Time and time again, we’ve seen Canada’s pro-Internet community band together to demand that decision-makers move us toward open and affordable Internet access in Canada – not toward more control…
An independent Québec — according to Pauline Marois — would continue to use the Canadian dollar, seek a Bank of Canada seat, offer dual citizenship, have no borders, no customs…
Justice Minister Denis is touting “Traffic Court Reform” as a “citizen-friendly” dispute resolution process to “resolve” traffic tickets. It’s also the first step into a quagmire that erases our civil…
(Photo: Ian McAllister, Pacific Wild) Read this March 10th article from the Tyee about the BC Government’s unanswered questions on whether it plans to use poison to manage the province’s…
This week marks the third anniversary of the crisis in Syria, and a new campaign involving Banksy asks that we stand in solidarity with Syrians. #WithSyria asks the public to…
Well, that’s not entirely a truthful headline, is it? I mean, we all know that Mr. Alward has never had a thought all his own since he began politics. Having…
The Council of Canadians and Greenpeace Canada protest against Alberta oil-sands development on Parliament Hill in September of 2011. (Photo: Sean Kilpatrick, Canadian Press) Read this Feb 17th article from…
(Well, except for Joe and Tom, that is.) But here’s the Grit gang that was lurking in the back with me at Olivia’s packed launch thing. And that’s Tom Simpson…
Recently NDP Leader Tom Mulcair discussed his willingness to join a coalition with the Liberals after the next election: “We’ve always said we’re ready to work with other parties. We’re…
The federal government has, it seems, something of a Jekyll and Hyde attitude towards military veterans. On the one hand, its budget-cutting has resulted in the closing of Veterans Affairs…
We’ve all heard about how powerful U.S. lobbyists are trying to ram through extreme Internet censorship rules in the TPP. They’re piling on the pressure and holding smaller countries hostage…
After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells to replace damaged ones. But the repair doesn’t happen quickly enough to…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, March 13, 2014: My post today @slawtips: Building a Law Firm Website Canada: Court Leaves Glass Empty…
There are three groups of people who love our corrupt and undemocratic voting system, First-Past-the-Post: partisans, businessmen and Conservatives. Partisans love it because it doles out unfettered power on 39%…
Radical Democracy and Collective Movements in Greece, Spain | Euro Crisis in the Press. By Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen The 2011 movements of the squares, the ‘aganaktismenoi’ and ‘indignados’…
R. v. Courtice Auto Wreckers Limited, 2014 ONCA 189 says appeal: The single issue under appeal is the proper route to be taken by the Crown when it seeks to…
Your news links for today: Foreign Officials In the Dark About Their Own Spy Agencies’ Cooperation with NSA – The Intercept Ottawa imposes life-long gag order on bureaucrats, lawyers –…
I am someone who believes people should never be too happy or contented. Such states breed a complacency that can lead to an indifference, if not downright disengagement, from the…
Here, on how Brad Wall is again joining Stephen Harper in putting oil lobbying over the public interest – making excuses for doing absolutely nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
