Since Russian President Vladimir Putin passed anti-gay legislation, the free world has responded with outrage. Organizations such as Pride House International have demanded boycotting the […]
Year: 2013
Residential Schools: Time is running out for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Last week, people in several cities around the country held peaceful demonstrations demanding that the government disclose everything that it knows about the crimes of […]
Feudal entertainment is fine but should not be law
I have no problem with media covering and even celebrating the new royal baby. Why shouldn’t people cheer for a young couple making a family. […]
Meet Your Candidates – Sujata Dey
Welcome to a series of profiles on candidates running in the 2013 Montreal municipal election. We begin with Sujata Dey, Projet Montreal‘s candidate in Darlington. […]
Black people aren’t allowed to stand their ground
Since the stand your ground law was introduced in 2005 by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the NRA, one thing has become abundantly clear
Was the Lac Mégantic disaster an accident or a crime?
The tragedy of Lac Mégantic is now moving into its legal phase, as tragedies in our society invariably seem to do. The death toll stands […]
Malala Day: What it will take to make the 16 year old activist’s hopes a reality
In New York, the United Nations declared July 12 Malala Day in commemoration of Malala Yousafzai, the young teenage activist from Pakistan who turns 16 […]
Instant Democracy via military coup in Egypt
Can a military coup ever be a good thing? Well, until Wednesday, I didn’t think so. Now, I think that there is one and only […]
Consider our water system
Everyone’s favourite evil multi-national corporation, British Petroleum (BP) has been given the green-light to dump large quantities of mercury directly into Lake Michigan, about 20 times over federal limits for the Great Lakes
Harper’s never-ending action plan
Canada’s Economic Action Plan ads, our government’s propaganda campaign to convince us that everything is A-OK continues to drive everyone in the country crazy and cost a fortune