I, like many Canadians, am a product of Canada’s state multiculturalism. My family was permitted to enter and remain in Canada, achieve legal, civil, social and economic rights and ultimately,…
I, like many Canadians, am a product of Canada’s state multiculturalism. My family was permitted to enter and remain in Canada, achieve legal, civil, social and economic rights and ultimately,…
By Joe Fantauzzi@jjfantauzziCanada is a multicultural nation. More than four decades of policy, legislation and celebration have engraved this country’s pluralism into its national character. The ethnic diversity of this…
Mission Institutionv. Khela, 2014 SCC 24: The jurisdiction of the provincial superior courts over prisoners in federal institutions was explained by this Court in the 1985 Miller trilogy and confirmed…
by: Obert Madondo Chances are you would never vote for Rob Anders even if you were a hard-core Conservative. The Calgary West MP is one of the most disagreeable politicians…
From Nick Fillmore: This week I am re-printing a “must read” column by Murray Dobbin, a leading journalist and social activist for the past 40 years. This excellent article gets…
Earlier this week we learned that Canadian telecoms handed private information on over 18,000 Canadians to a government agency without a warrant. Now privacy expert Michael Geist has revealed that…
The last time Earth's oceans were this acidic, a six mile-wide asteroid had just smashed into the Yucatan Peninsula: gizmodo.com/how-global-war…— Extinction Symbol (@extinctsymbol) March 26, 2014 It’s incalculably high what…
Three days after spilling crude oil into Lake Michigan, BP has doubled its spill estimate to between 470 and 1228 gallons. The leak happened at its refinery in Whiting, Ind.…
The government’s online spying legislation will encourage Internet providers to hand over your private information to authorities without any oversight. That’s according to this must-read piece in today’s Toronto Star…
Rob “Sleepy” Anders must be feeling the heat from having competition running against him for the nomination in Calgary Signal Hill. Yesterday, he threatened to sue Ron Liepert over claims…
Opposition to oil and gas exploration in the eastern arctic, around Baffin Island and the Davis Straight, may not be making headlines across the country, but it continues to grow.…
As a supplement to Montreal Simon’s post yesterday on Jean Pierre Kingsley’s appearance before the committee hearings on the ‘Fair’ Elections Act, you might want to spare two minutes to…
TRU’s dean of trades and technology is featured in an Ajax mine video (Youtube: Ajax Project ) The latest chapter in the controversial Ajax mine proposal planned for the edge…
I did a little live tweeting of the Happy City lecture by http://www.charlesmontgomery.ca/ (Sometimes MY live tweeting devolves/evolves into fun commentary…). I thought I would make my first attempt…
…coming down the pipe. A couple of lawyers from the Alberta Human Rights Commission, and the press secretary for the Alberta Justice Minister. Presumably, Ezra will use the this as…
Page 1 of NewsToday has an article on Harper warning Germany about Russia. He spoke of bigger military powers who are prepared to invade their neighbours and carve off pieces.…
Your news links for today: Bill C-13: Tories trying again to open door to undue state intrusion – Toronto Star Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian ISPs – IXmaps Police allege…
Tom Mulcair’s position to not raise income taxes doesn’t seem to be very progressive. According to a poll, 83% of Canadians favor higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians — the…
Lately, I have been intrigued by the tale of the Emperor’s New Clothes as a modern take on how the vast majority of people behave when it comes to speaking…
