Occupy Ottawa: Occupy Ottawa Review: February 2012
March 1, 2012 – Beginning with this post, Occupy-Ottawa.org will publish a synopsis of what’s taken place over the course of each month, as well as some of the trending topics at Occupy Ottawa, with...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Federal Court of Canada rules in favour of US war...
Refugee Protection Division ignored evidence that U.S. military justice system fails to meet basic fairness standards by War Resisters Support Campaign | Feb. 6, 2013: TORONTO – On Friday, February 1,...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Squamish Nation files Federal Court challenge...
The Squamish Nation has launched a court challenge against the National Energy Board's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The British Columbia-based First Nation filed the...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Court overturns Canada’s approval of Northern...
In a decision that's already being hailed as a major victory for First Nations and the planet, the Federal Court of Appeal recently overturned the Canadian government's 2014 approval of Enbridge's...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: A court has now ruled in favour of the Trans Mountain...
PHOTOS: Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May under arrest Friday at the site of the Kinder Morgan pipeline terminal in Burnaby, B.C. (Photo: Rafferty Baker, CBC). Below: Burnaby South MP Kennedy...
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Roll up the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner....
Photo: A train of oil cars sits parked outside Jasper, Alberta, not far from the path of the current Trans Mountain Pipeline. What a day. This morning, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned the...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Who said we wanted rule of law? Hysteria over court’s TMX...
Funny, isn’t it? Less than six months ago, tout le monde political Alberta was demanding harsh application of “the rule of law.” This was nearly universally interpreted to mean that no legal challenge...
View ArticleSusan on the Soapbox: The Trans Mountain Pipeline Court Decision
Ms Soapbox spent the long weekend poring over the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision nullifying the Order-in-Council that approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Mr Bumble’s comment in...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: ‘A disservice to our nation’ – Tzeoporah Berman fires back...
In a blistering broadside on social media yesterday, prominent B.C. environmentalist Tzeporah Berman fired back at Opposition Leader Jason Kenney for his continuing effort to reduce her to a figure of...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: B.C. Appeal Court’s Trans Mountain ruling may not be quite...
The unanimous ruling Friday by the British Columbia Court of Appeal that the B.C. Government does not have the constitutional authority to control what goes inside the federally regulated Trans...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Trans Mountain Pipeline court ruling looks like a win for...
You win some, you lose some. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney won one yesterday with the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal to strike down a challenge by a group of four British Columbia First Nations...
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