Happy Canada Day
While I am not one to engage in flag-waving, these days it seems increasingly important to value what we have. Events in other parts of the world show how easily…
Canadian Democracy
Happy Canada Day
While I am not one to engage in flag-waving, these days it seems increasingly important to value what we have. Events in other parts of the world show how easily…
The Crossroads
We’re at a dangerous crossroads. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: It is clear now that a highly organized group of militants — some with military and counter insurgency experience — have mobilized…
Occupation of Canada’s national capital by a lawless mob must end forthwith
Am I the only Canadian outside Ottawa who thinks this bullshit in our national capital has gone on long enough? Am I the only Canadian who recognizes that the mob…
Rediscovering Democracy
Since I became eligible to vote many years ago, I have participated in every federal, provincial and municipal election that has been called. Even though it has become something of…
A Tale Of Two Canadas
That is the title of a very interesting piece by Michael Valpy in today's Star that is well-worth reading. His thesis offers something of a challenge to a post I…
David Suzuki: Environmentalists expect a renewed relationship with Trudeau government
Persecuted during Harper’s divisive politics, Canada’s environmentalists look forward to a renewed relationship with the Justin Trudeau federal government, says David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki: Environmentalists expect a renewed…
The Fragile Flower
The majority of Canadians are currently basking in the promise the new government holds, the promise of openness, transparency, accountability and progressivity, all notably absent from the enshrouded regime of…
Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess
Elections Canada has made an awful mess of voter registration for the 2015 federal election. It’s a mess that recalls bad memories of the 2011 robocall scandal. Stephen Harper is…
Voter justice denied as Fair Elections Act legal challenge is delayed
Canadians’ legal challenge to the Harper government’s “anti-democratic” Fair Elections Act won’t be heard until after the 2015 federal elections. Voter justice denied. The post Voter justice denied as Fair…
RCMP officer to Bill C-51 protester: “You could be branded a terrorist” [VIDEO]
During the May 30 protest against Harper’s Bill C-51 in Ottawa, a candid camera caught an RCMP officer saying a Canadian protester “could be branded a terrorist”. The post RCMP…
Harper’s the muzzling of Canada’s federal scientists assailed
This week, Canada’s three major public sector unions protested the Harper government’s continuing muzzling of the country’s federal scientists. The post Harper’s the muzzling of Canada’s federal scientists assailed appeared…
Rights groups demand unconditional dismissal of Bill C-51
More than 100 rights organizations and prominent individuals have signed a letter demanding the immediate and unconditional dismissal of Harper’s police state Bill C-51. The post Rights groups demand unconditional…
Brigette DePape and the youth insurgency against Harper
Why game-changing activist Brigette DePape’s Get Out the Youth Vote tour is a much-needed youth democratic insurgency against Stephen Harper. The post Brigette DePape and the youth insurgency against Harper…
New Contest. Spot the Progressive!
I’ll bet you’ve got inside yourself some sense of progress, progressive, progressivism. Even bad people have a little. The question today is whether progressivism remains a real construct in Canadian…
Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada? Open letter to Stephen Harper
Ralph Nader tells Stephen Harper, “You talk like George W. Bush,” warns that the Conservatives’ anti-terror Bill C-51 would harm Canadian democracy. The post Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada?…
Stephen Harper and the Monstrous Legacy of the Con Regime
It will probably be years after Stephen Harper and his monstrous Con regime are finally driven from office, before we will be able to total up the damage they have…
Stephen Harper and the By-election Message Progressives Cannot Ignore
You'd think Stephen Harper would have been cheered by his two by-election victories in Ontario and Alberta.But he wasn't. In the Commons yesterday he was tense and irritable.And with good…
The Assault on Democracy: When Fear is the Enemy
It was for me strangely enough, the most terrifying moment of a nightmarish day. Standing in a crowded subway station, waiting for a train to take me home, watching the…
The Con Speaker and the Death of Parliament
For years Stephen Harper and his Cons have been slowly killing our Parliament.They have have debased it, they have rendered it impotent. They have reduced it to a scripted horror…