Politics and its Discontents

Recently I wrote a post about the very stringent and restrictive conditions imposed upon those who would attend gatherings featuring Ste...

The gulf between the open and reasonable persona Stephen Harper tried to convey during last week's debate and the Nixonian truth about...

The Harper regime is notorious for its virtual embargo on information. Muzzling of scientists, heavily-redacted Freedom of Information doc...

H/t Kat McNamara The Harper-led assault on our rights as Canadians continues, this time under the guise of Bill C-51, the new Anti-Terror...

Knowledge is power, and withholding knowledge is crippling. So states scientist Sarah Otto, in an op-ed piece in today's Star . Sad...

Star readers have much to say: Harper downplays concerns about trade deal, Sept. 27 It’s a dangerous world but Big Oil, multinational...

While "Let them swallow tainted pharmaceuticals " seems to be the motto of both Health Minister Rona Ambrose and Health Canada, ...

The Toronto Star has recently been conducting some fine i nvestigative work on tainted pharmaceuticals and the fact that Health Canada ha...

As we embark upon a year-long election campaign, we will increasingly be exposed to propaganda from all parties vying for our vote. But the ...

Health Minister Rona Ambrose really has no reason to smile. Last week , based on a Star Investigation, I outlined the shocking incompetenc...

This morning, in my print edition of The Toronto Star, I saw the following headline: Canadian scientists to be placed in isolation . Whil...

Despite the best efforts of the ever-secretive Harper cabal, details about the CETA deal are finally emerging thanks to leaked portions o...

Last evening I wrote a brief post on how the Harper regime is exploiting the tragedy in Gaza for political gain. Anon responded with th...

This morning's Star reports the fact that Canada's sesquicentennial in 2017 is eliciting something less than enthusiasm from the ...

One of the reasons I subscribe to The Toronto Star is the quality of its columnists. Tim Harper, Martin Regg Cohn, Thomas Walkom, Heather ...

The other day I posted a report on Peter Mansbridge speaking out against cuts to the CBC and the unprecedented secrecy that pervades pub...

It may be both. The Harper regime's penchant for withholding information from the public that should be accessible is well-known and wel...

The Toronto Star recently revealed the following: Health Canada is keeping secret the vast majority of the drug reviews it conducts de...

Yesterday, fellow-blogger LeDaro posted a video from last May when Harper invited reporters to a caucus meeting to hear his speech, then ...

Given the Prime Minister's penchant for control, I suppose this story should come as no surprise, but does rather conspicuously give ...