Worthy of Celebration
April 17, 2012: Constitutional ‘divisions’ keep Harper from celebrating Charter January 23, 2011: Harper celebrates five years as PM
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
A very lame Harper excuse on the Charter
I’m surprised Harper commented at all on this, but I suppose he felt he had to, given the attention to his government’s notable silence on the issue of why they…
Your major reason(s) for Conservatives not celebrating the Charter
Much has been made over the fact that the Conservative government is willing to throw major money at celebrating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, while not doing…
What Danielle Smith thinks and why Alison Redford’s Tories aren’t fear mongering about it
Typical Albertans react to fear mongering by … well, by anyone, really. We frighten extremely easily out here on the Great Plains. Typical Albertans may not be exactly as illustrated…
Bill C-10 Hunger Strike: Protestor Addresses Canadian MPs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, March 19, 2012 – At 12:01am on Wednesday, March 14, Ottawa-based activist and progressive blogger, Obert Madondo, started an indefinite hunger strike whose key demand is…
Obert Madondo’s indefinite hunger strike against crime Bill C-10: Letter to the Governor Genera of Canada
Starting at 12:01am today, I embarked on an indefinite hunger strike to demand that Canada’s new Safe Streets and Communities Act (omnibus crime Bill C-10) be immediately repealed. Earlier, I…
New column day
Here, on how the evolution of labour rights under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms can be traced directly to anti-labour overreach by right-wing governments – and how Brad Wall…
On the chopping block, Canada gay marriages
Canada has an estimated 15,000 legally-recognized same-sex marriages. If Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has its way, 5,000 of them would be invalid. All because the couples were originally…
Harper Stacks Judiciary For American Conservative Movement
Brian Abrams is a former Conservative candidate for Kingston and the Islands. He had a pretty good showing in 2008, but lost to incumbent Peter Milliken. After his defeat, the…
Supreme Court of Canada to help clarify what constitutes hate speech
The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to draw the line between what constitutes free speech and what crosses the faint line into hate mongering. The case against William…
Alberta Conservative MP takes surprising swipe at Canada Post back-to-work law
Your blogger with Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber, in agreement for once … sort of.With locked-out postal workers being forced back to their jobs last night by the Harper Conservatives,…
Grounds
Me on Twitter, May 28, 2011 (limited to 140 characters):It appears that smarter people than me seem to agree:Here's University of Ottawa Professor Errol Mendes, cited in a Toronto Star…
Polygamy
Today's G&M argues that "arring polygamy remains a reasonable limit on religious freedom and a potent reminder that the law must protect the vulnerable and the equality rights and human…
Newbie MP Fantino named to Conservative cabinet post
Newbie Member of Parliament Julian "Mallcop" Fantino was named to Cowboy Steve's federal cabinet at Rideau Hall yesterday. The country's newest MP is now its newest cabinet member, the minister…