A trade agreement being secretly negotiated by the Obama administration could allow an end run by the oil and gas industry around local opposition to natural gas exports. This agreement,…
I was asked at a talk I gave at Leeds Skeptics in the Pub on Monday what lesson I would import to the UK from Canadian skepticism. My answer was…
Truth be told, I was a political activist that worked for about ten years trying to get the voting system changed so that each and every vote cast in an…
This week, people across Canada who are interested in the public right to access government information mark a thing called Right to Know Week. It’s a time to “raise awareness…
Golly. If Stephen Harper's stature on the world stage keeps shrinking we're going to have to swap that magnifying glass for a microscope eh? Yesterday we found out how low…
TweetWith Edmonton mayoral candidate Kerry Diotte stirring up controversy over a YouTube video which his campaign has now removed, I thought I would take a look at some of the…
At the Filmpool , where an overfull crowd has gathered for a UofR religious studies lecture. 7:06 introductions are done by Luther College and another. Luther HS students present for…
As the old saying goes, if you sit down at a poker table and can’t spot the sucker, you’re it. And there shouldn’t be much doubt that when the City…
I’m not going to pretend that my French is great, but I’m also not a Francophone affairs critic for the Official Opposition.
Perked-up cats.
Why am I not allowed to have a personality? He smiles at me, “Hey girl, where are you from?” I reply, “Vancouver… Canada.” I’m partly hopeful this will be the…
Remember when that wayward young skier was billed $10,000 towards his rescue costs after going out on his own at a British Columbia ski resort? Well here’s the double standard…
I have been trying to get through B.C. NDP campaign manager and former federal leadership challenger Brian Topp’s August 21, 2013 “Campaign Post Mortem” (Topp’s own name for this document)…
The current state of Canadian politics has been the subject of many columns emerging from Ottawa. The absence of a parliamentary sitting has led many to conjecture on the current…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Our friends over at the Common Sense Canadian, Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis are putting out some of the best journalism available in Canada today. Running…
In this Democracy Now interview, Ecuadorean Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, addresses a range of topics in discussion with Amy Goodman. In reference to NSA spying Patiño said “Edward Snowden opened…
What then does a European foreign and security policy look like? For beginners, it’s so utterly different from anything that came before it in human history that it requires a…
By David Suzuki. Starting in late September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its Fifth Assessment Report in three chapters and a summary. Not to be outdone, contrarians…
Nick Kouvalis and his Campaign Research did it. But it’s behind this paywall. Anyone know what it says? John Michael McGrath claims its good news for Ontario Liberals. Well no,…
In this must-read article by Professor David Lyon, he argues that mass spying on innocent Canadians is not a self-propelling prophecy – nor irreversible. It’s time for Canadians to keep…
