Appallingly clever…

Oct 24, 2017 iPolitics – Marty Patriquin The niqab law is appalling. It's also clever, amoral politics. Bill C-62 in Quebec denies public service on the basis of a covered face requesting the service.  It has given voice to repeated assertions of … [Read more...]

Reversals beginning…

    Nov. 17, 2015 National Newswatch – Canadian Press Liberals drop controversial Supreme Court of Canada niqab appeal The most recognized wedge issue in the last federal election has sounded its death knell from the legal precincts.  The Liberal … [Read more...]

A little history…

Oct 8, 2015 (Ed note: Inspector Jim Potts is a retired RCMP and OPP commissioned officer, the first Aboriginal promoted to officer rank in the history of the RCMP.  He continues to advise on Aboriginal justice matters. His memory of the struggle … [Read more...]

Tax partners…

    Oct 6, 2015 CBC News – Harvey Cashore Harper government partnered with industry group fighting CRA over KPMG case Off shore on the Isle of Man, money belonging to the richest with the best accountants and lawyers is at issue.  But so is the … [Read more...]

$8.7 billion…

    Sept 16, 2015 Ottawa Citizen – Lee Berthiaume Federal departments left $8.7 billion unspent last year Following the disclosure that the Citizenship and Immigration department had return significant unspent budget amounts to the treasury, … [Read more...]

Parting shots…

     June 22, 2015 Globe and Mail – Marcus Gee With a stirring show of unity and faith, Charleston leaves the world in awe What response to the 21 year old Dylan Roof who shot six women and three men at a prayer service in Charleston, South … [Read more...]

Conscience…

     June 19, 2015  MacLean’s – Aaron Wherry The House votes for (some vague notion of) freedom! As the house nears the end of its session, this motion #590 may cause us to wonder a little about the power of language to affirm or to cloud an … [Read more...]

Pounding the pulpit…

    Mar 27, 2015  Toronto Star – Editorial (March 27, 2015) Flaying the Anti-Terrorism Act:  Public support for the Anti-Terrorism Act has plunged dramatically as Canadians learn of the details. Pardon the expressions but the Toronto Star is … [Read more...]

Islamophobia on the rise…

    Mar 26, 2015  Toronto Star – Allan Woods Islam needs to reform or leave, says Canadian leader of PEGIDA movement  PEGIDA (the name is a German acronym for Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West) has arrived in Canada, … [Read more...]

Niqab and hijab…

    Mar 11, 2015  National Newswatch:  Joan Bryden Harper calls Muslim face-covering veil ‘anti-women,’ unacceptable The rhetoric around the niqab and the hijab has been notched a little higher with an exchange between Stephen Harper and Justin … [Read more...]