Sept 6, 2015 Huffington Post / Human Rights Watch - Kenneth Roth The Refugee Crisis That Isn’t The current furor around the refugee crisis in Europe is misplaced says Human Rights Watch. In fact, there is a political crisis around refugee … [Read more...]
New voices, new views…
July 13, 2015 by
July 13, 2015 Hill Times-on-line – Laura Ryckewaert and Mark Burgess New voices, new approaches expected in 2015 campaign coverage There are some new media outlets especially on line but even the usual ones are questioning the value of … [Read more...]
Global mobility…
May 17, 2015 by
May 17, 2015 Globe and Mail - François Crépeau and Idil Atak Mobility will stop the migrant tragedies, not the military The authors are experts in questions around international migration, both professors at McGill and working with the UN … [Read more...]
Watchdogs…
May 3, 2015 by
May 3, 2015 National Newswatch – Jim Bronskill Retired judge and former national security adviser named to spy watchdog As Deborah Grey leaves the chair, the Prime Minister’s Office has announced the appointment of Pierre Blais, a former … [Read more...]
Pot stores…
April 23, 2015 by
April 23, 2015 Globe and Mail – Frances Bula Vancouver to become first city to regulate medical pot dispensaries Whatever else, medical marijuana is expected to be profitable. The city of Vancouver will be the first to regulate the … [Read more...]
Update due…
April 10, 2015 by
April 10, 2015 APTN News - Jorge Barrera RCMP to release ‘update’ report on murdered, missing Indigenous women file in May The RCMP plan to update their last report on the murdered and missing women. They say that 46% of the victims fall … [Read more...]
Suicide epidemic…
April 7, 2015 by
April 7, 2015 Toronto Star – Sandro Contenta Nunavut’s youth suicide epidemic — ‘Who is next? How do we stop this?’ There were 45 suicides in Nunavut in 2013. The number dropped in 2014 to 27. Few drew comfort that the number was … [Read more...]
Disconnected…
March 31, 2015 by
Mar 31, 2015 CBC News – Kady O’Malley Bill C-51 amendments seem unconnected to committee process - Not one Conservative MP publicly voiced concerns during last week's marathon hearings The changes to C-51 from the clause-by-clause review in … [Read more...]
Truth matters!
March 17, 2015 by
Mar 17, 2015 National Newswatch – Don Lenihan Do truth and values (still) matter in politics? Lenihan draws attention to the imitation of American Republican style politics where perception is king and truth or evidence does not matter: what … [Read more...]
Oil and terrorism…
February 17, 2015 by
Feb 17, 2015 Globe and Mail – Shawn McCarthy ‘Anti-petroleum’ movement a growing security threat to Canada, RCMP say This article has an element of those “I told you so” moments. The report, dated Jan 24, 2014, was acquired by Greenpeace … [Read more...]