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Stealing the Cons’ best ideas

02/22/2016 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside “They’re stealing all our best shit,” wailed CPC MP Remplestiltskin from her parliamentary selfie twitter account, rattling off all the HarperGov ideas embraced by the Liberals since they formed a majority government in October: Saudi arms deal – check TPP signed – check Return of the F35 bid – check Keystone XL pipeline […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Boycott Divestment Sanction movement, C-51, Canada, Conservatives, CSIS, Energy East Pipeline, F35, Harjit Sajjan, ISDS, Israel, Justin Trudeau, Keystone Pipeline, Liberals, Michelle Rempel, mining, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Saudi arms deal, torture, Trans Pacific Partnership

They hate us for our Charter

03/01/2015 by the editor

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 […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abdullah Almalki, BIll C-51, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Charter of Rights, CIA, Conservatives, CSIS, Dept of Justice and Public Safety, Jean Chretien, Joe Clark, John Turner, Maher Arar, New Democrats, Paul Martin, Public Safety Committee, RCMP, Security Intelligence Review Committee, Solicitor General of Canada, Stephen Harper, Steven Blaney, Supreme Court of Canada, Syria, terrorism, Thomas Mulcair

Terror from within

02/21/2015 by the editor

Alison@Creekside The Conservative Party of Canada faces a “high probability” of a jihadist attack from homegrown terrorists, Defence Minister Jason Kenney warned Thursday as he defended toughened security laws and hinted that Ottawa will extend its military mission in Iraq into the inevitable quagmire of jihadist reprisals. “The threat of terrorism has never been greater.” […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, BIll C-51, Canada, Charlie Hebdo, Conservatives, CSIS, Dean Del Mastro, Department of National Defence, Jason Kenney, Jason MacDonald, Mike Duffy, terrorism

Unintelligence sources

01/11/2015 by the editor

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 […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: 9/11, Canada, CBC, CIA, CNN, crime, CSIS, FBI, France, Globe and Mail, Islam, magazines, Muslims, Paris, parliament, Parliament Hill shootings, RCMP, television, terrorism

Canadians & torture: We like to watch

12/17/2014 by the editor

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 […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abousfian Abdelrazik, Abu Zubaydah, Bruce Carson, Canada, CIA, CSIS, FBI, Guantanamo, Jim Judd, Maher Arar, Omar Khadr, Richard Colvin, Senate Intelligence Committee, Stephen Harper, Steven Blaney, torture, U.S. politics

Thank god nobody’s reading this

02/02/2014 by the editor

By Mark Leiren-Young Is anything private? A few weeks ago I was asked to fill out a survey from the Writer’s Union of Canada about “Spying and Harassment.” The union was asking writers whether living in a surveillance society was having an impact on their work. Years ago a friend was working on a TV […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books, Leiren-Young Tagged With: activism, Canada, CSIS, Facebook, government surveillance, online spying, social media, writers, writing

CSEC and Brazil: “Whose interests are being served”?

10/10/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside Amusing to see both NaPo and the G&M hosting remarks from former CSIS deputy director Ray Boisvert dismissing the recent Snowden/Greenwald docs which revealed CSEC spied on Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry. Snowden was present at the Five Eyes conference where the CSEC presentation on their Olympia spying program on Brazil took place. Boisvert in both papers: […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Brazil, Britain, business, Canada, CSEC, CSIS, Edward Snowden, environment, Glenn Greenwald, hacking, mining, National Security Agency, Natural Resources Ministry, online spying

Harper and Porter, international man of mystery

06/04/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside I do hope someone is securing the rights to make a Made In Canada thriller about Stephen Harper’s spy watchdog and his various business associates. I’m referring of course to the Honorable Dr. Arthur Porter, “His Excellency, Ambassador Plenipotentiary, Republic of Sierra Leone” and also “Member, Queen’s Privy Council for Canada” for life. Really, this […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abousfian Abdelrazik, Arthur Porter, Canada, Canadian politics, CSIS, FINTRAC, Montreal, Quebec, SIRC, SNC-Lavalin, Stephen Harper, U.S., U.S. politics

You’re paying for your government’s paranoia

02/18/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By John Klein (aka Saskboy) The Conservative government is out of control. The Guardian UK newspaper confirms what environmentalists have already suspected (since the Conservatives have openly accused them previously): This Conservative government regards environmentalists as a threat to national security. It’s offensive, absurd, and an extreme step into authoritarian police-state behaviour. [From The Guardian]: […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Conservatives, CSIS, environment, Greenpeace, oil, RCMP, Stephen Harper

Life In Canada’s Small Government Dystopia

06/30/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By David@Sixthestate.net The following post is deliberately alarmist. Orwellian, you might say. I’m not trying to paint a picture of what things are like in Canada right now, or even what I think they’ll be like in the near future. I’m not an idiot. But I do want to paint a picture of the sort […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: access-to-information, Bill C-38, Bill C-43, Bruce Carson, Canada, Canadian Border Services Agency, Canadian politics, CBC, censorship, Charter of Rights, Conservatives, Constituent Management Information System, Constitution of Canada, crime, CSIS, Elections Canada, Employment Insurance, environment, First Nations, free speech, government surveillance, hacking, Harper, immigration, Jason Kenney, John Baird, Kevin Page, labour, Liberals, National Roundtable on the Environment, NDP, Parks Canada, parliament, public service, Radio-Canada, RCMP, robocall scandal, robocalls, Statistics Canada, unions, Vic Toews

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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