The Greek Election
As we enter the eighth year of the long-lingering global economic crisis, it is sobering indeed that it is only in Greece that a political party putting forward a clear,…
January 2015
Many Canadians aren’t voting, particularly young Canadians. Why? Because politics moves slowly.
This article on the ongoing decline in Canadian voter participation, particularly by youth in the Globe today by Michael Adams, President of the Environics Institute for Survey Research and Maryantonett…
Many Canadians aren’t voting, particularly young Canadians. Why? Because politics moves slowly.
This article on the ongoing decline in Canadian voter participation, particularly by youth in the Globe today by Michael Adams, President of the Environics Institute for Survey Research and Maryantonett…
Many Canadians aren’t voting, particularly young Canadians. Why? Because politics moves slowly.
This article on the ongoing decline in Canadian voter participation, particularly by youth in the Globe today by Michael Adams, President of the Environics Institute for Survey Research and Maryantonett…
Republicans fail to get 60 Senate votes for Keystone XL bill
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fell short of the 60 votes he hoped to get for Keystone XL Read this Jan. 26 story from The Washington Post on the…
Many Canadians aren’t voting, particularly young Canadians. Why? Because politics moves slowly.
This article on the ongoing decline in Canadian voter participation, particularly by youth in the Globe today by Michael Adams, President of the Environics Institute for Survey Research and Maryantonett…
As prices tank, Harper downplays importance of oil to Canadian economy
Photo: Twitter/@pmharper Read this Jan. 22 story from Bill Curry in The Globe and Mail on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s surprising change of tune around the importance of oil to…
In Tuesday’s Sun: abolish Question Period!
Parliament is back in session, and so too Question Period. Nobody would dispute that the former is a crucial part of the way in which we govern ourselves. But the…
Fox News North Deal Stalls As Teneycke Balks?
From Canadaland: Multiple sources tell CANADALAND that Sun News Network (SNN), the Quebecor-owned cable news channel that launched in 2011, is on the verge of closing. Couple of weird things.…
Pole dancing?
Of the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Nunavut
Crown appeal from acquittal
R. v. K.C., 2015 ONCA 39: On a Crown appeal from acquittal, the Crown must demonstrate first, an error in law and second, that the error was sufficiently significant to…
The Varsity: Student activism and the Internet
How young people can lead in the fight against Internet slow lanes. Article by Julien Balbontin for The Varsity Net neutrality is a guiding principle for Internet Service Providers (ISPs)…
Permission to Care: From Anxiety to Action on Climate Change
Over the past few years, I’ve been fortunate to participate in discussions about climate change threats and environmental issues with people across private, public, governmental, and research sectors. Whether at…
Why Is Canada Selling LAVs to Saudi Arabia?
This shocking news story came up about a year ago, but it’s back in the news because oil crashed, and Alberta tarsand hillbillies freaked out about Saudi Arabia (finally). The…
What It Takes to Watch FOX (or Sun) News – by John Cleese
Legendary Python, John Cleese, gets down to the basics of what it takes to be a viewer of FOX (and we might add Sun) News.
Historic Victory for Syriza in Greece
Filed under: Austerity, Greece Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
Seat projections are voodoo politics
But they’re fun. Here’s CBC’s latest, which you can take with several gargantuan grains of salt.
40 Years of Downsizing Democracy
The Tyee’s Murray Dobbins sees signs everywhere that our civilization is heading for collapse. The exceptionally successful four decades campaign to change the “ideological fabric” of society has put western…
A Troubling Disconnect
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has criticized the bigwigs attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos for a lack of focus on green infrastructure investment. “We see this at the…