Tag Archives: canadian politics

Gurney: Vic Toews should step down (1)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jack

It is no exaggeration to say that email, the Internet and social media have transformed how Canadians conduct their personal and professional business. Nor can it be denied that some use the Internet and social media to commit crimes such … Continue reading →

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Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sands (5)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jack

Canada has threatened a trade war with European Union over the bloc’s plan to label oil from Alberta’s vast tar sands as highly polluting, the Guardian can reveal, before a key vote in Brussels on 23 February. “Canada will not hesitate to defend its interests, … Continue reading →

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Coyne: Same old bill, new hysteria

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jack

When the Liberal government of Paul Martin introduced the Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act in November of 2005, it received comparatively little attention. As the columnist Thomas Walkom described it in the Toronto Star, the bill would require Internet and telephone … Continue reading →

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Den Tandt: Politicians will duke it out in the ring for cancer foundation

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Jack

Urbane, pedigreed, to-the-manor-born, reed-thin Justin Trudeau, a down-and-dirty scrapper? A fighter, with the moxy to go toe-to-toe with an adversary, with all the world watching and nothing to rely on but his own grit, heart, lungs, wits and fists? Nonsense. … Continue reading →

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Analysis: Mentally ill may be at risk of jail under new crime bill

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Jack

Two days before Christmas 2000, as a Greyhound bus made its way through heavy snow from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay, Ont., Shaun Davis, a 21-year-old man from Pictou, N.S., told the driver the other passengers were threatening him with a … Continue reading →

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Veniez: Zealous partisanship is crippling parliament

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Jack

What does this week’s furore surrounding Justin Trudeau mean for the prospect of civilized and informed political discourse? Mr. Trudeau was manifesting a deep and visceral abhorrence for the Harper Conservatives. He is not alone. Mr. Harper’s worldview is anchored … Continue reading →

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Wells: Chairman Harper

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Jack

Foreign ships have been putting into the Cuntan port in Chongqing, on the Yangtze River 1,700 km west of Shanghai, since 1891. But these days the whole region has a new vocation. All of a sudden Chongqing has become a … Continue reading →

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Vikileaks Twitter campaign against Vic Toews shuts down (1)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Jack

The vikileaks30 twitter account shut itself down on Friday night after accusations started flying about who was behind the account that exposed purported personal details surrounding the divorce of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. “I set up this project to … Continue reading →

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Goldstein: Snooping bill flawed, but left’s hysteria over Internet law is hypocrisy (3)

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Jack

There are good reasons to oppose Stephen Harper’s proposed Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act — which is about a lot more than pursuing just child pornographers. But before we consider them — and why so-called “liberals” and “progressives” are … Continue reading →

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