The Monster Stephen Harper Goes After Omar Khadr
Oh dear. It looks like Stephen Harper is not too happy to see Omar Khadr go free.He wants him back in his dark dungeon so he can torture him some…
Oh dear. It looks like Stephen Harper is not too happy to see Omar Khadr go free.He wants him back in his dark dungeon so he can torture him some…
#ldnont has never had a month where 4000 people left the labour force. This month’s data? 5000 gone. It’s an error. @LFPress @KevinLabonte — Mike Moffatt (@MikePMoffatt) May 8, 2015…
The Man who smote Miliband Who says strategy is not paramount? Cameron’s Conservatives had their course set for them by strategist Crosby, and it carried them to a victory that…
Two weeks ago, over 60 leading Canadian business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs published a joint letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the National Post, warning of the economic risks…
Hello, Newbies Democratic Party MLAs! Welcome to the exciting world of provincial politics. No doubt many of you are still on a high (natural or otherwise) after your exciting and…
It was a good story while it lasted. Over the past few years, the BC government and many in the policy community have spun a tale about the remarkable success…
Yesterday, the TandT carried a story from our normally dormant federal member of parliament, Smirky Goguen. He says the city has already received funding from Ottawa for the events centre.…
David Suzuki on how affordable technologies are facilitating the growth of citizen science, environmental activism and “meaningful scientific pursuits”. The post Digging science: Citizens amplify knowledge about the natural world…
Last Wednesday we witnessed how reckless Bill C-51 got a step closer to becoming the law of the land. The government used its majority to ram the unpopular legislation through…
Though often situated at the centre of grandiose political and activist projects, tasked time and again with capturing visible evidence of exploitation, violence, deprivation, and inequality, documentary, as both a…
Somehow, this speaks to me more than the original does. H/t Graeme MacKay Recommend this Post
No Fake Internet: Why We’re Taking Action Today, OpenMedia has launched a new campaign to stand with Internet users around the world who oppose plans by Facebook to control what…
Three Manitoba-based environmental groups — Manitoba Wildlands, Wilderness Committee, and Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition — held a press conference Thursday in Winnipeg demanding the Manitoba government “acknowledge the magnitude” of…
WAITING FOR THE BUS one morning on your way to work, you realize your reusable travel mug is at home. You’d rather not use another single-use plastic cup, but if…
saysorry2.jpg The call comes in response to Laurie Hawn attacking and questioning the loyalty of some of Canada’s most accomplished business leaders who signed a letter criticizing controversial Bill C-51.…
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress weighs in on corporate Canada’s twelve-figure tax avoidance, while noting that the Cons’ decision to slash enforcement against tax cheats (while attacking…
Not based on the evidence in this case, they’re not. Full disclosure: former Maple Leaf Andre Derveaux is a friend and a client. This morning, we helped him at a…
Your news links for today: Canada passes anti-terror bill that’s bad news for online privacy – Engadget Bill C-51 mega-thread – reddit Of Snowden and the NSA, only one has…
Teddy here; suffering from Election Fever. I’ll need to take a day or two to recover before I start my post-election analysis of the various elections. Until then, here are…
We had just finished setting up our tent in among the buildings, although the buildings were in the wrong configuration. It was a farm I’d never been to before, in…