The Harperites have resurrected the unjust, immoral, and, according to international treaties to which Canada is a signatory, illegal bill formerly known as C-11. Jason Kenney doesn’t want so much…
Thank you, dear Readers, for the rapid response to yesterday’s call. Aaron Wherry’s coverage of the excellent elocutions by NDP Member of Parliament, Charlie Angus, in the House of Commons…
A recent post of mine, supportive of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, elicited a comment from Laura, the author of We Move to Canada. An excellent blog about her experiences…
The Israel/Palestine issue is the foreign policy issue to which politians are most expect to have a cogent answer to. It is a necessary right of passage and, for many,…
Our illustrious Minister of Censorship and Deportation is at it again – attacking freedom of expression and those who defend the rights of Palestinians. This time his target is Palestine…
A tiny community called out to world. And the world answered. Foreign aid arrived in Canada courtesy environmental organizations which, if you’ll remember, dear Reader, are “radical groups” with “radical…
“He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers” So says Public Safety Minister Vic Toews defending the proposed Lawful Access legislation which would give sweeping new powers…
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s time to revisit this great Greenpeace video from 2011. Check out these “tar”-crossed lovers: Janet, an oil executive and Peter, an Environment Minister…
“He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.” This was Mr. Toews’s, the Minister of Justice, counterattack to a question in the house regarding concerns of letting…
Thank you, Rick Mercer, for more of your refreshing reality checks on the nonstop nonsense coming out of Ottawa these days (LOL “…pleasant fog of platitude and flummery…”). * Thanks…
NDP Candidates at the Quebec debate February 18th is the last date for which new NDP members are eligible to vote in the NDP Leadership elections that will occur on…
How far are we willing to go to continue our toxic addiction to oil? Why can’t we just love it and leave it? It’s been a hell of a ride…
There are several stories that caught my eye over the weekend. Here are some of them: It appears the Mennonites are the latest group in Canada to get on the…
A short essay for the Ottawa Citizen a few weeks ago: Before becoming leader of the Labour Party, Tony Blair wrote a pamphlet for the august thinktank of the British…
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Sometimes, the regina mom wonders why she bothers to write her long blogposts, when others do it excellently with a short quote and video or are capable of piecing together…
Last summer I worked as a research assistant on a project about video surveillance in stores, malls and public spaces.* That project was headed by Andrew Clement, an expert in…
Prime Minister Harper in China on the tarsands: Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted “foreign money and influence” behind critics of Canada’s oil sands even as he welcomed Chinese investment in…
Transparency isn’t a cost – its a cost saver (a note for Governments and Drummond)
Yesterday Don Drummond – a leading economist hired by the Ontario government to review how the province delivers services in the face of declining economic growth and rising deficits –…