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The Protocols of Jonathan Kay

05/13/2011 by backofthebook.ca 5 Comments

AMONG THE TRUTHERS By Jonathan Kay Harper Collins 368 pages, $32.99 hardcover, $25.99 ebook Reviewed by Frank Moher On the evening of Saturday, June 26, 2010, Jonathan Kay headed out on his bike into the streets of Toronto to see what was up with the G20. What he saw, he wrote early the next morning […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: 9/11, 9/11 conspiracy theories, 9/11 Truth, Among the Truthers, books, G20, Harper Collins, Jonathan Kay, National Post

The Cons’ G8 legacy: $100,000 gazebos

04/12/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside When the G8 leaders stayed for one night at the Deerhurst Resort as part of the G8/G20 $1.2-billion bunfest, their one-night stay probably didn’t afford them the opportunity to fully appreciate all the benefits of the G8 Legacy Infrastructure Slush Fund spent in Industry Minister Tony Clement’s riding. “32 projects that received funding, […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, G20, G8, Ontario, Tony Clement

Cons on the G20: “An unmitigated success”

03/28/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside The Public Safety Committee report on the G-20 tabled in the House on Friday calls for an independent inquiry into the decision-making by all levels of government that resulted in – the outrageous cost – the unprecedented arrests of over 1100 people, including journalists and people on their way home from work – […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, G20, Liberals, NDP, Tony Clement, Toronto, Vic Toews

Revisited: “How I Got Arrested and Abused at the G20 in Toronto, Canada”

02/28/2011 by backofthebook.ca 3 Comments

On Friday, the CBC’s The Fifth Estate broadcast “You Should Have Stayed at Home,” about police tactics at the 2010 G20 Summit. Among those appearing in the documentary is Toronto playwright and director Tommy Taylor, whose harrowing account of his arrest and detention appeared on his facebook page (log-in required) within hours of his release. […]

Filed Under: Revisited: "How I Got Arrested and Abused at the G20 in Toronto, Canada" Tagged With: Canada, CBC, G20, Ontario, police, theatre, Tommy Taylor, Toronto

The G20: Bill Blair and “preventive detention”

11/05/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside At the Public Safety Committee yesterday, Toronto Chief Bill Blair lobbed the following statement about “preventive detention” at the G20 into the proceedings [just before the 4 minute mark]: “I think you are all familiar with images of members of that group who were smashing windows, burning cars, looting stores, and generally causing […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill Blair, Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, G20, law, Liberals, NDP, Toronto, Toronto Police Service

It’s called protest, Mr. Rathgeber

11/01/2010 by backofthebook.ca 3 Comments

By Alison@Creekside Finished with the G20? Not even close. And partly because of the wanker to the left. At Wednesday’s Public Safety and Security Committee meeting into the G20 fiasco, we heard testimony from two very well-spoken students from Montreal who were arrested in their pajamas at gunpoint from the University of Toronto gymnasium, where […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Brent Rathgeber, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, G20, Montreal, Toronto

“Lay Off Officer Bubbles”: the video

10/27/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Last week we reported on the ongoing saga of Officer Bubbles, the Toronto cop who became infamous during the G20 for threatening to bust a bubble-blowing protestor. Constable Bubbles, you will recall (or maybe not), has launched a 1.2 million dollar lawsuit against YouTube for hosting cartoons and comments deriding him, while […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, G20, Ontario, police, Toronto, Toronto Police Service

Officer Bubbles: the poem

10/21/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Frank Moher The saga of Officer Bubbles continues. The Toronto Police Services constable (aka Adam Josephs) became notorious during the G20 for threatening to arrest a particularly pacific young woman if she continued to blow bubbles in his vicinity. “If the bubble touches me,” he growled, “you’re going to be arrested for assault.” “Bubbles?” […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, G20, Ontario, police, Toronto, Toronto Police Service

Silencing Alex Hundert

10/18/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Alex Hundert was arrested on June 26th and held for three weeks in advance of the G20 Summit for alleged involvement in organizing the protests. He was released on bail conditions which precluded participation in any public demonstrations, and on Sept. 13th the government lost a court challenge to his release. Three days […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, G20, law, Ontario

The further persecution of Gary McCullough

10/12/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Alison@Creekside By the time G20 arrestee Gary McCullough has his next court date in December, he will have spent six months locked up without bail for no other reason than the police and courts are unable to admit they should never have arrested him in the first place. Police admitted within hours of his […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: G20, police, Toronto, Toronto Police Service

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