Category Archives: Civil Liberties
TPP: Chapter By Chapter Analysis
After years of secret negotiations, the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership was finally released last night. Civil society is going through the text with a fine-toothed comb to uncover provisions that threaten the rights, freedoms and the well-being of
Canada will be forced to accept unlimited number of TFWs under TPP
Canada will be forced to grant work permits to an unlimited number of temporary foreign workers who are nationals of the other member countries under the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to the final text of the deal released
‘Arrogant’ sponsor accused of kicking teen out of soccer team facing consumer backlash
A multinational aquaculture corporation is facing a consumer backlash after being accused of forcing a soccer club it sponsors in northern Vancouver Island to kick a 14-year-old girl off the team and telling her to find different sport after she
Support for Bill C-51 hits all time low
The support for outgoing Conservative government’s controversial anti-terror legislation has fallen to an all time low, a new poll suggests. Only 16 per cent of Canadians want the incoming Liberal government to keep Bill C-51 as it is, while 26
Harper feeling the wrath of Streisand Effect as efforts to silence artist make ‘Harperman’ song go viral
Efforts by the Harper government to silence a protest song about ousting Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has caused the song to go viral, according to Youtube viewer statistics. Between the June 22, 2015, when the video of the song was
RCMP planning mass arrest of indigenous activists under Bill C-51, supporters warn
The RCMP are preparing to carry out a mass arrest operation against the indigenous Unist’ot’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in northwestern BC under Harper government’s Bill C-51 labelling as terrorists First Nations activists exercising their Aboriginal Title and Rights
Albertan fined $543 for ‘FUCK HARPER’ sign, plans Charter challenge
An Edmonton man is planning a charter challenge after police fined him $543 fine for displaying a “FUCK HARPER” sign on the back of his car. “Yesterday, a Ponoka RCMP officer pulled me over and tried to extort me into
Constitutionality of bills C-51 and C-24: Dept of Justice won’t release study until after election
Department of Justice has decided to not release any information related to the its examination of the controversial Conservative bills C-51 and C-24 claiming that meeting the legal deadline would “interfere” with the Department’s operations. DOJ Act 1985 4.1 requires
In Your Face: Rules, Conventions and Cultural Sensitivity in the Niqab Debate
By H. Grant Timms I try, up the level of my admittedly low tolerance, to keep an eye on the comments sections of some of the news and political sites on the Internet. Recently, the case of Mrs. Zinera Ishaq
Tory MP compares Stephen Harper passing Bill C-51 to work of Jesus spawning #CPCJesus
By Mary Simpson “Our Leader, who art in Ottawa, Harper be thy name.” Twitter is on a roll with #CPCJesus hashtag after Conservative MP for Vancouver South Wai Young told the congregation at Harvest City Church that the Harper government was