Category Archives: Front Page
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
Conservatives bullied teenage Ala calling her “raghead slut”, candidate’s sister says
Conservatives bullied Ala Buzreba on social media when she was just 16 years old calling her “raghead slut” who should “go back to where she came from”, which prompted the Liberal candidate for Calgary Nose Hill to post the offensive
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
Harper government’s economic record worst in Canada’s post-war history, new report shows
By Mary Simpson As Canada slips into a recession with real gross domestic product falling in May for the fifth consecutive month, a new review of the economic record of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government paints a damning portrait of nearly
Election 102: Voter Due Diligence
Stephen Garvey, Leader of Democratic Advancement Party of Canada (DAPC) The Canadian electorate has a vital role in our democracy in ensuring that Canadians who best represent their constituencies and country get elected. A case can be made that the
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
Employer found guilty of sexually abusing TFWs not blacklisted by Ottawa
The federal government has failed to blacklist an Ontario business fined $200,000 by the province’s Human Rights Tribunal for subjecting female temporary foreign workers to sex abuse and violence under the threat of deportation and whose owner pleaded guilty for
Poilievre slammed for yet another “misleading” tweet promising Canadians “$1,000 in a single day”
By Mary Simpson Jobs minister Pierre Poilievre is facing a chorus of derision for promising Canadian families “$1,000 in a single day” under the Harper Government’s Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB), coming in the heels of the Tory minister’s misleading
