Is Canadian corporate law a money launderer’s dream? According to The Guardian, we’re right up there with Kenya. Canada is one the world’s most opaque jurisdictions when it comes to…
“Yeah, sure, you and whose army?” That was a fairly common taunt among boys when I was young. You and whose army is gonna make me. Yet it may find…
I never watched the movie, “Sophie’s Choice.” I found the premise just too creepy. A mother forced to choose which of her two children’s lives will be spared and which…
I do not know Patrick Brown or Steve Paikin. Dealing strictly with the facts I know that both have been accused of sexual misconduct. In the case of Brown the…
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The latest from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign as voting day approaches. – There will be no lack of opportunities to compare the candidates within a debate format, including the NDP’s…
“The Canadian Review of Materials is published weekly from September through June and is an all-volunteer online publication which features reviews of books and other materials that are authored, illustrated…
Neither the Prime Minister nor Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould made a specific comment on whether the Gerald Stanley case was rightly decided. But they did say that the way juries…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Anna Coote discusses some of the potential problems with a universal basic income on its own – particularly to the extent it takes…
Supporters of vertical farms envision a future that has skyscraper farms beside work places and residences in urban centres. Their thinking is that by growing food where people are will…
All three candidates for the leadership of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party have declared their opposition to a carbon tax. Andrew Coyne writes: When the Great Platform Revolt began, I had…
Donald Trump's spy chiefs are telling him the Russians are already meddling in the midterm elections. Robert Mueller and his FBI posse could come down on him at any moment.His…
Neither the Prime Minister nor Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould made a specific comment on whether the Gerald Stanley case was rightly decided. But they did say that the way juries…
Welcome to today’s class in how not to do P.R., folks. Today’s case study is Patrick Brown, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. Three weeks ago, CTV broadcast a…
A little something for you incurable romantics on this most ‘sacred’ of days. H/t Theo Moudakis Happy Valentine’s Day! Recommend this Post
It's now been several days since an all-white jury found a white farmer in Saskatchewan not guilty of anything in the killing of Colten Boushie.And since then there have been…
A popular political theory presents two basic and often contradictory models of how elected officials should (or do) behave as representatives. One is as a delegate: solely acting as a…
What can be more appropriate for Saint Valentine’s Day than to recognize true love. And even if it is not true, it is what passes for true love over in…
It’s a now familiar pattern for the Trump brigade. At first deny everything, no matter how implausible the denial, and hope that whatever it is dies a natural death. If…
PHOTOS: Some of the Fathers of Confederation looking, well, fatherly. Below: Steely eyed Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, B.C. Premier John Horgan, and would-be premier Jason Kenney. In case you missed…
