By Peter W. Rusland-Originally published in the South Cowichan Echo Peter Rusland Exact reasons for the 2014 firing of the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s former manager of water management, David…
A young Peter MacKay (left) and Stephen Harper join forces in 2003 Can the Conservative Party come back? Of course, but first, the Conservative Party must return. Sound confusing? It’s…
There will be celebrations, but it strikes me as anti-climactic. Lucky timing for the new government, though; its way too soon for it to have to wear any of the…
The Liberal government has taken the gags off federal scientists.Alain Vezina, regional director of science for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, confirmed Friday morning that scientists…
-The shrinking numbers of Christians and their loss of market share is the most significant change since 2007 (when Pew did its first U.S. Religious Landscape survey) and the new,…
The full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has been revealed. How badly will Canada lose out as a result of this deal? VERY badly. More details to follow, but enjoy…
US President Barack Obama has announced the rejection of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. He stated that Keystone XL would not serve the United States’ “national interest”. The…
Photo by Phil Roeder Immediately after the Democratic presidential debate on October 13, Van Jones offered two astute observations: “class won,” as did Black Lives Matter. The former, of course,…
There’s a lot of flap going about over how Justin Trudeau appointed fifteen women to his cabinet but five of them are second-tier, ministers of state, secretary of this or…
In the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, there is a special mention about the press…. “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other…
An excellent piece in Thursday’s Toronto Star about what is happening in Quebec to our system of supposedly universal health care. This should be a wake-up call for the entire…
The Liberal government promises public input on the TPP. Over to you Chrystia Freeland. Tell them to reject the TPP’s Internet censorship plan NOW before it becomes law. Speak out…
Most court cases are very important to the people involved and of little or no importance to others. So if I lose my job and sue my employer it' important…
The New York Times is reporting that president Barack Obama will announce today that he’s rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. President Obama’s denial of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which…
There was no sign of cash-stuffed envelopes when former Progressive Conservative prime minister, Brian Mulroney, took the podium at the Royal York to urge fellow Tories to bury the hatchet…
Your news links for today: Release of the Full TPP Text After Five Years of Secrecy Confirms Threats to Users’ Rights – EFF Canada to review TPP pact, seek public…
Didja know, eh? Our American cousins at the venerable Washington Post have had a look at Justin Trudeau’s cabinet and discovered that Canada now has the “most Sikh” cabinet in…
So let’s get this straight: Ralph Goodale’s plan to address the unconstitutional civil rights intrusions imposed under Bill C-51 (which his party waved through in the face of widespread opposition)…
Assorted content to end your week. – Roderick Benns interviews Michael Clague about his work on a basic income dating back nearly fifty years. And Glen Pearson’s series of posts…
http://www.thequotepedia.com It’s not easy to carry the high expectations of a nation on your shoulders. Just ask Barack Obama. That is the task facing Justin Trudeau. He’s made a lot…
