Archive for June, 2004
Finally, a way to make elections interesting
If you enjoy a good horse race, maybe you’d like to put a few dollars down on the Canadian federal election. For the first time ever, the Internet gambling site www.BetWWTS.com is taking wagers on who will win the day on June 28 and by how much.
About halfway into the election campaign, the website–which […]
Making a mockery of the Firearms Act
Opponents of the federal long gun registry are getting a little frustrated. For a year and a half, they have been trying their best to get themselves charged under the Firearms Act so they can challenge the law in court, using the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But no matter how they try, they just […]
Ottawa muzzles real changes to the gun registry
McLellan does some election window-dressing, and Ottawa quietly passes an order allowing American law enforcement agents to carry guns in Canada
It’s official: the federal government has decided that the gun registry–with its costs spiraling ever-upward–needs to change. On May 20, the Thursday before the general election officially began, Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and Treasury […]
Industry Canada’s dirty little secret
Government websites get naughty
If you’re hosting a website that deals with sexual “issues,” you’d better keep an eye on it. Otherwise, you might inadvertently direct visitors to the darker corners of cyberspace. So the Government of Canada recently discovered.
Until mid-May, Industry Canada had been hosting in its Digital Collections, a website for “Gay Lesbian Bisexual […]
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