The evidence on the crime rate in Canada is out! Statistics Canada reported yesterday that rate of crimes reported to Canadian police forces across the country reached its lowest level…
Reacting to the Danzig Street shooting, which left two dead and another 24 injured, the “furious” mayor of Canada’s largest city assures us that Toronto has “the greatest police service…
Executive and company have strong and lucrative ties with the Canadian military and Harper government. Opponents of the Conservative government’s crime Bill C-10 were justified to argue that private companies…
After 85 days on a hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new “Safe Streets and Communities Act” (crime Bill C10), it’s with great pleasure, gratitude and emotion that I…
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 6, 2012 – Today marks the 53rd day of my indefinite hunger strike against Canada’s new draconian crime law, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities…
A new age has dawned in the Americas. The Monroe Doctrine, a policy established by the United States ostensibly to keep European imperialists out of the Western Hemisphere but which…
I was really happy when I heard Thomas Mulcair’s position on marijuana as follows (in reasponse to question from Global news reporter Tom Clark on decriminalization or legalization of marijuana)…
I’ve been increasingly hard on the Liberals since the first days post-Chretien. So much so, I’ve gravitated towards the NDP. A prime indicator for me of my feelings towards the…
When Barack Obama sits down with Latin American leaders in Cartagena to discuss the “war on drugs” he won’t like what they’ve got to say. They’re ready to declare the…
Brazilian police patrol a favela in Rio De Janiero. EPA/Marcelo Sayao Former Brazilian President, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has argued that the war on drugs has failed and cannabis should be…
Kochtopus-3_0.png A new chapter is being added to the ongoing Kochtopus saga. On March 1 the Washington Post, in a story sure to fill the airwaves for the weeks and…
Kochtopus-3.png It is nearly impossible to discuss the vast climate change denial echo chamber and not mention the Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, and what some have called the Koch Empire.…
"Hey, this is some good reefer. I just saw the future. It's just like the 30's in Canada only worse!" Harper tells them to buzz off. He is determined to…
Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina is proposing that Central America become a zone where drugs are legal to make, possess and transport. Mr Perez Molina will test the waters by…
Four former Vancouver mayors recently called for the end of prohibition on pot. The current mayor also weighed in, agreeing with the other four. Their arguments are reasonable and prudent.…
Why does it always take scientists, educators and experts to tell the government, media and the captains of industry that what they are doing is counter productive to a safe,…
Next time you see some NYPD thug beating on Occupy Wall Street protesters, remember Stephen Anderson.If you don't think this is happening in your local burgh, think again. With Harper's…
I did not know Steve Jobs had an affinity for LSD. I'll leave the debate whether it helped or hindered Jobs to another time. I can't see how it hurt.I'll…
CBC has an informative chart showing how drastically crime has dropped across the board since 1973. It's a very impressive drop, including 5% lower for property crime and 3% decrease…
Substantial column from a fairly right-wing newspaper.I have smoked marijuana with members of Parliament, RCMP officers, teachers, artists, pharmacists, lawyers and many other upstanding Canadian citizens. I am asking the…
