How the Trudeau government white-washes Saudi crimes
United States Defense Secretary James N. Mattis meets with Saudi Arabia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.,…
Martin Lukacs
Justin Trudeau, Liberal Let-Down
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a photo at the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy in March 2014.…
Justin Trudeau’s giant corporate giveaway
Photo by Simon Fraser University While prime minister Justin Trudeau flogged our public assets last week, he had a soothing message: rest assured, we’ll be well-served by the private sector.…
Surprise, the pundits were wrong: poll shows huge support for Leap Manifesto
Photo by Intel Free Press For weeks, the corporate media has spouted a stern prediction: Canadians will flee in horror from the Leap Manifesto. We are a “modest shift people,”…
Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy
Photo by Fibonacci Blue Canada’s Conservative government spent several million dollars on a tar sands advocacy fund as its push to export the oil faltered, documents reveal. In its 2013…
Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50…
Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50…
The Harper Offensive
In the halls of power in Europe and the United States, well out of sight of Canadians, the Harper government has been waging a diplomatic and political war over the…