A moratorium on any new oilsands expansion is imperative given Canada’s failure to properly assess the total environmental and climate impacts Canadian and U.S. experts say in the prestigious science…
Job cuts and a shift away from TV and radio services at the CBC have Canadians wondering: what is the future of our public broadcaster? What do you think the…
This piece was originally published on rabble.ca and was republished here with the author’s permission. “But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the…
….it doesn’t take long to read, and has almost nothing worth reading in it. Just two items really struck me. One was a statement by Joe Biden in defence of…
I spoke at an event dedicated to Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century last night in Vancouver. It was great to have a conversation about inequality, economics and politics with…
R. v. D.M.E., 2014 ONCA 496: The Categories of Offences It is well-known that the Criminal Code contains offences that are i. indictable; ii. summary conviction; iii. indictable or summary…
I took a little time off after the election. Conservatives foretold the end of times if Premier Wynne were re-elected and I wanted to be prepared. Thrilled as I was…
Tsilhqot’in First Nation granted B.C. title claim in Supreme Court ruling Top court’s decision today resolves legal questions following 2012 B.C. Court of Appeal ruling CBC News Posted: Jun 26,…
Written by Lee Fang In May of last year, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, now considered the favorite to win West Virginia’s open Senate seat, stood on a small platform in…
Continues apace. A shortage of skilled workers is the biggest challenge many Canadian businesses face today, Employment Minister Jason Kenney told a skills summit Wednesday, warning it could also jeopardize…
Face2face_eblast.png The secretive meetings concern a wide-ranging 12-country international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Leaked documents suggest Canada’s Internet could become far more expensive, censored, and policed. June 26, 2014…
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This must be disappointing for Harper’s smarmy armyIn response to a request made directly to Harper by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, asking him “to provide assurances that Mohamed Fahmy (the…
This must be disappointing for Harper's smarmy armyIn response to a request made directly to Harper by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, asking him "to provide assurances that Mohamed Fahmy (the…
This must be disappointing for Harper’s smarmy armyIn response to a request made directly to Harper by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, asking him “to provide assurances that Mohamed Fahmy (the…
Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 SCC 44 is an extraordinarily important decision. Critically it gives aboriginal groups the exclusive power to decide on the use of lands forever. The…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Harry Stein discusses how government policy is currently designed to exacerbate inequality by subsidizing the concentration of wealth: This issue brief puts…
Now, thanks to Thomas Picketty’s highly influential study, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, we have historical confirmation that wealth begets wealth. In other words, the rich are different from you…
I almost cried in pleasure when I watched this video; the handwriting is so beautiful. Apparently some viewers have, as Jesus Diaz writes. On Gizmodo he says that it’s: …a…
