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…
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…
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…
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…
Ronski Speed feat. Lucy Saunders – Rise Again (Omnia Remix)
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…
So the joke on the street last week was that if these folks are strolling around town then maybe Verdun really is becoming the “Next Plateau.” Always nice to think…
So the joke on the street last week was that if these folks are strolling around town then maybe Verdun really is becoming the “Next Plateau.” Always nice to think…
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…
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…
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…
The statue ‘Ivstitia’ (Justice) guards the entrance of the Supreme Court of Canada (Sean Kilpatrick/CP) The BC Liberal Government just couldn’t leave well enough alone. In choosing to appeal the…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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…
.@LisaKirbie is super jealous because @LauraJaneGrace just responded to my query about Against Me’s start time. Heh.
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 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…