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The Harper government's controversial anti-terrorism bill violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Canada has ratified, according to legal analysis by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is deceiving the public about being tough on crime, according to the union representing Canadian correctional officers who claim that the Conservative government’s budget cuts to inmate training programs are making penitentiaries more violent for the…
By Professor Mohini Mohan Sain , Dean and Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto Canada's forest is one of its largest resources. We have about 10% of the world's forests and we actually have 27% of the boreal forest.…
By Djaouida Sellah NDP MP for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC We have before us a budget implementation bill that is over 160 pages long, contains over 270 provisions and amends dozens of laws. I find it appalling that the government has introduced…
A federal NDP government would restore Canada Post home mail delivery to those whose service has been cut by the Conservative government, a New Democrat MP told parliament yesterday. “People I talk to are really upset because they know how…
By Concerned Ontarian We found out yesterday that De Beers paid only $226 in royalties to the Ontario government for the company's diamond mining operation in the province, thanks to an investigation by CBC’s Rita Celli. The reason that Celli…
The Pirate Party of Canada is hoping to attract the youth vote with a platform that calls for guaranteed minimum income (or mincome as it is commonly known) and decriminalized filesharing. “There is a misconception that [the youth] don't care…
By Canadians for a Coalition NDP-Green Party Government Many Canadians from all over the country are increasingly voicing frustration with federal politics. On social media, in particular, this frustration has generated debate and given voice to increasing dissatisfaction with the…
Social media is abuzz with images of Liberal supporters symbolically cutting up their party membership cards after their leader Justin Trudeau voted in favour of Bill C-51 at the anti-terrorism legislation’s third reading in the House of Commons. Disillusioned supporters…
A group of Alberta Paramedics are blaming Premier Jim Prentice’s Progressive Conservatives for the “complete system breakdown” that brought Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Edmonton Zone to a grinding halt yesterday, and are urging Albetans to vote at today’s election.…