Breathe life into carbon tax
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 With this election, environmental politics have grown from infancy, when they weremostly ignored by political caretakers (think Kyoto under Paul Martin), into asomewhat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yonge + Dundas = Nothing squared
Monday, November 17, 2008 Yonge-Dundas Square (YDS) is smack in the centre of Canada’s largest city, at the intersection of two of the world’s longest streets. And there is nothing there. Last...
View ArticleReconsidering the coalition
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 In a time of crisis, Ignatieff may be able to hide his big-business allegiances beneath a Keynesian façade. But the chance still exists for the NDP to announce a break with...
View ArticleHuman rights discourse fails Palestinian quest for justice
Monday, February 2, 2009 The new imperialism involves a specifically racialized application of human rights principles to specific populations. During the war on Gaza, two positions seemed to...
View ArticleNeo-liberalism's legacy: A gaping hole in our safety net
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 There’s a hole in Canada’s social safety net and the evidence is all around us: from the homeless on our streets to the growing number of our fellow citizens who rely on food...
View ArticleChretien hired as senior adviser to Burmese mine stakeholder
Monday, July 20, 2009 Former prime minister Jean Chretien has been hired on as a "senior international adviser" to Ivanhoe Mines, a company that helps the Burmese military regime operate the country's...
View ArticleForget the TV titans
Monday, November 9, 2009 If you needed proof of the enduring power of television in Canada, look no further than the tens of thousands of comments submitted to the CRTC over the last month. If you...
View ArticleThe World Social Forum: Taking stock and moving forward
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 There have been many critiques of the World Social Forum, from the right but often from the left. All in all, these critiques are often valid but miss the point. In 2001,...
View ArticleConfusing politics and prejudice in the fight against anti-semitism
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Is the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA) playing a dangerous game by trying to expose "new anti-semitism"? Is the Canadian Parliamentary...
View ArticlePolicy and prejudice: De-funding Canadian aid projects
Monday, January 18, 2010 Canada's recent de-funding of advocacy organization, KAIROS, is just the latest in the Canadian government's vigilant efforts to disempower groups critical of Israel. Late last...
View ArticleCommunity TV blamed for cable cash crunch
Friday, January 29, 2010 Well-known Canadians like Guy Maddin, Dan Aykroyd and Mike Meyers all got their starts on community TV. Now cable companies blame Canada's community channels for their $100...
View ArticleCongrats, Glorious Leader, on your monumental decision
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Stephen Harper puts the word 'stir' in prime minister: He wants to build a nice statue for the victims of communism. And why not? It's not like we have more important things...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A coffee table display for the rich: The Globe and Mail
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Clearly this new hybrid Globe is mostly about marketing. The content is massaged to appeal to an upscale demographic that has the bucks to buy the posh products featured in...
View ArticleCo-founder Omar Barghouti makes the case for the global BDS campaign
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 On a recent Canadian speaking tour, human rights activist Omar Barghouti said he is among the most optimistic in the global BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement...
View ArticleImagine that, Yoko Ono nails Stephen Harper on copyright infringement
Thursday, April 7, 2011 John Lennon's widow bans the Conservative Party campaign from posting a YouTube video shot with the PM and 10-year-old Winnipeg singer Maria Aragon singing iconic Imagine with...
View Article
