Over 30 individuals and organizations concerned with women’s equality online call on Canadian MPs to vote against the Conservatives’ Bill C-13, the deceptively named “Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act”.…
The following is a letter by salmon farming critic and Common Sense Canadian contributor DC Reid to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his government’s proposed gutting of aquaculture regulations, which…
Energy Minister Bill Bennett Dear Minister; I know you have heard it all so I guess it is now all about the legacy you and your cabinet colleagues are willing…
Anita Sarkeesian, a prominent Canadian-American feminist cultural critic, was forced to cancel an appearance at Utah State University after receiving threats of a Montreal Massacre-style attack. The post Canadian-American feminist…
My first brush with the fish farming industry on our coast came around 2000 when I was broadcasting for CKNW. At that point, this was considered to be a “good”…
Bear Flat in northeast BC’s Peace Valley – which would be flooded by Site C Dam (Damien Gillis) Read this October 14 story from Larry Pynn in the Vancouver Sun…
Location of proposed Site C Dam (photo: Damien Gillis) Read this Oct. 14 story by William Stodalka in the Alaska Highway News on the BC Liberal government’s decision to issue…
California’s Central Valley is facing record drought conditions As British Columbians share a meal this weekend, giving thanks for the food with which we are so blessed, year-round, let us…
We never had it so good as 1978, says a new report on historical “prosperity” “The good ol’ days”, is seems, were 40 years ago. A recent study of global…
Activists led by the Council of Canadians have filed a Charter challenge to the Conservatives’ Fair Elections Act or Bill C-23 in the Ontario Superior Court. The post Harper’s “anti-democratic”…
Stephen Harper addressing UN Security Council (Sean Kilpatrick/CP) The environmental policy of Ottawa will now depend upon what the Tories desire for the next five years. Why do I say…
Tahltan and Secwepemc First Nations and supporters celebrate at the BC Supreme Court (contributed) BC First Nations added a small but potentially significant notch to their legal winning streak yesterday,…
Did Liberal MP Irwin Cotler rebel against party leader Justin Trudeau when he abstained from Tuesday’s House of Commons vote on Harper’s decision to drag Canada into an unwinnable military…
A new poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians reveals that an overwhelming majority of Canadians oppose fracking, support “a national moratorium on fracking until it is scientifically proven to…
First Nations have been protesting several Imperial Metals mines since Mount Polley (Photo: Facebook) Imperial Metals, the company behind the Mount Polley tailing pond disaster, is seeking an injunction today…
Steam rising from the Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station in Iceland (Photo: Gretar Ívarsson / Wikipedia) By Erin Flegg – republished with permission from desmog.ca At a time when B.C.’s politicians…
A group of doctors dedicated to strengthening and improving Canada’s universal publicly-funded health care system is urging the Conservatives to drop their appeal against the Federal Court’s recent ruling on…
Fracking operations in northeast BC use enormous volumes of water (Photo: Damien Gillis) Filmmaker and Common Sense Canadian publisher Damien Gillis takes us on a multi-media journey to northeast BC…
Site C Dam will unnecessarily cost taxpayers billions, says one financial expert The following is a transcript of Rob Botterell’s recent speech to the BC Select Committee on Finance and…
Responding to Harper’s Iraq war motion, introduced Friday, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said his party “cannot and will not support this Prime Minister’s motion.” The post Trudeau “cannot and will…
