Mohamed Harkat’s hearing last week at the Supreme Court of Canada wasn’t just held behind closed doors, but was, for the first time in the […]
Author: David DesBaillets
Just who are the pirates? Canadian Greenpeace activists stuck in a Russian jail, Harper does nothing
This past Saturday, Greenpeace Canada held vigils in Toronto and Montreal in order to draw attention to the fact that two Canadians, Alexandre Paul and […]
Calgary Freeman on the land case suggests growth in right wing lunatic fringe groups in Canada
The case of the Calgary Freeman on the land Andreas Pirelli, who declared his rented property a sovereign embassy, is both hilarious and sad. Funny […]
Marois Ignorant Of The French Secularist Model
Off all the asinine comments made by Mme Marois in defense of her fatally flawed ‘Québec charte des valeurs’ (daycare workers wearing hijabs are threatening […]
President Obama needs to be reminded of the constitutional limits to his powers
Reading about President Obama’s war-mongering campaign with regards to his proposed military strikes against the Syrian government, I was shocked to see his administration make […]
Afghanistan’s progress in women’s rights in jeopardy
Remember Canada’s mission in Afghanistan? It wasn’t long ago that Canada mothballed its forward operating base (complete with Tim Horton’s) outside the Taliban stronghold of […]
Assad guilty of war crimes regardless of the use of chemical weapons
The hunt for evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria is a red herring and shouldn’t be the focus of the international community’s […]
Mark Marek case will test the limits of freedom of expression in Canada
By now you’ve probably heard about the case of Mark Marek. He’s the Canadian guru of gore whose website Bestgore.com peddles snuff films and all manner […]
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 […]
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 […]