Republicans losing the Cuban vote
Lack of support from minority voters has long been an Achilles heel for the Republican Party. This holds true for Hispanics. In the last presidential election, Obama gained a record…
June 2014
Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia: Implications for the Enbridge Tankers and Pipelines Project
Friday, June 27, 2014 On June 26, 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia marked a watershed moment in the long journey of…
CBC “Abandons Canadians”, Says Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
The CBC plan to shift its priorities from television and radio to digital and mobile services, and reduce staff, abandons Canadians, says Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. The post CBC “Abandons…
Musical interlude
Ronski Speed feat. Lucy Saunders – Rise Again (Omnia Remix)
First Nations & The Supreme Court Land Title Case: What does it mean?
Chief Roger William: The Man who changed Canada This has been one of the most dramatic weeks in the history of Canada, with the highest court in the land shifting…
Unpacking the undemocratic Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Jeremy Malcolm argues that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) repeats the errors of ACTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and imperils democracy and the broader public interest. The…
Lisa MacLeod Revisited
The other day I wrote a commentary on recently re-elected Nepean-Carlton Ontario Progressive Conservative Lisa MacLeod. In a thinly-disguised job application/op-ed piece for the Star, Ms. MacLeod talked about what…
what i’m reading: dark age ahead by jane jacobs
Dark Age Ahead, by the late Jane Jacobs, contains some important insights about the state of North American society. For me, however, the book is more notable for what it…
Peter MacKay’s wife doesn’t help his – or our – cause
The latest flap over sexist comments from Justice Minister Peter Mackay came about when a Mother’s and Father’s Day emails from Peter Mackay to his staff were leaked to the…
Real and substantial connection and Canadian common market
Trillium Motor World Ltd. v. General Motors of Canada Limited, 2014 ONCA 497: In Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, 3 S.C.R. 1077, La Forest J., noted, at p. 1108,…
Rob Ford is back, like a stain in the carpet that you can’t scrub out
So I figured it’s time to reprise a video that kind of says it all about his “record” – which John Tory and Karen Stintz supported every step of the…
#fail
Even Margaret Wente can’t quite figure out how to support Peter MacKay: I’m feeling kind of sorry for Peter MacKay. Nothing has been going right. He tried to appoint a…
New Centre Releases First Ever Report on Canada’s Growing Renewable Energy Sector
Renewable energy — energy from natural sources that replenish themselves at the same rate they are used — accounted for sixty-seven per cent of Canada’s electricity generation in 2013. Biomass,…
Tsilhqot’in First Nation’s landmark legal victory a game-changer
Tsilhqot’in First Nation Chief Roger William at a Vancouver rally in 2011 Read this June 26 story from CBC.ca on the landmark victory by the Tsilhqot’in First Nation over land…
Eat your heart out, Kirbie
.@LisaKirbie is super jealous because @LauraJaneGrace just responded to my query about Against Me’s start time. Heh.
CVRD Acting CAO Raimondo’s Oral Report About Legal Opinion On Balme Gravel Application
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Exclusive audio report that the CVRD did not want you to hear. Cowichan media coverage of local government affairs is scanty, when covered at all. Both the…
The Blame Game
The fact that I experienced physical and verbal abuse at the hands of my teachers during my Catholic education probably has a lot to do with my visceral response to…