The chairperson of the Council of Canadians has asked the new Syriza government in Greece to reject the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The post Council of Canadians’…
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As a result of your pressure, politicians are speaking up against anti-privacy Bill C-51.Thanks to Elizabeth May for siding with Canadians. Article by Elizabeth May for the Tyee I remember…
Guest post by Dorothy Field Originally published in the Victoria Focus Dorothy Field Over the holidays, I read Michael Harris’ Party of One, with its detailed description of Stephen Harper’s…
There are two types of MOOCs. On the one hand, there is the xMOOC – this is a formal course created in a site like Coursera or EdX. An xMOOC…
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Last Thursday (February 5th) the BC government unveiled its new pricing framework for water use in BC. The new pricing for BC water was undertaken after…
One of my favourite parts of working for OpenMedia is being on our Privacy team. Strong privacy rights are so important in a democratic society, and we cannot have an…
If Greenland ice sheet slipped off tomorrow, sea would quickly FALL in Newfoundland and Scotland, but rise disastrously at South Africa! — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) February 11, 2015 Here’s a…
I know I would be if this kind of regular and much-watched commentary portrayed my nation as so egregiously stupid: Recommend this Post
In today’s “black & white” political world, Canada is squarely and uncritically on the side of the Kiev government. The Russian-supported rebels are bad. Putin is bad. The Crimea is…
R. v. VanEindhoven, 2015 NUCA 01: The “interests of justice” condition requires consideration of the following factors:i. the arguable merits of the appeal (the appeal must not be frivolous (R…
I get it. Brian Williams apparently made up an account of being on a helicopter that was shot down. He’s been suspended for six months. Okay, fair enough, it’s not…
Don Maroc Two North Cowichan municipal councillors, who some consider to represent the opposite ends of the left-right political spectrum, are proposing ways to ease the residential property tax burden.…
TransCanada appears to have dumped plans for constructing a marine oil tanker export terminal at the controversial location of Cacouna, Quebec, as part of its Energy East oil pipeline project.…
R. v. Slack, 2015 ONCA 94: Further, the fact of pre-sentence custody is generally sufficient to give rise to an inference that the offender has lost eligibility for parole or…
Australia’s caricature of a prime minister, Tony Abbott, has wasted no time since narrowly defeating his backbench to hold onto his job, in confirming what the Australian public have long…
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chapel-hill-shooting-three-young-muslims-gunned-down-in-north-carolina-at-their-family-home-10037734.html?utm_source=indynewsletter&utm_medium=email11022015 Take a look at the site above. Look at those young people who were murdered. They’re Muslims. You can tell from the evil you see in their faces, can’t…
Shorter Dougald Lamont: The only way to win against Stephen Harper’s Conservatives is to let the Conservatives define both the significance of Stephen Harper, and what it means to “win”.
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jacques Peretti discusses how corporate elites rewrote our social contract in a concerted effort to the inequality we’re fighting today – and suggests…
