Likening opponent to an anti-Semite, attacking an opponent's kids, calling citizens "brown people." Quite the start to the week, #cdnpoli. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 10, 2015 A refresher: John…
There seem to be many ways to use the term ‘Social License.’ Natural resource extraction and pipeline industries use the term to describe the theoretical license the community provides to…
The other day I wrote a post where I asked, or begged our progressive leaders to elevate their game. To go big or go home.And make the struggle to defeat…
Yesterday I confidently predicted that Jason Kenney would be the worst Defence Minister this country has ever known.And I accused him of being a holy hypocrite, for claiming he was…
Kim Keating is the president of the St. John’s Board of Trade this year. In her Telegram column on Saturday, Keating offered some advice to the provincial government about the…
The RCMP announced Monday that ex-Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin, a Harper appointee, “committed the offences of breach of trust and fraud.” The post Ex-Conservative Senator Wallin committed “breach of trust…
Uh oh. As if Stephen Harper didn't have enough problems.In less than a month the Mike Duffy trial will begin. Two days after that his former parliamentary secretary Dean Del…
Photo by Cherie Cullen Apart from inadvertently making the case for equal time by his Israeli pre-election opposition, the spectacle of Benjamin Netanyahu’s wild diatribe at the joint session of…
“It is a cruel joke to claim that you are liberating people from oppression by dictating in law what they can and cannot choose to wear”— Paul Wells (@InklessPW) March…
A wall of First Nations opposition to the proposed Energy East oil pipeline is emerging in northwestern Ontario, where Treaty 3 Anishinaabe chiefs unanimously endorsed a declaration on crude shipments…
A wall of First Nations opposition to the proposed Energy East oil pipeline is emerging in northwestern Ontario, where Treaty 3 Anishinaabe chiefs unanimously endorsed a declaration on crude shipments…
R. v. Midwinter, 2015 ONCA 150 To establish personal possession for the purposes of s. 4(3) of the Criminal Code, the Crown must establish that the accused had both control…
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…
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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…
