Greenpeace Canada info-graphic showing connections among the far-right Conservative Party of Canada activists behind the so-called Ethical Oil Institute. Below: Dr. James Talbot; Dr. John O’Connor; Ezra Levant. Alberta’s chief…
As fashionable as it is to denigrate the mainstream media for their frequent timidity and conservatism, public knowledge about both Rob Ford’s disgraceful performance as Mayor of Toronto and the…
Heavens – even Russia is more sensible than Canada when it comes to paid blood donations. As Health Canada takes a pause and organizes a roundtable on the issue in…
The other day I wrote a post suggesting that policy formulation in the Harper government is conducted not in the measured and studied way most governments employ, but rather more…
Yesterday I wrote a post about the plight of Ryan Harrington, the young man who, were it not for a drug called Celontin, would suffer upwards of 200 seizures a…
In a world rife with the environmental, economic and social consequences of unfettered capitalism, the term ‘industry self-regulation’ has always struck me as little more than a oxymoron. Examples abound…
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq seems strangely disinterested in keeping Canadians healthy. She has rejected the advice of her own advisory panel of food experts to renew monitoring of trans-fat levels…
From a long time friend of the blog who has written to Health Canada in the wake of news of their study on wind turbines, this letter below. He advises…
News yesterday that Health Canada has decided to do some research: “Health Canada to probe possible health effects of wind turbines.” This study is going to be very carefully watched.…
Monday, April 23 was the first day back in the House of Commons following the Easter break. And it featured some of the most lively and telling discussion we’ve seen…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dr. Dawg responds to Andrew Coyne’s suggestion about cracking down on advocacy by charities with an entirely reasonable suggestion as to how to…
Friday, May 11, 2012 As the BC Legislature’s Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides grapples with the question of whether to ban the use of cosmetic pesticides, a recent report by…
Monday, April 2 saw the second day of Peter Julian’s extended budget speech. And perhaps the point most worth noting is how many Canadians outside of Parliament took the opportunity…
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 So what does last week’s federal court win by Josette Wier, a pesticide activist based in Smithers, against Health Canada mean for pesticide regulations in Canada?…
It is a rare occasion when I experience a good belly laugh, but the following bogus media release, reported by the CBC’s Allison Crawford, had that effect. While I doubt…
Friday, October 14, 2011 Riddle me this. Riddle me that. ... Health Canada is in the process of re...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 The Premier and the opposition agree that there should be a ban on cosm...
