Oped on Christchurch Call, IGC and Digital Charter
Here is a recent oped in the Globe and Mail in advance of my appearance before the International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy and Democracy: Who will answer the…
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A Call for Justice
Today is an important day in Canadian, as an important piece of work has been released to the public. The work of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous…
Stuff Still Happens IV, The Reckoning: Week 22: Welcome to the new normal, and it’s not nice
It’s summertime here in Alberta (well, actually it’s not, but we tend to call anytime without snow on the ground summer), a time when the sun shines for 18 hours…
Power to Change the Channel?
In the past month there has been a lot of ink spilled over the various parties plans for the environment and to tackle climate change. The New Democrats have, in…
Unparliamentary Behaviour
The House of Commons is in the home stretch before the Fall election, as the final month of sitting is underway. We’ve heard time and time again that this election…
Why Do Conservatives Fear Women?
Shame on Conservatives and their supporters for not recognizing women’s reproductive rights in the House of Commons. You are an embarrassment to us all.
A Promise Unfulfilled
When the Trudeau government shuffled their cabinet for the first time this year in January due to the retirement of Scott Brison, a series of events was set off like…
Freedom Hyperbole
Language can be quite a thing and it’s amazing sometimes to see how people can take words, ideas and concepts and try to twist them into something that is totally…
Infuriating Police Escalation
Cops relationship with black people explained in 4 seconds. pic.twitter.com/oHrch32q2t — Dieghoe (@diegheaux) May 24, 2019 Officers should have to watch this, and learn how easily they can serve a…
Oops?
A lot has been said about and a lot of ink has recently been spilled over the idea of the independence of MPs and the ability of individual MPs to…
Canada’s Recycling Shame
Canada doesn’t clean up its own junk. It shouldn’t sell it in the first place. Prince Charles opened a tire recycling facility in Assiniboia, SK a couple decades ago. A…
The Ides of Late May
Canadian politics over the past decades has come to ride more and more on the leadership of parties. All parties can point to this phenomenon and how it’s affected them.…
Updating the Oath
Canada is a country that has immigration as a big part of its history. Every year in this country, thousands of people complete their path to citizenship at ceremonies from…
Third-Party Engagement
In Canada over the past decade we’ve seen the continual growth of the phenomena of the “perpetual campaign”; when the campaign never seems to stop, running one into the next…
And the winner is … NO ONE
JWR and Philpott have announced that they will run as independents.
Independents Day
The day that many in the Canadian political scene has been waiting for has come. Both Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott held press conferences in their ridings, announcing their intentions…
Throne Speech: Whose Destiny Are We Talking About?
“I am your density…I mean your destiny.” — George McFly, Back to the Future (1985) All eyes were riveted on Lois Mitchell, Her Honour the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor, last…
Pharma: Trustworthy or Worthy of Oversight?
A few stories that point to pharma giant Merck bullying and spying on employees and doctors.
Two Big Shoes
Ever since we saw the big flurry of events at the end of March/early April that led to the expulsions from the Liberal caucus of two well-regarded and like cabinet…
Sustainable Moe
The only thing Moe can sustain is a non-stop stream of BS. Hot dog guy at ballpark; “I’ve been here all season, done a lot of hard work, talked to…