Positive news from the U.S. today, where several large tech firms have united to form the Reform Government Surveillance coalition. Tech giants including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter say that…
Al Sharpton was on Meet the Press where he was in no mood for the predictable whitewashing of America’s official hostility to Nelson Mandela. “I think it is a betrayal…
Well as you know I'm not a big fan of Leona Aglukkaq. I had high hopes that as an Inuk she might do a better job as Environment Minister that…
by: Obert Madondo Its ironic, isn’t it? Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition, four provincial premiers, three former prime minister, two former governors general, MPs,…
This is the first article I posted at Northern Insight, written in April 2009. By the time the fifth anniversary rolls around, the article count will be about 2,000. I…
It’s been well over two centuries since the United States underwent revolution but the next one may not be far off. Chris Hedges this today’s America is in a pre-revolutionary…
Arnprior is an Ottawa Valley community 66 kilometres north of the nation’s capital. The town is built around the mouth of the Madawaska River and has a population of more…
This situation is BS. A Manitoba MP is crying discrimination after two aboriginal women were not allowed to board a plane with her, even though they had tickets. Niki Ashton,…
Knowles v. Lindstrom, 2013 CarswellOnt 6935 (Ont. S.C.J.) is a recent family law case that addressed the issue of forum conveniens in a property dispute. This case has significant implications…
Drafting a simple, uncomplicated will may appear to be a routine task for most legal practitioners in comparison to “flashier” legal matters like messy divorces and high stakes litigation. That…
In the days leading up to the beginning of my articles, I was surprised at how little I could do to prepare myself for what has thus far been the…
Wikileaks has released a new set of texts from the ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Parternship (TPP) negotiations. The text reveals that there is strong disagreement over 119 outstanding issues, with the U.S.…
Values, discrimination, the Swedish way: all these ideas are in the mix as stakeholders of IKEA’s treatment of workers express how they feel about IKEA’s plan to break its union…
Big Fossil has a powerful new trick. If you’re going to run into a dragged-out fight with environmentalists on a pipeline, play that fight out to keep your opposition tied…
I don’t know if it gets any more Orwellian than this. Last week the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which is closing five of its seven libraries, allowed scientists, consultants…
Rausch v. The Corporation of the City of Pickering, 2013 ONCA 740: Although I would reject Mr. Rausch‘s claim that there is an explicit statutory duty of care, I do…
As the United States leads, Canada follows quietly behind. Just as American society is being shredded by corporatism, so too is Canadian society becoming dismembered. Michael Valpy’s searing look at…
People at risk of poverty or social exclusion – Statistics Explained. A recent Eurostat report has reported the following, disturbing figure in Europe: In 2012, 124.5 million people, or 24.8…
A neo-con economist from Maclean’s shows why it’s almost impossible to have a serious policy discussion — these days. Taking a page from Harper’s playbook, Andrew Leach claims Mulcair will…
Part of my BLOGCEMBER 2013 series- the Theme is Electronic Music *** As always, let’s set the mood: *** Ben Klock did almost a 2.5 hour set on Saturday night…
