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Charter Rights at Issue in Fracking Supreme Court Case
Charter Rights at Issue in Fracking Supreme Court Case Jessica Ernst’s long battle over rights, well contamination reaches highest court Tuesday. Jessica Ernst stands in front of Encana compressors in Rosebud, Alberta. Photo by Tor Lundberg Tuorda. An Alberta woman’s landmark eight-year battle over fracking regulation, water contamination and Charter rights will take centre stage […]
We Need to Talk About Saudi Arabia
We Need to Talk About Saudi Arabia Canadians may decry its executions and power moves, but we’re locked in an alliance. Iranians protest executions outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran, Jan. 3, 2016. Raheb Homavanti, Reuters Media Express. Dealing with Saudi Arabia is becoming a mug’s game for almost everyone in the West — […]
They’re Killing the Peace River Valley Now
They’re Killing the Peace River Valley Now The $9 billion flaying, then drowning of a fertile zone has begun. We still don’t know why. Photos by Garth Lenz. Last month the B.C government commenced the destruction of the fertile Peace River Valley, awarding a civil works contract worth $1.5 billion as construction crews methodically denuded […]
Why Are People Cheering Alberta’s Climate Plan?
Why Are People Cheering Alberta’s Climate Plan? Notley didn’t slay province’s CO2 dragon. She blinked, aiding pipelines and bitumen. Albert Premier Rachel Notley: on close inspection, her NDP government’s plan is geared to warming public to new pipelines. Photo: Dave Cournoyer via Flickr. Creative Commons licensed. I had to do a bit of a personal […]
TPP a Gift to Plutocrats? Canada’s Trade Minister Wrote the Book on Them
TPP a Gift to Plutocrats? Canada’s Trade Minister Wrote the Book on Them As journalist, Chrystia Freeland chronicled global wealth dividers. Chrystia Freeland’s financial journalist credentials made her a star candidate for the Liberals. Photo: Joseph Morris. Creative commons licensed. Canada’s new trade minister has sitting on her desk the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal some […]
Post Paris, Are Canada’s Internet Privacy Laws at Risk?
Post Paris, Are Canada’s Internet Privacy Laws at Risk? Attacks may renew calls to go beyond Bill C-51 and restrict encryption technologies. The Paris attacks have also escalated calls to reconsider plans to reform Canadian privacy and surveillance law, a key election promise from the Trudeau government. Photo by Garry Knight, Creative Commons licensed. As […]
Joseph Stiglitz on Canada’s Housing Inequality: ‘It’s Very Disturbing’
Joseph Stiglitz on Canada’s Housing Inequality: ‘It’s Very Disturbing’ Ex-World Bank top economist talks unaffordability, the TPP, and being a fiscal ‘black sheep.’ Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, is the third-most cited economist in the world, according to Research Papers in Economics. Photo by David P. Ball. Skyrocketing housing […]
Groundwater Not as Renewable as Thought, Study Finds
Groundwater Not as Renewable as Thought, Study Finds Findings ‘a call to better manage and protect the resource,’ says UVic researcher. Just over 40 per cent of Canada’s agricultural productivity depends on groundwater. Irrigation photo via Shutterstock. Groundwater, the globe’s most dependable water insurance system, is not as renewable as researchers once thought and its availability varies […]
Pacific Trade Deal Will Test Trudeau’s Resolve
Pacific Trade Deal Will Test Trudeau’s Resolve As chorus of critics sound alarm, this is PM’s chance to show us he’s listening. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renewed his promise to listen to labour’s TPP concerns this week. Justin Trudeau has proven to be much more bold in his first couple of weeks than almost anyone […]
Former BlackBerry Chief on TPP: ‘We’ve Been Outfoxed’
Former BlackBerry Chief on TPP: ‘We’ve Been Outfoxed’ Jim Balsillie says treaty could cost Canada billions and become our worst-ever policy move. Canada’s innovation sector could suffer billions in losses if the Trans-Pacific Partnership is ratified, warns Jim Balsillie, former co-chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion Ltd. Jim Balsillie warns that provisions tucked into […]
Time to Repair Our ‘Damaged’ Democracy: Stephane Dion
Time to Repair Our ‘Damaged’ Democracy: Stephane Dion New foreign affairs minister, a long-time vote reform advocate, dishes on fixing our system. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s choice to represent Canada on the world stage, Stephane Dion, will have his work cut out for him promoting the Liberals’ brand of democracy as foreign affairs minister. The […]
Let’s Help Canada’s Newspapers Stop Embarrassing Themselves
Let’s Help Canada’s Newspapers Stop Embarrassing Themselves In this post-Harper era, our democratic institutions must be fixed. Start with media. Observing the cathartic effect of the end the Harper regime reveals just how traumatized millions of Canadians were by nearly 10 years of rule by this vindictive prime minister. The analogies and metaphors keep coming: […]
Libs Need Clearer Energy Security Plan, Says ‘After the Sands’ Author
Libs Need Clearer Energy Security Plan, Says ‘After the Sands’ Author Increased oil patch ownership can help Canada meet emissions goals, says Gordon Laxer. Gordon Laxer says Canada is highly vulnerable to another oil crisis. Pipeline photo via Shutterstock. [Editor’s note: Join Dr. Gordon Laxer, political economist and co-founder of the Parkland Institute, for a free talk […]
Trust Trudeau? I’ll Wait and See
Trust Trudeau? I’ll Wait and See Canada’s young prince promises ‘real change.’ I can’t help but be wary. Like many Canadians, I want to trust the Liberals, but I don’t enjoy having to trust them. Photo by Mario Jean. How are we feeling about the new Canadian Camelot? Justin Trudeau is young, movie star handsome, […]
