Can you blame people if their response to this kind of news is cynicism? CSIS tapped phone despite order Agents violated solicitor-client privilege, recorded 171 calls involving accused terrorist By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa Citizen…
Talk Local on Rogers TV with Sonia Chin discussed Project Samosa, the terrorism arrests this past summer. The guest is Ibrahim Hindy, a Toronto resident and local leader, who shares the impact of the arrests…
They’re at it again. In November, 76 Tamil refugees escaped Sri Lanka on a rusty freighter. They arrived in Victoria, where they were met by RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials, who promptly…
The following message is from the email listserve of the People’s Commission Network, to which you can subscribe by sending an email to PeoplesCommissionNews-Subscribe@lists.riseup.net. ——– Sanctions-busting Telethon Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 From anywhere, between 7pm…
I recently presented this paper, A Trial to End All Terrorism: How the United States Could Have Won the War on Terrorism Before it Even Began, with the Trial of Only One Man at the…
It’s a common refrain in the media, that the threat of terrorism comes from Islamic extremism. Not true, according to a new study revealed by researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina…
Divisive terror law losing traction Can we trust secret evidence, often borrowed from foreign countries, to throw people out of Canada? Colin Freeze explains the security certificates: … federal ministers sign off on a certificate…
I agree with Simon Chester, Borat was a “silly film.” The real country of Kazakhstan is making headlines, and few people online are laughing. The parliament in that country has approved a new law that…
Prof. Michael Keefer, Professor of English at the University of Guelph, has a new article on the Toronto 18, where he says, The theatrical arrests of 18 (mostly young) Muslims in Toronto in the Summer…
Being a terrorist is en vogue these days. And even if it isn’t, seems like you might have a hard time escaping the label. Minister MacKay claimed pirates off the coast of East Africa were…
It’s over! For now, anyway. Staying true to his promise, Barack Obama has made it one of his first official acts as President to request a suspension of the military tribunal process in Guantanamo. Omar…
I have previously expressed my shame at the Canadian Government’s failure to follow the example of every other Western nation in demanding the repatriation of our citizen at Guantanamo Bay. The advocacy in favour of…
