Wednesday, November 19, 2014 RISE, a recent competition organized by Simon Fraser University, asked entrants to come up with a visionary solution to make the greater Vancouver area more resilient…
I am a little reluctant to remind everyone about the so-called “Climategate” incident that was sparked this day five years ago. Many people, in the end, were embarrassed by this…
Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71: Canadian common law in relation to good faith performance of contracts is piecemeal, unsettled and unclear. Two incremental steps are in order to make…
I hope Michael Sona gets a frail, elderly cellmate. He’s not the sort of guy who would do well with a guy named “Bubba.” Off to the Greybar Hotel for…
Peter MacKay doit refaire ses devoirs. Par Pierrot Péladeau pour Journal De Montreal En 2012, le précédent ministre de la Justice, Vic Toews, avait tenté de faire passer le projet…
Hear ye! Hear ye! Announcing the OpenMedia Facebook Town Hall on Canada’s privacy laws! All interested Internet citizens are hereby invited to join our Facebook Privacy Town Hall on Tuesday…
Nation, the Wildrose came out today with a plan to improve accountability and transparency in government. There's a lot of good stuff in there - which I'll leave some of…
Nation, the Wildrose came out today with a plan to improve accountability and transparency in government. There’s a lot of good stuff in there – which I’ll leave some of…
Nation, the Wildrose came out today with a plan to improve accountability and transparency in government. There's a lot of good stuff in there - which I'll leave some of…
By Chris Hedges Chris Hedges TORONTO—I met with Sheldon S. Wolin in Salem, Ore., and John Ralston Saul in Toronto and asked the two political philosophers the same question. If,…
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Four legal challenges to last month’s approvals of BC Hydro’s proposed Site C dam demonstrate the risks associated with the erosion of legal mechanisms for meaningful…
Kinder Morgan Canada President Ian Anderson talks a good game on Canadian benefits from his company’s proposed pipeline – but economist Robyn Allan disagrees (photo: Kinder Morgan) The following is…
Nation, the Wildrose came out today with a plan to improve accountability and transparency in government. There’s a lot of good stuff in there – which I’ll leave some of…
Two new reports show that California regulators are failing to enforce basic measures to protect the public—particularly in the most vulnerable communities—from the impacts of oil and gas development. The…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The 25th anniversary of Parliament’s unanimous – if failed – commitment to eliminate child poverty has given rise to plenty of worthwhile commentary.…
When school boards send messages about ‘taking the pledge’ to end bullying, what message does it send when we beat on other countries around the world without negotiating first?
Your news links for today: Netflix Streamed 19,500,000 Terabytes in the First Quarter – DSL Reports Jesse Jackson is lobbying the FCC against aggressive net neutrality rules – The Washington…
NASA scientists have brought to life the invisible carbon emissions floating around the atmosphere in a vivid, swirling simulation. The “Year in The Life of Earth’s CO2” computer model is…
NASA scientists have brought to life the invisible carbon emissions floating around the atmosphere in a vivid, swirling simulation. The “Year in The Life of Earth’s CO2” computer model is…
