EFF: Canadian Court to the Entire World: No Links For You!
Has the B.C. Supreme Court lost its mind? Article by Maira Sutton for EFF The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered Google to remove entire domains from its search…
2014
Experts Call for Moratorium on New Oilsands Development Until Climate, Environmental Impacts Assessed
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…
CBC: CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions
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…
Northern Gateway and class politics in British Columbia: ready for war?
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…
June 26: Well, let’s start with the June 25 paper…..
….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…
Slides on Piketty’s Capital
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…
Indictable, summary or hybrid
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…
Fault Lines
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…
Our Home Is Native Land….
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,…
National Gas Industry Hires Family Members of Leading Politicians
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…
Harper’s War On The Middle Class
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…
OpenMedia launches new tool to enable Canadians to go face to face with those behind international Internet Censorship talks set to kick off in Ottawa
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…
Calico princess ruling over the couch
Filed under: art, drawing Tagged: calico, Cat
PMO gives up chance to use its new anti-citizenship law
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…
PMO gives up chance to use its new anti-citizenship law
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…
PMO gives up chance to use its new anti-citizenship law
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…
Aboriginal title confers on the group that holds it the exclusive right to decide how the land is used and the right to benefit from those uses
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…