Stephen Harper’s Insane Ukrainian Expedition
You'd think Stephen Harper would know better than to visit Ukraine a few days after Crimea votes to separate, as it almost certainly will on Sunday.And the last thing the…
March 2014
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The CBC Ombudsman Makes Her Ruling
As reported by Andrew Mitrovica on iPolitiics, the CBC ombudsman, Esther Enkin, has finally reached her decision on the many conflict of interest complaints lodged against Rex Murphy and Peter…
Allaudin Merali files suit against Fred Horne, Alberta Health Services for breach of contract, defamation
Health Minister Fred Horne: target of defamation, breach of trust, loss of income suit by former Alberta Health Services CFO. Below: Allaudin Merali. Allaudin Merali filed a statement of claim…
Harper’s Justice Agenda: Theory vs. the Evidence
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Here’s how we can create a new vision for sharing and collaborating online
“How do you plan to create rules that support the wishes of all the people using the Internet without consulting all of the people who use the Internet? Democratic process…
Parliament’s Sham Report on Missing, Murdered Aboriginal Women Trashed
by: Obert Madondo Many had hoped the Special Parliamentary Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women would move Canada closer to addressing the perennial issue of more than 600 missing and…
Chevron RICO Verdict Sets Dangerous Precedent For Activists
Last week, Chevron’s RICO suit against the lawyers representing 30,000 Ecuadoreans impacted by the company’s oil pollution in the Amazon came to its inevitable conclusion when the judge presiding over…
Columbia River Coal Pollution Lawsuit Against BNSF Railway Moves Forward As New Research Raises Air Quality Concerns On Seattle Rail Lines
A lawsuit against the BNSF Railway Company will proceed after the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington rejected the company’s motion to dismiss a Clean Water Act…
Do you #twtmoot? Bringing legal argument into the 21st Century
Friday, March 14, 2014 Some of our readers may have missed Twitter Moot 2014, held on Friday, February 28th, in Victoria, Edmonton, Thunder Bay, Toronto and Halifax – as well…
Pauline Marois defends anti-Semitic PQ candidate Louise Mailloux?!?!
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out– because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out–…
From Minimum Wage to Minimum Program
It is no surprise in this age of deteriorating working conditions and poverty wages, of precarious work and growing recourse to temporary foreign labour, of spiraling inequality and obscene executive…
Ukraine: Russia punts ball down the field to gain time
Lavrov to punt … So Kerry and Lavrov met and walked on a soccer field, during a six-hour discussion of events in the Crimea and Ukraine. At the end of…
The strengths and weaknesses of the new Water Sustainability Act
Friday, March 14, 2014 The BC Government introduced its long-promised Water Sustainability Act in the BC Legislature on Tuesday. As we said when the government started its last round of…
Why Nothing Will Happen On Oil by Rail Safety
In the past month, there have been numerous public relations efforts suggesting that much is being done to improve oil by rail safety. Unfortunately, it seems these efforts will not…
Heartfelt thanks from us to you
We want to take a moment just to thank you and recognize all the progress our OpenMedia community has made recently. Together we’ve delivered petitions, wrote letters to local newspapers,…
Urgent: Act now to protect Canada’s wild fish
Friday, March 14, 2014 Since 2012, the Canadian government has systematically gutted its laws protecting fish. First, it amended the federal Fisheries Act, dramatically weakening protection of fish and fish…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, March 14, 2014
Your news links for today: Fido and Koodo: Collusion and Price Fixing – HowardForums “Fido lowers data and raises prices, Koodo raises prices and lowers data – No cartel here!”…
Vancouver DTES Local Area Plan City Council Debates- PART 2: CHINATOWN BUSINESS INTERESTS
Chinatown Businesses interests came into the room hesitant. I don’t think any of the mainstream news media (Vancouver Courier or the Straight) did justice to the hesitance … I am…