Canada: Bill C-51 – A Legal Primer Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan analyze Bill C-51 and conclude, “Bill C-51,the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, would expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency, allow Canadians to be arrested on mere suspicion of future criminal activity, allow the Minister of Public Safety to add Canadians to a […]
With thanks to Lawyers Against the War: Stop Bill C-51 A bill that endangers democratic rights to expression, association and dissent and introduces risks of arbitrary arrest, detention and surveillance. Spread the message that: Your MP must vigorously oppose and vote against Bill C-51: a 62-page bill that seeks to create two new, and amend […]
Bless Ralph Nader, his letter to Harper. I have been aghast (and speechless!) at what Harper is doing, the most recent example being the bill on secret police. (Serendipitously, last night I watched the DVD An Unreasonable Man (Ralph Nader, How do you define a legacy?”) Nader is a brilliant altruist who works tirelessly to make […]
https://www.youtube.com/user/steviecutts (Enlarge to full screen by clicking bottom right-hand corner icon. More than 12 million views, another 1.5 million views on the facebook posting of it, and millions more in other places.) My comment is related to the video, but not obviously: One after another the problems with our institutions are exposed, efforts to find […]
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Is-Swedens-Offensive-Against-Assange-Unraveling-20150214-0022.html In January, Sweden’s record was reviewed by UN Human Rights Council members. Ecuador asked it to justify long periods of pre-charge detention. On the morning of 23 October 2010, WikiLeaks co-founder – Julian Assange – shared a London press conference stage with Iraq Body Count staff, and numerous other experts. Together, they defended WikiLeaks’ […]
Banksters: Index UPDATE: the final appeal of the lower court decisions against the plaintiff was to the Supreme Court of Canada. The SCC declined to hear the appeal. The lower court decisions stand. Thank-you to John Monroe (Comments) for pointing this out. http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/02/05/canadians-sued-the-bank-of-canada-won-mainstream-media-government-blacks-out-story/ February 5, 2015 by Joe Martino. Recently, constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati won yet […]
by Sunny Freeman The AbitibiBowater saw mill in Mackenzie, British Columbia May 15, 2008. The pulp-and-paper company won the largest settlement against Canada under NAFTA investor-state dispute mechanisms: $130 million. | CP Canada is the most-sued country under the North American Free Trade Agreement and a majority of the disputes involve investors challenging the country’s […]
This is THE BEST! Canadians are SO wonderful !! I am still laughing! 2015-01-05 How I learned to stop worrying and love the torture, by John McNamer They are the same effort: End Canadian collaboration with lawbreakers (think of Torture) Re-establish the Rule of Law (many examples of terrible failures by Attorneys General and […]
Terrific! Many thanks to John. Note the link to his complaint submitted to the ICC, at the bottom of this posting. http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/commentary-learned-stop-worrying-love-torture/ By: Kamloops This Week in Columnists, Opinion January 5, 2015 How I learned to stop worrying and love the torture BY JOHN MCNAMER Why has it ever even bothered me that so […]
http://www.nationofchange.org/2014/12/30/new-snowden-documents-reveal-nsa-cant-hack-everyone/ New Snowden Documents Reveal That the NSA Can’t Hack Everyone Published: December 30, 2014 | Author: Lauren C. Williams Thanks to some encryption tools, digital espionage was thwarted, making it hard for the NSA to spy on everyone. Citizens have heeded Snowden’s advice and increased encryption use since the NSA scandal broke in 2013. […]