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Expect Canadian Troops to Stay in Afghanistan After 2011
The National Post appears to have begun supporting Canada’s military presence in Afghanistan beyond the end 2011. Don’t expect us to leave. At all. Do you remember when we were absolutely, positively...
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The Anti-Thanksgiving: Criminalizing Dissent in Canada
This is no day for thanks. It is neither glorious, nor free. Canadian governments have criminalized dissent to the point where we have become a shell of a sensible democracy. And we, like the frogs [or...
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As can be “justified” in a “free” and “democratic” society?
The G20 protests, bail, and rights restrictions: a ‘free’ and ‘democratic’ society? According to internet reports, after having been threatened with solitary confinement in the Toronto East Detention...
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An Alex Hundert Primer, While the G20 Inquiry Begins Today
Community organizer Alex Hundert was arrested this morning at his surety’s home. via Activist Alex Hundert Re-arrested | Toronto Media Co-op. That was yesterday. Ok, this is just becoming silly, if it...
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I’m voting for the least offensive candidate to try and avoid the most...
All right everyone, we’ve got an election. Let’s get our democracy on? Maybe, just maybe, I’ll roll out of bed on May 2 (though I’ll likely sleep in), trudge over to the local school or church...
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Charging $1,200 to democratically assemble, Vision Vancouver looks to China...
Vancouver - a free speech zone? Not unless you cough up the cash. I wish that this was a satirical piece. In sort of a break from the ever-so-boring federal election coverage that we’ve been bringing...
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La lutte continue: Vancouver pulls pay-for-democracy bylaw, but a new one’s...
(For context, see the earlier article that discusses Vision Vancouver’s proposed plan to charge $1,200 for protests that involve ‘structures’ – such as tables or signs) Earlier today, the Vancouver...
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