This makes me very, very happy, and alleviates a nagging concern I (and perhaps others) had had: “Premier Kathleen Wynne says she won’t sacrifice her predecessor Dalton McGuinty to deflect…
It’s pretty hard to be a condemned inmate in Texas when all you’ve got is science on your side. Larry Swearingen is sitting on Death Row for a 1998 murder…
SOS_100xx100.png OpenMedia.ca says new NDP bill is a stepping stone in protecting Canadians’ online privacy rights February 27, 2013 – Grassroots pro-Internet organization OpenMedia.ca is hopeful that NDP MP Charmaine…
Africa’s drug cartels are no longer content to simply be mules for moving Latin America’s drug cartels’ product into Europe. Now they’re even moving into the Latin American gangs’ home…
The fact of the matter is Justin Trudeau, the probable next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, is being attacked by the other contenders for the title. As it…
Any court that can pretend corporations are people has demonstrated a talent for overcoming reality. That pretty much describes today’s United States Supreme Court or at least the hard-right conservative…
Exports of natural gas, in liquefied form (LNG), to Asian markets are scarcely a slam dunk proposition. Ms. Clark has promised a “Prosperity” fund, starting in two years, which will…
I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new broadcasting/podcasting project, Talking Radical Radio. This weekly, half-hour show brings you grassroots voices from across Canada. It uses in-depth interviews…
I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new broadcasting/podcasting project, Talking Radical Radio. This weekly, half-hour show brings you grassroots voices from across Canada. It uses in-depth interviews…
It’s not hard to figure out where U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia stands on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. When he labeled a provision that requires the Slave…
I’m quite pleased with this morning’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada against Bill Whatcott’s dissemination of hateful, anti-gay flyers in Saskatchewan in 2001 and 2002. Whatcott had been…
Killer heat waves, droughts and floods whipsawing the planet are the result of the warming Arctic region. It’s pretty simple – lose the ice, lose the planet. Hey, how about…
…Lots of smarmy smeary, sticky-sweet good news. In fact, it’s rather like kissing a girl with a dirty face, too much lipstick and a mouthful of molasses candy. (not that…
In the wake Canadians’ defeat of the online spying bill C-30, the fight for our privacy continues. Companies continue to voluntarily disclose our private data to law enforcement without court…
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive | Feb. 27, 2013: Has Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally awakened to the reality that Canada’s appointed Senate is indeed a scandal-ridden ”useless,…
You might be forgiven if, on reading the following, you assume it was published by the Conservative Party of Canada: Mississauga, Ontario, February 18, 2013… Today, the Honourable Gail Shea,…
Teddy here with some interesting information glamed from the always fun-to-analyze Vote Compass results (Quebec in this case). One question in particular caught my attention; on Independence; which suggests that…
They were expected to toss out the hurt feelings stuff, and they did. They were also expected (by sane people) to preserve non-criminal prohibitions against actual hate, and they did…
The Week perfectly summarizes the GOP’s rationale behind the great Chuck Hagel freakout: Hagel, a former GOP senator, won by the narrowest margin of any defense secretary since the job…
Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Tim McMillan has seen fit to respond to last week’s column on Keystone XL and its connection to climate policy. But it’s well worth…
