When the Right wing Saskatchewan Party lost the 2003 provincial election, a seismic shift in policy was sparked within its ranks .Common wisdom in 2003 stated that the three term…
by: Obert Madondo | @Obiemad: Idle No More protest on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Dec 2012 (Photo: Obert Madondo) The Idle No More movement just launched a new, activism-oriented, social media-friendly…
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: This week, we’re discussing an important lawsuit where film studio Voltage Productions is demanding that Teksavvy Solutions, an independent ISP, hand over the private…
by: Institute for Public Accuracy | Press Release: STEVE HORN, @steve_horn1022: Horn is a research fellow for DeSmogBlog. He wrote yesterday: “President Obama announced his administration’s ‘Climate Action Plan‘ for…
R. v. Vuradin, 2013 SCC 38 holds: An appellate court tasked with determining whether a trial judge gave sufficient reasons must follow a functional approach: R. v. Sheppard, 2002 SCC…
While few were looking, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have succeeded in using the weaselly option of a backbencher’s private member’s bill to quietly gut the Canadian Human Rights Act to remove…
There’s been plenty of press this week about the Senate’s amendments to the Cons’ odious anti-union legislation (dressed up as a private member’s bill to avoid the scrutiny that would…
In 2011, Toronto-based writer, artist and environmental activist Franke James was asked by Croatian non-profit Nektarina to go on a European tour featuring her artwork. Unsurprisingly, James agreed, only to…
You know all you editorial people, how you’ve been working so hard to give us faithful readers both sides of the shale gas debate? And how you’ve done such a…
A year ago, there was an interesting meeting with the City Clerk in Babel. A very charming and knowledgeable person, she was generous with her time and interested in the…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 28, 2013: BC Husband guilty in Filipina nanny human trafficking case Do you have a contingency…
I see the story about Canadian chemist Robert McCorkell ‘s wlling his estate, including a collection of rare coins, to the National Alliance has gained some traction in the MSM,…
Another wet, wet day here, while the center of the continent suffers from heat and they mop up in Alberta. Gene Kelly offers an alternative. A little silly, but lifts…
Assorted content to end your week. – Rick Salutin highlights the dangers of relying on bulk data collection and algorithmic analysis as a basis to restrict individual rights: The National…
Despite being deeply cynical about Amercian poltics in general, and Barack Obama in particular, a rare opportunity to praise both has just arisen. Although relatively modest in scope, in response…
* It was no easy feat trying to keep my cool while racing in my high heels between Congressional and Senate offices in the scorching D.C. heat last Tuesday.…
I’ve actually never written you a letter before. I’m doing so now to ask you to intervene in this case: hundreds in thousands in Canadian dollars going to one of…
Andrew Nikiforuk loves his city and his province. Both, he writes, have had a “Manhattan moment:” We thought we were big and powerful and beyond humbling just like New York.…
If you lived under a rock or came from another planet, you might be forgiven if you believed the nonsense Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is spouting about how much he…
