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Mohamed Fahmy and the pipsqueaks

02/14/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Make no mistake; Mohamed Fahmy is not safe yet. He’s out on bail, but a re-trial looms. And given the events of the last few days, and months, there’s no reason to suppose it will go according to what Mr. Fahmy’s supporters, as well as our naïve, ineffectual Conservative government, hope is […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Al Jazeera, Australia, Canada, Conservatives, Egypt, foreign, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, international affairs, John Baird, journalism, law, Mohamed Fahmy, Stephen Harper

The Vogons assess FIPA

09/19/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Prior to the enactment of the Canada-China FIPA, the Canadian government pushed two omnibus bills through the HoC which included provisions designed to substantially weaken environment policies and regulations, some of them at the behest of a pipeline lobby group: G&M : Pipeline industry pushed environmental changes made in omnibus bill The Canadian Energy Pipeline […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: business, Canada, Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, China, Conservatives, environmental, FIPA, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, international affairs, International Trade, law, oil, oil sands, religion, Stephen Harper, tar sands, trade

Harper and FIPA: Sell-out on a Friday afternoon

09/15/2014 by the editor 3 Comments

By Montreal Simon He waited until late Friday afternoon to announce that the Cons had ratified their controversial trade deal with China. Hoping that most people wouldn’t notice. Ottawa confirms it has ratified a foreign investment treaty with China, more than two years after the controversial agreement was signed, as CBC News first reported Friday. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: British Columbia, business, Canada, Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, China, Conservatives, Ed Fast, Elizabeth May, Enbridge, Enbridge Pipeline, FIPA, First Nations, Green Party, international affairs, International Trade, law, Northern Gateway Pipeline, oil, oil sands, Stephen Harper, tar sands, trade

Mohamed Fahmy and our silent Prime Minister

06/24/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, says Canada is “very disappointed” with the guilty verdict given Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy along with two others in Egypt yesterday. In the States, meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry called the verdicts “chilling and draconian.” British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “completely […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Canada, David Cameron, Egypt, international affairs, John Baird, John Kerry, law, Lynne Yelich, Mohamed Fahmy, Stephen Harper, Tony Abbott

Nexen: China nationalizes Canada’s oil sands

12/10/2012 by backofthebook.ca 4 Comments

By David@Sixthestate.net Well, try that on for size. Let me be clear, says Stephen Harper: “Canadians have not spent years reducing the ownership of sectors of the economy by our own governments, only to see them bought and controlled by foreign governments instead. It is not an outcome any responsible government of Canada could ever […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, business, Canada, China, CNOOC, Conservatives, international affairs, Nexen, oil sands, Stephen Harper

Israel, Gaza, and the Estelle: more high seas lawlessness

10/21/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Once again, Israel has illegally intercepted and boarded a vessel bound for Gaza with humanitarian supplies, this time with a modest contingent of 30 aboard, including former Canadian MP Jim Manly. The ship was in international waters when it was surrounded by six IDF boats and, as with its predecessor, redirected to […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: crime, Gaza, human rights, international affairs, Israel, law, Palestine, United Nations

Why was the Iran Embassy Closed?

09/10/2012 by backofthebook.ca 2 Comments

By David@Sixthestate.net When Peter MacKay’s outspoken wife Nazanin Afshin-jam announced in July that Canada should shut down the Iranian embassy in Ottawa, on the nebulous charge that it was using cultural events to distribute propaganda (something which Canadian embassies have traditionally also done, incidentally), I almost wrote a post telling her to get realistic. Outside […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Globe and Mail, international affairs, Iran, Nazanin Afshin-jam, Ottawa, Peter MacKay, Stephen Harper

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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...]

Trudeau on quantum computing

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...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

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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Triumph of the drama nerds

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...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

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...]

First Nations defending Lelu Island

The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

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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