On November 1, 2011 the film Medicare's Orphans was released by Medicare for Autism NOW! It is an excellent presentation of the history of the fight for medicare coverage of…
When Stephen Harper won a majority government this last May, I wrote that one litmus test for the next four years would be regarding his respect for transparency, parliamentary procedures,…
I didn’t get a chance to address this when it came up the last week and a bit, but I wanted to say that the MP panel that “questioned” Harper’s…
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…
One of the few benefits of not having any political power is that you get to sit back and watch the majority power fall all over its own ideology and…
Not only am I pleased with the Insite rulling, I’m pleased it’s unanimous, in a strong rebuke to the Conservative government, who’s been trying to close this since 2008: A…
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian Binnie shares this insight on how the courtroom looks from the "other" side of the bench: “The argument takes place and everybody gets engaged…
1. Here's your what-kind-of-democracy-is-this-we're-living-in item of the day: "Barring the media bad move by PC candidate." The Tory candidate in Lambton-Kent Middlesex, Monte McNaughton, barred the media from a town…
In a unanimous decision in Schreyer v. Schreyer, released Thursday, June 14, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that that a bankrupt Manitoba man is not required to pay…
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,…
The Supreme Court's decision on sexual assault and consent in R. v. J.A. has been a hot topic since its May 27, 2011 release. Complaints that the decision essentially criminalizes…
