The NDP at a Crossroads: Status Quo Browns Vs. Progressive Greens
New Democrats are gathering in Edmonton this weekend to decide the fate of their leader, Tom Mulcair. Also on the agenda will be consideration of whether the Party will adopt…
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April 5: The Greatest Story Never Told
https://www.icij.org/#_ga=1.162088828.1749684605.1459878751Above is the website of the organization that broke the story of the Panama Papers. It's a branch of the Center for Public Integrity whose home page is below.https://www.publicintegrity.org/I a...
BREAKING: my personal connection to Donald Trump
Okay, stay with me here. My daughter is a citizen of Carcross-Tagish First Nation (CTFN). At Daisy, we’ve proudly worked with CTFN for years. There’s a spot in Northern B.C.,…
Oh Shit. Has Hillary Been Snagged by the Panama Papers Scandal?
From Daily Kos, a three point summary of how Hillary Clinton may be linked to the Panama Papers scandal.Concerning the Panama Papers scandal, let's start putting two and two together.1.…
Iceland’s Prime Minister Quits
The first major casualty of the Panama Papers scandal is Icelandic prime minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson. He resigned today after waging a rearguard action against revelations that his wife owned…
Immediate Action Needed to Save Pacific Northwest from Ocean Acidification: Scientists
The Pacific coast of North America is becoming more acidic as human-produced carbon dioxide emissions dissolve into the water and communities from B.C. to California must take action now to…
What Does This Say About the Globe & Mail?
Reading the opening day coverage of the Panama Papers scandal in The Globe & Mail conveyed the sense of a paper on the outside looking in. There was something forlorn,…
Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1% From Panama Leak
Human rights activist and author Craig Murray wonders why, for the western corporate media, the Panama leak is all about Russian president Vladimir Putin. "Do not expect a genuine expose…
Don’t Get Distracted By the Bright, Shiny Thing
All eyes are on the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca. We've even named the scandal after their homeland, the Panama Papers. As I noted in my previous post, the…
The Truth In Sentencing Act does not apply to people convicted of an offence predating the coming into force of the Act
As the decision is not widely available yet it is reproduced below in full:Citation: R. v. Takawgak, 2015 NUCJ 40 Date: 20151023 Docket: 11-13-29 Registry: Iqaluit Crown: Her Majesty the…
The Game is Rigged
It went by barely noticed. Yesterday a spokesman for Canada's revenue minister said that the Canadian Revenue Agency has been given its marching orders, directed to do the math on…
Jonathan Kay advises the left
Jonathan Kay knows what’s hurting the poor. Is it absurdly low welfare rates and social supports? Perhaps it is lack of access to affordable housing? Poverty wages? Food insecurity? Over-policing?…
There is more than one way to pay your dues.
There was an event years ago when the Liberal Party president and this writer were taking a rest after helping set up chairs for a large party meeting. And yes,…
I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
It all began in 1945 with the "Trinity" test near Los Alamos. That was followed by the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending WWII. It led Robert…
You Could Almost Substitute "Alberta" for "Africa"
Foreign Policy magazine on the plight that has befallen Africa's petrostates. It does sound just a little familiar.Africa’s petrostates are crashing hard. A cool $115 in the summer of 2014,…
If You Remember This
Remember this cover from Time magazine? It came out in 2006 but it wouldn't be out of place on newsstands today.Here are a few more climate change covers from Time:
Lest We Forget
The Star's Tim Harper reports that Kellie Leitch, one of the robotic but very malleable mainstays of the former Harper regime, has become the first declared candidate for the Conservative…