So, here we go again. Thirteen years after the tragedy at the World Trade Center on September 11, and eleven years after the beginning of the Second Gulf War, a […]
Category: Politics
Scotland and beyond: Self-determination and implications
On September 18, the Scottish nation went to polling stations all around their country to decide whether they would become an independent country or not. […]
Harper’s Family Values: Silence, violence and social conservatism
This past week sounded the end of the political summer recess, but this week was not only the end of the summer vacations and the […]
Stephen Harper to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize: Unfortunately, not a joke
No, it’s not April 1st, no FTB has not turned into the Onion and yes, you did read the headline correctly. Stephen Harper is to […]
The Sun News Doctrine: Conservative foreign policy in the 21st century
During past few weeks since the start of the Israeli operation of and collective punishment against the people of Gaza, which was supposedly triggered by […]
Profit over people: Federal government approves pipeline
On June 17, after years of resistance from environmental groups, citizens, and opposition parties, the Conservative government signed and approved the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline. […]
Ontario: Austerity is dead. Long-live austerity?
As the results trickled in last Thursday night throughout Ontario one thing was obvious, Kathleen Wynne had succeeded where many had failed before – she […]
Bill C-33: Assimilation in the 21st Century
On June 11 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons and offered apologies on behalf of the Canadian government for the […]
Is a Justin Trudeau pro choice statement enough?
Media attention to abortion in Canada ebbs and flows, and has recently been in the spotlight yet again since the impending closure of the Morgentaler […]
Another Europe is possible: European Union is not a social union
“The European Union isn’t a social union” said Angela Merkel German chancellor in a lyrical musing this past week. The truth of the matter is […]