NSA mass collection of phone data is legal, federal judge rules US district judge William Pauley said the dragnet program “represents the government’s counter-punch” to al-Qaida in the wake of…
I know I promised to not post until the New Year. Clearly the holidays have gotten the better of me. This, however, will be a short reflection and at once…
Conor would always react negatively when he heard the Hershey’s Kisses Christmas bells commercial. The sound of the bells, even the sight of the bells, almost invariably agitated him. Recently…
In ancient Rome, especially during the late Republic, oligarchs resorted to mob violence to block, intimidate, assassinate or drive from power the dominant faction in the Senate. While neither the…
It’s mostly us. Many of us have heard of the idea of planning policy to consider effects seven generations downline. We’re pretty smart. It shouldn’t be that hard. But we…
Many years ago, when I was but a small child, Pierre Trudeau spoke of a “Just Society”. It is a noble, if somewhat lofty and abstract goal. The Just Society…
Authored by Micaela Evans, Volunteer Communications Assistant at OpenMedia.ca A few months ago, your OpenMedia.ca team sent a survey to our most active supporters – YOU. We had a fantastic…
The stresses and difficulties faced by Walmart workers during the holidays is overwhelming. Overwork, a climate of fear and barely-organized chaos make for taxing shifts at work. Low wages, insufficient…
The recent approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline by National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act review panel has brought a renewed flurry of attention to the…
Sometimes a number of things come together in a way to make something you haven’t seen before. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, clouds, landscape, snow
Shorter Preston Manning: Mike Duffy openly flouted the Parliamentary Press Gallery’s rules for years by seeking to trade his celebrity for a patronage appointment. When Stephen Harper was the only…
In a column entitled A disheartening year in Canadian politics published on Dec. 20, The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson recounts the corruption, buffoonery and scandals that permeate our municipal, provincial and…
RULE 4.04 Communicating With Witnesses Giving Testimony Witness Called By You or Witness Called by Party Opposite Sympathetic to You During Yes, on matters not yet covered Yes Chief Between…
Here are some troubling facts that we should all know: 500,000+ homeless people across Canada; 4,000+ homeless people on Toronto streets and in overcrowded, disease-ridden shelters; 80,000-90,000 underhoused, at-risk families…
The conventional wisdom is that the price of political scandal can be measured in money and reputation. But Robin Sears — an old hand at getting out the vote —…
http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/918.php Filed under: Capitalism, Europe
With more than a million Ontario voters living in condominiums, you would think that condo owners would get more attention from Ontario politicians. You might even think that some of…
Well, today was a shoveling day for this Haligonian. I chose to clear my own sidewalk, rather than allow the contractors working for the city to do it. These are…
They can usually bring numbers in the low hundreds to their big protests, but the hard core appears to be much smaller. From a recent Environmental Review Tribunal hearing: When…
