PHOTOS: Skilled polling technicians monitor the interactive voice response equipment the day before Canada Day. Actual Canadian pollsters may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: NDP Calgary-Foothills nomination candidates Anne…
The Council of Canadians (Cowichan) determined to see a return to our Canada sans Steve Harper gathered in 34 degree heat to send a clear message. Heave Steve! The reception…
Rob Shaw’s article in the Liberal Party’s urban newspaper of record indicates a search for new scapegoats in the Health Research Scandal is underway. It is reported that departed ministry…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Daniel Marans reports on Bernie Sanders’ push for international action against austerity in Greece and elsewhere. And Binoy Kampmark documents the anti-democratic…
The following is my submission to Greater Sudbury’s Planning Committee regarding a number of solar energy proposals which are seeking municipal endorsement at the July 6, 2015 Planning Committee Meeting,…
Earlier this month at the G-7 meeting of nations, Prime Minister Stephen Harper committed Canada to a decarbonized economy by the year 2100 (see: “The G7 and its 85-year carbon…
R. v. Graziano, 2015 ONCA 49: … The proper approach would have been to consider whether permitting the Crown to call Hogan in reply offended the rule that prohibits the…
Well, belated Canada Day. Or perhaps Canada Day +1. We understand that some of our readers have a complicated relationship with Canada Day considering the treatment of First Nations people…
Every story told thus far about Ches Crosbie and the riding in Avalon has the unmistakeable odour of bullshit about it. The latest twist, namely that Senator David Wells was…
Nova Scotia is potentially on the hook for millions of dollars in decommissioning costs as ExxonMobil prematurely winds down production at a massive offshore gas project near Sable Island. In…
Before Bill C-51, CSIS shared information with other federal agencies – but they needed the Public Safety Minister’s permission. C-51 removes political oversight, giving CSIS access to 16 other agencies…
This article was originally published at Rabble.ca If you’re a Canadian and you own a cell phone, you probably don’t need an official report to tell you that you’re paying…
In the flurry of activity around here, I forgot to post the Goodreads Giveaway results. The lucky three are: Barry Kazimer of Campbell River, BC, Kelley Burrow of Morenc, MI…
Like it or not, neoliberalism is the prevailing economic orthodoxy in Canadian politics, the NDP included. It’s also the seed of our destruction as a nation and it’s going to…
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter* Anti-intellectualism Is Killing…
Canadians deserve faster, cheaper Internet choices independent of Big Telecom. Even U.S. Bourbon makers at Jim Beam have figured this out, and are calling on THEIR leaders in the U.S.…
The political scene in Canada has changed dramatically since April. Around the time of the Alberta election it became clear that the NDP was surging in the polls nationally. The…
The political scene in Canada has changed dramatically since April. Around the time of the Alberta election it became clear that the NDP was surging in the polls nationally. The…
The political scene in Canada has changed dramatically since April. Around the time of the Alberta election it became clear that the NDP was surging in the polls nationally. The…
Earlier today I finally had some time to sit down and read parts of the Truth and Reconciliation report and set out why Humanist Canada’s response was woefully inadequate (at…
