN Demands: My Favorite One
All legislation must be unquestionably consistent with s.35 of the Canadian Constitution and the UNDRIP. Legislation and provisions of legislation as in C-38 and C-45 that contravene our Treaty and…
In Ottawa, Thousands of #IdleNoMore And Allied Protesters Demand Real Change (PHOTOS)
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive | Jan 11, 2013 7.00 PM EST #IdleNoMore’s show of people-power forced Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stay for entire five hours of…
what i’m reading, children’s book edition: # 3: a war resister story of sorts
In this children’s book review, I look at a book about military war resistance and analyze its lessons and conclusions. Shot at Dawn deals with many unpleasant realities of war…
Hard Drive with Student Loan borrowers Personal Info Went Missing
The federal government has called in the RCMP to investigate what could be one of the largest privacy lapses in Canadian history, after losing a non-encrypted external hard drive containing…
Adult Assembly Required: Idle No More?
Why the “Idle No More” movement is not only making Canadian politics more interesting, but also giving Canadians a chance to take a closer look at their own social groups.…
Poll Shows Strong Bipartisan Support For Healthy Environmental Choices From Congress
While politicians in America have been slow to react to both the threat of climate change and the need for expanded renewable energy resources, the American public has made their…
#IdleNoMore University of Regina Round Dance
Cadmus Delorme started off the speaking without a mic (and was audible!). Here he is with some amplification. Let’s amplify his message over the Internet, also. The noon hour finished…
For Frack Sakes!
Idle No More The Common Sense Canadian, an excellent online blog, is shepherded along by Damien Gillis and Rafe Mair. Along with an impressive stable of contributing writers they have…
P3s for Dummies: Part I: Protecting against giant Gila monsters
We’ve noticed that our posts about P3s – public-private partnerships – tend to be of less interest than others. We hope it’s not because our readers are less interested in…
Can David Bertschi Please Stay Positive?
Running for leader when you have no chance to win is one thing, but attacking Trudeau’s family is another. For a campaign “of ideas,” Bertchi certainly has a lot of…
Launching the Canadian OGP Civil Society Discussion Group
Dear colleagues, We are Canadians who have been actively involved with the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process, including by participating in the OGP meeting in Brasilia in April 2012. The…
Toronto Star Intelligence Unit on OLP leadership: union “absolutely right”?
Um, I don’t think so. I hope Messrs. Crone et al. do not mind me reprinting a pared-down part of the Star’s excellent regular subsciption-based publication. Bolding added for your…
Attawapiskat Audit is Merely a Distraction
Green Party leader Elizabeth May published a well-thought out and clear article on Wednesday, breaking down the reasons why the ongoing media banter about Attiwapiskat fund mismanagement and Chief Theresa…
For Frack’s Sake
When Josh Fox received a letter offering him nearly $100,000 for the natural gas extraction rights on his Pennsylvania property, his first reaction was: nice chunk of change. Then he…
Saskatchewan New Democrats At Crossroads In Leadership Race
Yens Pedersen is a lawyer, a former president of the Saskatchewan NDP and was a candidate in the 2009 leadership race. “In two months the Saskatchewan NDP will choose a…
Mr Harper’s End Game
It is telling that the Idle No More movement started with four First Nations women—Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam, Jessica Gordon and Sheelah McLean who gave the first “Idle No More”…
Bell’s second power grab is here.
You helped stop the Bell-Astral takeover last year that would have given Bell a monopolistic share of the media market and harmed citzen choice. Now, Bell is making a second…