Two weeks ago we celebrated a win at the European Parliament, where members of a powerful committee tasked with making decisions about how we share and collaborate online rejected proposals that would restrict our right to link. Seeing the pro-Internet community stand up and take action together is always reaffirming–and in today’s
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Cowichan Conversations: Canada-EU trade deal threatened by EU lawmakers
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Every once in awhile commonsense and decency trumps greed and avarice, not often, but it is news when it happens. Our PM Steve Harper has polished up an apple for the corporate world in an attempt to pave the way to huge profits through yet another crippling
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Edmonton New Democrat David Eggen is first to join Alberta’s only interesting political leadership race
David Eggen at the Legislature, hanging around with your blogger. Below: the Alberta NDP Legislative caucus, from left to right, Deron Bilous, Brian Mason, David Eggen and Rachel Notley. The latest Alberta political leadership candidate says his name means “the sharp end of the axe” in Norwegian, which would sound
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Will the European Parliament Honour Edward Snowden? In a Way They Already Have.
NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, is a finalist for this year’s Sakharov Prize, awarded annually by the European Parliament to those who “combat fanatacism, intolerance or oppression.” Also in the running this year are “a group of jailed Belarusian political activists representing “all Belarusian political prisoners,” and Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old
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