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Canada Without Poverty charity challenges Harper govt. audits at UN in Geneva

July 5, 2015

Canada Without Poverty charity challenges Harper govt. audits at UN in Geneva Ottawa anti-poverty charity in Geneva this week arguing before UN that political-activity audits are an abuse The head of a small Ottawa-based charity is in Geneva this week to complain to a United Nations committee about the Canada Revenue Agency’s program of political-activity […]

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The Tragedy of Harper’s Canada

July 3, 2015

The Tragedy of Harper’s Canada Tilting Toward Totalitarianism “This abuse of executive power is tilting toward totalitarian government and away from the foundations of democracy and the rule of law on which this country was founded.” -Errol Mendes, Professor of constitutional and international law (University of Ottawa) The current Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen […]

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Watchdog Group Wants Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Ads

April 28, 2015

Watchdog Group Wants Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Ads ‘It’s false advertising,’ says Democracy Watch. An independent government watchdog group has called on Canada’s auditor general to review taxpayer-funded spending on government advertising. Democracy Watch has also launched a letter-writing campaign through its website, demanding the office look at what it describes as “questionable” ad initiatives in […]

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Joe Oliver’s Budget Numbers Are Thoroughly Cooked

April 26, 2015

Joe Oliver’s Budget Numbers Are Thoroughly Cooked That, or he’s been drinking his own Kool-Aid. No wonder they’re spending $7.5 million in public money to advertise Joe Oliver’s budget. Bernie Madoff couldn’t have come up with a sneakier sell than this. Still, no one should be surprised. This misbegotten government’s modus operandi is about much more than information […]

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Does Ottawa’s skip-the-media strategy get the message out?

January 20, 2015

Does Ottawa’s skip-the-media strategy get the message out? Communicating directly is fine, but it also helps to hit the target with relevant information Government critics of the media seem increasingly convinced these days that they can do the job of communicating a message better than journalists can — and, as a result, they are coming up […]

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Canadian Government Was Worried About Disclosure Of Telecom Surveillance Info: Memo

December 1, 2014

Canadian Government Was Worried About Disclosure Of Telecom Surveillance Info: Memo. OTTAWA – A move by telecommunications firms to be more forthcoming with the public about their role in police and spy surveillance could divulge “sensitive operational details,” a senior Public Safety official warned in a classified memo. Company efforts to reveal more about police […]

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Canada, At War For 13 Years, Shocked That ‘A Terrorist’ Attacked Its Soldiers – The Intercept

October 22, 2014

Canada, At War For 13 Years, Shocked That ‘A Terrorist’ Attacked Its Soldiers – The Intercept. (updated below – Update II) TORONTO – In Quebec on Monday, two Canadian soldiers were hit by a car driven by Martin Couture-Rouleau, a 25-year-old Canadian who, as The Globe and Mail reported, “converted to Islam recently and called himself Ahmad Rouleau.” One […]

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