British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking about the need for mass surveillance of communications, talked about keeping concerns about civil liberties “in proportion.” Perhaps what should be kept in proportion…
The Cons are hopping mad. I love how the author picks out some random dude for his opinion – just some shmo – but the guy mirrors the writer’s true…
As we head once more into a Quebec electoral campaign I am reminded of when I went door to door with a federal Liberal candidate in the 1988 election in…
It looks like Big Telecom’s lobby group is in deep trouble. Last week Telus pulled out of the CWTA – now Rogers could be poised to do the same. Will…
Of the 30 million Canadians and Americans depending on the Great Lakes for water very few would guess there is an oil pipeline sitting in their drinking water supply. It…
These videos, and Richard Boyce’s commentary are exceptional capturing the rugged beauty of the British Columbia Central Coast and the route chosen by Enbridge to ship bitumen from Kitimat through…
Yesterday the “Mound of Sound” ranted about how Thomas Mulcair was a traitor for not backing the Liberals in the Quebec election. I pointed out how this absurd and baseless…
It’s so cute when the corporate stooges we call politicians complain about costs especially when those costs are then in turn cheered for. Alison Redford has provided the excuse that…
Inspired by theses headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tories-kill-bid-to-investigate-brad-butt-voter-fraud-claim-1.2558342 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/daycare-suspends-2-year-old-girl-over-cheese-sandwich-1.2561458
Your news links for today: Immunity For Telecoms Targeted In Campaign Against Bill C-13 – Huffington Post The Murky State of Canadian Telecommunications Surveillance – The Citizen Lab What the…
Here, on the Reformatories adopting Justin’s position on pot and MP expenses – after previously mocking him on both. Holy flip-flop, Batman: And here, about seven minutes in:
March is Women’s History Month (in the US). I am doing a series of posts about women who have inspired me. I remember exactly where and when I first encountered…
Portland, Oregon is already known for its amazing support of bicycle riders and pedestrians. Now they have taken their commitment to making their city even better by building the largest…
Sigh. Well, you guys know I – like Messrs. Chretien, Romanow and Broadbent, among others – favour progressives finally coming together. So that we stop splitting the vote, and so…
Here, featuring my take on the IMF’s recent report (PDF) on the relationship between equality, redistribution and growth. I’ve already linked to other responses to the report from the Guardian…
To wit: “Detectives are investigating allegations of drug use and drug trafficking and trying to determine if there was an organized, aggressive attempt to retrieve the video of Mayor Ford…
by: BC Civil Liberties Association | Press Release Public inquiry recommended oversight in 2006 – no action since that time The BC Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Council for Refugees…
I write this blog for a number of reasons, the most important one being the hope that I might contribute a little something to the general body of knowledge on…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, March 6, 2014: Whitehall and Microsoft negotiate NHS Windows XP hacker survival plan Anti-virus software ‘totally useless’…
