Mar 022015
 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/mar/03/documents-harper-pushing-first-nations-to-shelve-rights-buy-into-resource-rush   Martin Lukacs Harper government organized private meetings between oil firms and Indigenous chiefs to try and gain support for oil and gas pipelines and other investments located on their lands, documents reveal The Harper government is trying to win support for its pipelines and resource agenda by pushing First Nations to sideline their […]

Feb 262015
 

Journalistic coverage of Bill C-51 (SECRET POLICE) should include what is known about SURVEILLANCE of citizens in Canada.  It is critical context for understanding the scope of the threat we face.   Extensive machinery for mass surveillance is ALREADY IN PLACE. 2014-10-23   Edward Snowden interview with Harvard Law School Ed Snowden and Glenn Greenwald (in other interviews) explain […]

Feb 262015
 

The leader of ISIS was held in American prisons for a year, in 2004.  Maybe there wasn’t torture at the particular prisons in which he was held, who knows?   He certainly would have known about what was being done to his fellow countrymen in American prisons like Bagram and Abu Ghraib.   That knowledge would make […]

Feb 262015
 

HUGE WIN!  Net neutrality. American citizens will not get assigned to “the slow lane” for internet access. Hopefully Canadians will work as hard to ensure that the same rules apply here. OpenMedia is one of the main organizers that accomplished this. They are calling for big celebrations – YES! “The New York Times called the […]

Feb 262015
 

http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/elizabeth-may/2015/02/harpers-anti-terror-law-will-turn-canada-police-state By Elizabeth May    | February 24, 2015 I remember the events of October 22. While I was in lock-down on Parliament Hill, I remember who hid in a closet and who ran toward gun fire. The guy in the closet is now planning to concentrate the powers of the state in his own hands […]

Feb 252015
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Sr96TFQQE Ed Snowden and Glenn Greenwald explain things very well. This interview of Snowden is informative. Snowden describes that once “backdoor access” is established, it is there and available to more than the NSA (if it is an NSA backdoor, for example). When time permits I will relate this to the extensive data base on Canadians at […]

Feb 252015
 

At the bottom of this article on the Huffington Post website are “12 Things Harper Doesn’t Want You to Know”.   I recommend you read them, along with the article, of course!  http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/03/edward-snowden-ucc-canada-surveillance_n_6601812.html    Back-up copy of “Edward Snowden Warns Canadians…”:    NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden addressed students at a Toronto private school via video link on […]

Feb 252015
 

Was Ottawa “Terror” Arrest Timed to Support Repressive New Legislation? (an edited version of this article appears in NOW Magazine, February 12-19) https://nowtoronto.com/news/features/maximum-effect-terror-threat/ By Matthew Behrens When the RCMP announced an Ottawa anti-terrorism arrest last week, the timing could not have been better for a federal government that appears to thrive on national security hysteria. […]

Feb 252015
 

Breaking news: A new RCMP report identifies the environmental movement as a threat to the petroleum industry. This could open the door to being suspected of terrorism under the new Big Brother bill, ramping up surveillance for protesters. We need to kill this bill now… Dear friends across Canada, They won’t be able to kill […]