Friends of Landsdowne Park appeal P3 approval
In a month or so, the Ontario Court of Appeal will hear a case that will set important legal standards for P3s in Canada, and determine whether municipalities can hide behind the complexities of such...
View ArticleCanadian Wheat Board applications a success! Judge rules against the...
On Dec. 7, 2011, Justice Campbell of the Federal Court issued a declaration that the Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz, acted in breach of his statutory obligation to hold a plebiscite of farmers...
View ArticleIf you didn't like that #robocall, here's something you might do about it
Evidence has recently come to light that among other dirty tricks to suppress the NDP and Liberal vote, fraudulent robocalls where made to voters in several ridings by a firm linked to the Conservative...
View ArticleThe Revenge of the State -- Los Afectados vs. Chevron
One of the greatest challenges facing developing nations (and the rest of us) arises from the difficulty of regulating foreign investment in light of the rights investors enjoy under international...
View ArticleI disagree with something Stephen Harper said about the Saskatchewan robocalls
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.Well, okay, I disagree with lots of things Stephen Harper says, but the latest is his opinion that robocalls recently made in Saskatchewan on behalf of...
View ArticleSaskatchewan robocalls: The Prime Minister is the pot
In my last post, I noted that the Conservative Party admitted it was behind recent misleading robocalls in Saskatchewan only after being confronted by forensic evidence linking it to the calls.When...
View ArticleCETA: It's the new Constitution, stupid
Current media coverage of the negotiations to establish a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ("CETA") with the European Union ("EU") has focused on whether it makes sense for Canada to adopt...
View ArticleCanadian politics and the 's' word
The latest score: Neoliberalism = 824 Democratic socialism = 7Okay, I made that up. Democratic socialism hasn't scored that many points in a long time, at least not on the federal Canadian political...
View ArticleRip and ship (hewers of wood, drawers of water 2.0)
Canada has an industrial/manufacturing economy because for more than a century governments of every political stripe insisted that natural resources be processed in Canada before being exported. Thus,...
View ArticleDon't blame corporations, blame free trade
Listening to Michael Enright's show Sunday Morning this a.m., I heard him examine the steady decline of the Canadian jobs market. A key focus is on the failures of corporate Canada -- really?Canadian...
View ArticleGetting private health care wrong
Listening to Jeffrey Simpson hold forth on medicare this a.m. on Michael Enright's Sunday Edition on CBC, I was struck by how disengenuous his prescriptions are for privatizing health care service...
View ArticleElection fraud - it's time for accountability
Author update: I Do Not Accuse the Conservative Party of Canada of Voter Fraudread more
View ArticleA tale of two Trudeaus
The Father: Towards the end of his long tenure as Canada’s Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau brought forward two initiatives that, in many ways, defined Liberal politics of that era. The first was...
View ArticleThis way to the gangplank: Fracking leading the way to ecological disaster
Okay, I lied when I said not to worry about the the flood of fracked gas from the U.S. into Ontario. Of course, everyone should be worried about the impacts of increasing energy consumption on a planet...
View ArticleVoter suppression is cheap and easy -- and the 'Fair' Elections Act will keep...
Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act, is being touted as providing more transparency with respect to the use of "voter contact calling services" (see Division 1.1 of Bill C-23). In fact, the new rules...
View ArticleDear Stephen Harper: this is how you actually stop voter fraud
Everyone's vote is welcome here. You can change the political conversation. Chip in to rabble's donation drive today!The Canada Elections Act provides two remedies for voter fraud. The first allows for...
View ArticleUkraine crisis and Saudi arms deal cast new light on Harper's Israel trip
I started writing this blog post soon after Prime Minster Harper's recent trip to Israel, but got distracted. I am now picking up the thread because of recent events, including Harper’s appalling...
View ArticleDancing with Mr. Côté over the Fair Elections Act
On April 24, 2014 the Commissioner of Canada Elections, Yves Côté released a long-awaited report of his investigation into voter fraud during the 41st General Election in May 2011. I reviewed his...
View ArticleFarmers don't own Wheat Board they built, grew and loved says top court
With some help from my friends (lawyers Anders Bruun and Ben Piper) I argued a case before the Federal Court of Appeal yesterday. The Court ruled from the bench; the result was mixed but more of a...
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Canadian politics and the ‘s’ word
The latest score: Neoliberalism = 824 Democratic socialism = 7 Okay, I made that up. Democratic socialism hasn’t scored that many points in a long time, at least not on the federal Canadian political...
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