Two Questions about the new Anti-Terror Act
Today saw the unveiling of the proposed new Act to cope with terrorist activities, as discussed in this CTV article. The draft bill may be found here. Two immediate questions…
2015
Musical interlude
Fuel – Bittersweet
Gigaom: Net neutrality violators just got smacked down
Could Canada lead the way in the fight for net neutrality? Article by David Meyer for Gigaom The list of countries that find zero-rating to be a violation of net…
The 2015 ballot question explained, gratis
A light just went on in my tiny cranium. Whichever way things go, the Conservative narrative comes out a winner. Things going great? You can only credit Harper. Things really…
A Strategy of Ruptures: Ten Theses on the Greek Future
Aleksandr Vesnin, Proposal for a Monument to the Third International, 1921 I January 25th marks a historic turning point in recent Greek history. After five years of devastating austerity, a…
Feature film ‘Tru Love’ a delight
I want to give a quick shout-out for a feature film I saw last weekend: ‘Tru Love,’ by co-directors Kate Johnston and Shauna MacDonald, which is playing for a second…
The Annunciation
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New spy powers will undermine privacy of Canadians, and fails to address inadequate control and accountability of spy agencies
ProtectOurPrivacy403.png New measures to undermine privacy proposed just days after the government’s spy agency CSE revealed to be spying on private online activities of law-abiding Canadians on a massive scale…
Could "Rapidly Proliferating Threats" Derail the F-35?
(Remember, this is the plane that the Harper government wants to saddle our aircrews with for half-a-century, fifty years. But, I digress.)Trying to keep tabs on the development of Lockheed’s…
Will Green Party MP’s Have The Freedom To Vote and Speak Unlike The Whipped MP’s In The Established Parties?
Don Maroc This started out to be a paean to the Green Party of Canada. Not just as a very vocal agent for defending of the ecology, or Ecology of…
Three planks for a possible anti-austerity
What would anti-austerity in Canada look like? There are really two types of questions here. There are those of analysis: what has Canada’s austerity looked like, what makes it distinctive…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, January 30, 2015
Your news links for today: Canadian Government Continues to Expand State Powers While Leaving Privacy by the Wayside – EFF New anti-terror bill could put chill on freedom of speech…
CSIS to be given ‘power to disrupt,’ not arrest, in new anti-terror bill, CBC reports
I really hope this is one of those trial balloon thingies where the government puts out feelers, leaks ‘drafts’, spreads rumours about something far worse than they actually intend. Because…
The First Casualty
https://bcblue.wordpress.com/ Truth is always the first casualty of war. And no one should be surprised that it is the first casualty of Stephen Harper’s War. Michael Harris writes: The resolution…
Last chance to weigh in
While there’s always reason to be skeptical of the Wall government’s consultation processes, there’s also plenty of risk in not participating – as a lack of expressed opposition will all…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress notes that the Cons’ economic track record is one of eliminating well-paying jobs in favour of lower-wage, more-precarious work. And Jim Stanford…
A cheap shot from the cheap seats.
Remember recently when we reported on the Conservative “snore-fest” leadership race in Ontario. Can you guess who might have read our report and decided to liven things up? It’s that…