Naturalists Targeted by Canada Revenue Agency
First they came for the environmentalists and the activists. Then they came for the scientists. Then they came for those who fight poverty, and help the poor. Now they’ve come…
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ConCalls: Sona Sentencing Taking Too Long #RoboCon
Michael Sona has to wait until next month to find out how much time he’s spending in jail for being convicted of participating in a nefarious scheme to defraud Guelph…
People Want BC Corporations to Pay More Tax
…or do they? Every year the BC government consults with citizens on what should go into their budget. Last year over 25% of the online survey respondents said new revenue…
And so it starts……
The first volleys in the election war to come that is, we have our ‘fearless leader’ “protecting Canadians” by sending a few planes and a handful of personnel over to…
Stop Persecuting The Rich, You Stinkers!
Rich folks, corporations and capitalists are feeling persecuted AGAIN! George Monbiot explains that we are attacking them and their right to a free market as well as their right to…
While Canada’s Free Press Gets Beheaded…
When one corporation owns most of the English language newspapers in Canada, the free press is essentially dead, not that it’s been much of anything but comatose for a while.…
Are we too dumb for democracy?
Hey, the above is not my line. I plagiarized it from a CBC article about a new thesis from the University of B.C. that suggests our brains aren’t up to…
Cabinet hides even more secrets.
A stealthy Treasury Board directive in the summer of 2013 required bureaucrats to ask departmental lawyers to decide what constitutes a secret, a decision that used to be made by…
A Year Without Politics
From October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015, I will be abstaining from politics. Those who know me are probably wondering if they should be dragging me to the nearest…
New Canadians Abandoning Stephen Harper, Conservatives
A new poll by EKOS shows that new Canadians are deserting Stephen Harper and the Conservatives “despite aggressive wooing” by Jason Kenney in the last three years. The post New…
Hong Kong—a people who actually care about democracy
North Americans don’t seem to care much about democracy. Canadians don’t, and our good neighbours the Americans don’t. We enjoy considerable freedoms along with our electoral systems of government, but…
130 civil society organizations reject Canada-EU CETA trade deal
More than 130 civil society organizations on both sides of the Atlantic have reiterated their continuing rejection of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement or CETA. The post 130…
Rock Snot a State Secret?
Back in May of this year a reporter from The Canadian Press made a request to speak to Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist Max Bothwell the recognized expert on Rock…
MPs Obstructed, Undermined and Impeded!
Recently Green Party Leader Elizabeth May spoke to her fellow MP’s and the Speaker of The House regarding the governments ever increasing practice of limiting debate upon important legislation before…
Scotland, Crimea and the Right To Self-Determination
Do the people of Scotland have the right to vote in a referendum to determine their own future? Of course they do. Just as the people of Greece had, and…
What do I want? Revolutionary change – nothing less will do at this critical time in our history
I want nothing short of revolutionary change, a radical change, a renaissance. I think it is needed – urgently needed: and I do not think that human beings are going…
Essential Reading for Democracy.
There have been a number of articles highlighting former Conservative MP Mr. Rathgeber’s new book Irresponsible Government: The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada in recent days.That he outlines the…
Restoring the Vox Populi
Some thoughts for this, Labour Day.The voice of the people. Oh, how long has it been since that really meant anything? In Canada and many other advanced countries, polls show…