Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
While the Harper Conservatives have avoided any major sponsorship-type scandal since taking power five years ago, they often have sailed very close to the wind.
A parade of ministers — from Bev Oda to Tony Clement to Peter MacKay — have been caught skimping significantly on the truth when called on to explain altered documents, fudged [...]
The Case of Vic Toews
On February 14th, while advocating for Bill C-30 Vic Toews claimed that Canadians
can either stand with us or with the child pornographers [source]
A day later, Toews denies having stated it.
Same day… different interview…
Evan Solomon: That’s pretty explosive language, minister, do you think
anyone who disagrees with this legislation is standing with child
pornographers?
Vic Toews: You know, I [...]
Kill 24 innocent civilians: demotion. Minor traffic violation: 6 month jail time.
Yes, laws are different from city to city, province to province, and of course, from one country to another. However, we know there is an underlying philosophy that justifies the legal system of any given society. Could we assume that humanity is the ultimate goal of any legal system?
As average individuals who do not have [...]
Democratic Deficit Part I: Politically sophisticated citizenry
Democracy: Politically sophisticated citizenry
If democracy is a system that first and foremost requires an informed citizenry, we could argue that in order to become informed, citizens require access to reliable information from as many sources as required.
It is of fundamental importance that democracy does not merely translate to the exercise of casting a ballot. Arriving [...]
Canada in Fear: Canadian Government’s war on solidarity and peace
Originally posted here
Watch the news lately? If you see what our government has been preoccupied with, you would think that we have just become victims of some kind of terror attacks.
The political discourse has quickly adopted a rhetoric of fear that now also applies to environmentalists and concerned Canadians who are struggling to be heard [...]
Ironic Discussion?
This is a personal reaction not to the story below, but rather to the very necessity for it.
Look at the technology around us; and I mean, you, the average person with a computer, internet, a smart phone…
There is so much technology available, those in authority are now capable of spying on its people; we have [...]
