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Caught in the web
Internet video could have a big impact on the next federal election
First it was innovators like Matt Drudge shaking up the political scene by using the Internet to break stories the mainstream media wouldn’t report–including Drudge’s scoop about Monica Lewinsky. Then it was bloggers, citizen journalists and commentators challenging the established order with raw and […]
Stephane Dion’s turnaround on terror
The Liberals stand accused of putting ethno-politics ahead of public safety
Everyone assumed it was a done deal. With two components of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) about to expire, Stephen Harper’s minority government thought they had the support of the Opposition Liberals to renew the legislation. Then, about two weeks before the vote, Liberal Leader Stéphane […]
China syndrome
The Conservatives are weeding out troublemakers in Foreign Affairs. Hope it’s not too late for Huseyin Celil
Chris MacLeod is pleased–not ecstatic, but things are looking just a little better. The Hamilton-based lawyer’s client, Huseyin Celil, still sits somewhere in a Chinese jail. No one is sure where Celil is being kept or even what he’s […]
Question Period: Jack Granatstein
Born May 21, 1939 in Toronto. BA from Royal Military College of Canada. MA, University of Toronto. Ph.D. from Duke University. Retired professor of history. Former director, Canadian War Museum. Author of over 60 books. Recently published Whose War Is It?: How Canada Can Survive in the Post-9/11 World
Kevin Steel: In your new book, you […]
What really happened to Maher Arar?
Maher Arar received the largest government settlement in Canadian history. Even after an inquiry, the public should ask, why?
Torture is the heart of darkness at the centre of the Maher Arar story. Back in 2002, when the U.S. deported Arar as a suspected terrorist to Syria, a country with an appalling human rights record, everyone […]
Tolerating intolerance
Canada’s federal broadcasting watchdog proves strangely accepting of state oppression
As if they were taking lessons from the Maoists, when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission decreed that Rogers Cable can market nine Chinese state TV channels, they announced it on the last working day before Christmas. That pretty much guaranteed the decision was ignored, as […]
Europe a.k.a “civil war”
There are so many areas in France where the government has lost control, it could be argued that its national sovereignty is compromised. The last tally was 751 of the euphemistically named Zones Urbaines Sensibles (ZUS) or Sensitive Urban Zones, making a map of France look like Swiss cheese. Since 2002, they’ve officially stopped counting. […]
Conservative enough?
After angering core supporters by taxing income trusts, the Tories must now prove themselves investor-friendly
If there’s something Paul Pagnuelo does not want in this spring’s federal budget, it’s more government programs. “The only program I want is the one that lets me spend my money the way I deem to be the best,” says the […]
Citizen Dion
It matters that he joined France
Here we go with the déjà vu again. Shortly after Stéphane Dion won the federal Liberal leadership, Dec. 2, he faced a controversy over his French citizenship. Would he give it up? Canada went through an almost identical controversy just over a year ago, when Quebec journalist Michaelle Jean was […]
Can you be compelled by law to walk a picket line?
No. “I know of no law in any of the labour jurisdictions in Canada that forces people to walk a picket line,” says John Mortimer, president of the Canadian Labour Watch Association. “There’s no statute, but there are a lot of tools in [a union’s] arsenal.”
For instance, according to Mortimer, they apply peer pressure, in […]
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