Here’s a must-read piece by Marni Soupcoff from our Privacy Coalition partners at the Canadian Constitution Foundation. Bill C-51 will clearly have a devastating effect on our rights to privacy…
Today members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia will request the Liberal government pull out of the federal National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline…
Finally, someone says what I’ve been labouring to say about pornography for years. Full link is below the quote: BOSTON—“Fifty Shades of Grey,” the book and the movie, is a…
It began almost 14-years ago as a campaign to wipe out a bunch of terrorists in Afghanistan. Or so we thought. Today our once hopeful adventure in the Hindu Kush…
Today members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia will request the Liberal government pull out of the federal National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline…
A: If you’re a criminal defence lawyer, you dance a jig, and then skip down to court to secure a mistrial, that’s what! Not sure it's a good idea for…
"#TweetersBlock" is a terrible thing. It doesn't mean you've nothing to write, rather you can't write it in under 140 characters. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) February 16, 2015 I’ve a…
Stephen Harper and the Beautiful Flag He Hates So Much http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2015/02/stephen-harper-and-beautiful-flag-he.html As an ex-Yank who always found it profoundly disturbing that rampant, ignorant, my way or the highway stupid patriotism…
Canada Post calls it the biggest and largest denomination stamp in Canadian history. It’s the $10 blue whale stamp. It’s so tricked out that, when you put it under UV…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jim Stanford highlights the fact that a deficit obsession may have little to do with economic development – and calls out the B.C.…
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So says no less than Pope Francis, in response to ISIS’ barbaric killing of 27 Egyptian Christians: “The Pope departed from the script of an address on Monday to emphasise…
Some pretty eye-opening claims for the medical properties of marijuana. Four claims in total. Here’s the rundown. Cannabis actually facilitates the growth of new brain cells. Next, cannabis prevents Alzheimer’s.…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Canada’s healthcare system was once a matter of national pride. It was a reassuring to know that the best care possible was available regardless of the patience…
Your news links for today: Former CSIS officer warns new federal anti-terror bill will ‘lead to lawsuits, embarrassment’ – National Post Snowden filmmaker says US surveillance ‘out of control’ –…
The annual Family Day long-weekend is something that many Albertans look forward to. The many Albertans who take the holiday on the third Monday of February for granted may be…
The Harper government plans to introduce back-to-work legislation Monday afternoon to force 3,300 Canadian Pacific Railway workers to return to work. The post Harper government plans to criminalize Canadian Pacific…
H/t Michael Nabert Never should one industry get to write Canada’s environmental law. Never should one industry get to rewrite Canada’s treaties. Never should one industry be listened to over…
Scarborough Southwest is old stomping ground for this Liberal. Those are our people the Toronto Star is toying with. Suggesting that (then) former Police Chief Bill Blair will want to…
