By Alison@Creekside Uncanny resemblance, isn’t it? Your “values” aren’t looking too good at the moment, Mr Blaney. Having rushed the 62-page omnibus anti-terrorism bill C-51 through Parliament, the Cons are now demanding it be rushed through committee as well. They wanted to restrict expert testimony to three Public Safety Committee meetings — with one of them taken […]
Unintelligence sources
By Frank Moher The Prime Minister, in his role as Chief Scarifier, performed as expected on Thursday, once again using an atrocity for political gain, and to serve his government’s agenda to reduce Canadians’ civil liberties. No surprise there. What was surprising — or, if not surprising, then wall-to-wall evident in the 24 hour news […]
Canadians & torture: We like to watch
By Alison@Creekside Canada’s collateral fallout from the Senate Intelligence Committee summary on the torture of prisoners at CIA “black site” prisons around the world: A spokesman for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney’s office said Wednesday that Canada does not engage in, or condone, torture by national security agencies but … Canada will act on ‘a tip […]
Microsoft: Team player
By Alison@Creekside Feel free to drop by this Microsoft ad and give it a thumbs down. “At Microsoft, your privacy is our priority.” Indeed. About that … Guardian: How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages • Secret files show scale of Silicon Valley co-operation on Prism • Outlook.com encryption including Hotmail unlocked even before official launch • Skype worked […]
Curiously convenient: Canada’s me-too bomb plot decoded
Last week, U.S. talk show host Jack Blood offered a dissection of a recent New York Times article about the arrest of two Canadian residents charged with plotting to attack a VIA Rail train. While we haven’t been able to source everything he has to say (we’ve done our best), Mr. Blood is smarter and […]
To my alleged progressive friends: What are you cheering for?
By Frank Moher Since Tuesday evening, alleged progressives in both the U.S. and Canada have been celebrating the re-election of an American president who, in his first term: – Signed the National Defense Authorization Act, the most damaging piece of legislation to US civil liberties since Roosevelt interned Asian-Americans. (During the campaign, a very confused […]
