The Term Is "Checks and Balances"
Apparently in the Harper Government™, there is a growing frustration with the Supreme Court in the wake of a series of rulings that the politicians think of as defeats. But,…
2014
May Day: Time to Recognize Canada’s Precarious Working Class
Today (May 1st) marks the one-hundred-and-twenty-third International Workers’ Day, also referred to as May Day. Many countries around the world observe the annual event celebrating the working class and labour…
Ottawa’s 1.2 million requests for private information from telecommunications companies
If this does not upset you then I don’t know what will. Harper regime is watching you.
Ineffective assistance of counsel
R. v. Zheng, 2014 ONCA 345: In R v. Archer, (2005) 293 O.A.C. 56, at paras. 119-21, this Court summarized the principles relating to an appellate court’s analysis of a…
The rise of Predator Economics
Anishinaabe Native American activist Winona LaDuke coined the term “Predator Economics” (youtube) Canadians are forever being informed, explicitly or implicitly, that the solution to the crisis of the day, or…
Gulf Stream: Williams Suspends Bluegrass LNG Export Pipeline, Announces New Export Line
Right before the champagne bottles began popping for activists engaged in a grassroots struggle to halt the construction of Williams Companies‘ prospective Bluegrass Pipeline project — which the company suspended…
Seven-Year Delay On B.C. Local Election Spending Limits ‘Disappointing’: Member of Task Force
A member of the task force that issued recommendations calling on the B.C. government to reform local elections four years ago says it’s disappointing that limits on campaign spending have…
May (we struggle to work less during the) Day
The struggle for fewer working hours during the day, and by extension the week and the year, was long a cornerstone of organized workers. Both the struggle and the actual…
If You Value Your Privacy
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Please Share: We did it! Over 3.1 million spoke out!
We did it – over 3,145,3813 spoke out against fast tracking the secretive TPP, sending the U.S. Congress a message they can’t ignore. Thanks to all of our campaign partners…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, May 1, 2014
Your news links for today: Statement from the Interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding telecommunications companies’ responses to information requests from government authorities – canada.gc.ca More Revelations About Government Spying…
New column day
Here, on how Canada’s telecommunication providers and government agencies are each showing next to no regard for the privacy of consumers – and how the Cons want to make matters…
Huge international campaign beams 3.1 million signature petition count on prominent buildings in Washington, D.C.
140428_Bat_Signal-1.jpg Massive numbers of people are speaking out against fast track legislation and Trans-Pacific Partnership secrecy as Senate Finance Committee prepares for crucial TPP hearing following President Obama’s return to…
Encounters with Vision Vancouver members: On democracy and stymied progressive politics
For every piece of hate mail I get ten more messages that are just too positive or too funny to ignore. I met up with this particular person who started
Rob Ford Just Won the Fall Toronto Election
I hope I’m wrong, but Ford has pretty much guaranteed that he will win the next election.
May 1: Today, we have the comment of the century.
The only story in Section A worth reading – and even that only for a sort of bitter amusement – is “Tories set to tackle spending:: premier”. Wow! The Flash…
Ford Happens
Yesterday (April 30, 2014), I thought that the most exciting political news of the day was the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) laboriously…
BC Premier Clark’s LNG Dream is Turning into a Nightmare!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The bubble is about to burst for BC Premier Christy Clark who will be unable to sustain the colossal con job that was the BC Liberal’s election…
Chow on Ford
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