Edward Snowden reveals just how weak Canada’s spying oversight framework is. Article by CBC News U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden says Canada has one of the “weakest oversight”…
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is deeply concerned about Bill C-51 introducing a secret police force in Canada. If you’re worried too, check out http://stopc51.ca read more
Pamela Wallin’s disgrace has been taking place in slow motion, with the latest chapter hitting headlines again. “In terms of Sen. Wallin, I have looked at the numbers,” Harper told…
What do you think? (Also, free journalist insider lingo: they call it “head furniture.”)
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger As each day passes we learn of more resistance and outright condemnation over Conservative PM Steve Harper’s assault on Canadians rights and freedoms that would result from…
Congestion and gridlock are bad for business and bad for communities, finds a new study by the C.D. Howe Institute. When people are stuck in traffic — or even faced…
Congestion and gridlock are bad for business and bad for communities, finds a new study by the C.D. Howe Institute. When people are stuck in traffic — or even faced…
That well-known metaphysician to the fundamentalist Christian soul, ‘Doctor’ Pat Robertson, prescribes some strong medicine to combat an infectious workplace agent: Recommend this Post
BBC News – today. “Putin reveals secret of Russia’s plot to take over Ukraine”Ooooh. – secret – plot – take over.. those words are evil, and they tell us Russia…
At a time where the commercial media, or much of it, serves to whip up hysteria over challenges from ISIS, the so called aggressive actions of Putin and other US/Nato…
Here’s a few more notes on a point that seems to be made with increasing frequency: working for a wage has always been precarious. The current focus on precarity as…
British Columbia premier, Christy Clark, thinks Harper’s new security legislation, Bill C-51, is dangerous. Clark warns Canadians could come to regret the freedoms taken away by Harper’s proposed legislation. “We…
The Bank of England’s warning is pretty clear – beware the Carbon Bubble. The bank is urging major insurance companies, top tier investors, to divest from fossil fuels, get out…
The rightwing state government in Florida knows how to respond to climate change – bar employees of the state environmental protection department from using the words “climate change, global warming”…
"Saskatchewan's Labour Movement: the folks who brought you the constitutional right to strike!” said Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) president, Larry Hubich, as the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) sided…
“Saskatchewan’s Labour Movement: the folks who brought you the constitutional right to strike!” said Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) president, Larry Hubich, as the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) sided…
"Saskatchewan's Labour Movement: the folks who brought you the constitutional right to strike!” said Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) president, Larry Hubich, as the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) sided…
“Saskatchewan’s Labour Movement: the folks who brought you the constitutional right to strike!” said Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) president, Larry Hubich, as the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) sided…
