Can we focus on saving lives now?
InSite works. Despite Conservative tough dumb-on-crime rhetoric, allowing people a clean and safe place to use the drugs they would anyway grants them respect, dignity, and a way out of…
Las Angles: Violence is becoming the core of American culture
Torture of war detainees by Bush Administration, one of the highest murder rates in the world and a recent story of violence against inmates in a L.A. prison are manifiestations…
Breastfeeding: it’s what your tits are for #nlpoli
The first week of October is World Breastfeeding Week. Check out babyfriendlynl.ca and you can find information on some of the activities going on across the province. Regular readers of…
More From Chris Hedges On The Occupy Wall Street Protest
'Stirring' and 'inspiring' are the most apt adjectives to describe Chris Hedges' latest piece on the occupation of Wall Street. It is a call to commitment and action, a reminder…
Radiohead to Occupy Wall Street today?
Rumor has it that Radiohead will be performing for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who are camping out in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park.
Abortion is always “on the table”
Yesterday, Sun columnist, Anthony Furey asked the Twitterverse if any of us had any questions we’d like Furey to ask Tim Hudak. This was mine: Today, I sent a Tweet…
The Lawyers Win
There are no winners in the upcoming legal battle between tobacco companies that hid the dangers of smoking, and the governments who regulated and once encouraged the use of the…
massive union presence to joins wall street occupation
The ongoing protest at New York City's financial district is receiving a huge boost from labour unions. The Transit Workers Union voted unanimously to support Occupy Wall Street and the…
Insite Can Continue to Operate: Supreme Court
Insite is a safe injection site for drug users which has had proven health benefits for individuals and the community. Through their work Insite has been able to help many…
Who’s over or under-paid?
We all know that the wages and compensation individuals receive in private competitive markets reflects their productivity, unless pesky unions and government regulations get in the way–because Economics 101 (and…
Supreme Court of Canada Backs Insite
Vancouver's safe injection site has been saved from Harper's attempts to shut it down. The Supreme Court of Canada has held that not allowing the clinic to operate would violate…
Putting Christians to death
In the 1570's Edmund Campion, formerly a leading Anglican, was reconciled to the Roman Catholic Church and became a Jesuit. He traveled to England and began ministry; a very dangerous…
Well, What Do You Know
The Supreme Court has actually told the Conservatives to take a hike. They have saved Insite and as a result, the lives of countless drug addicts. Hooray for the triumph…
Defective Government on Both Sides of the Atlantic
All too often these days we're visited with the consequences of defective government. By defective government I mean the weak leadership incapable of taking the hard decisions necessary to benefit…
Insite ruling
The Supreme Court of Canada rules unanimously in the facility’s favour. Macleans Applause and a sigh of relief. One of the most powerful things I’ve ever read online was this…
Harper’s Administration Is Starting To Pay The Price Of Their Arrogance With A Flood Of Public Service ‘Leaks’
When a heavy handed, arrogant federal administration pushes the civil service too far, get ready for a flood of 'leaks' and brown envelopes. That is exactly what we are beginning…
Insite: Evidence, compassion and effectiveness overcome fear and reactiveness
I'm so deeply pleased to hear that the Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to allow Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, to stay open. While on one level the…
Insite drug clinic can stay open: striking setback for Federal drug policy
Canada (Attorney General) v. PHS Community Services Society 2011 SCC 44 was just released. The unanimous Supreme Court held that BC's Insite drug injection clinic can remain open despite Federal government…
The Insite ruling
A slap in the face to Conservative bigotry and ignorance. This excerpt from the unanimous ruling, via Aaron Wherry of Maclean’s, really says all that needs to be said about…
Tar Sands on Trial
Should ecocide join the ranks of crimes against humanity? The Brits are debating that at the moment.should the bosses of polluting companies and the leaders of environmentally-unfriendly states join those…