The latest effort to resuscitate this blog deals with current discontent about the Harper government. Taken together, isolated incidents suggest an alarming contempt for public institutions, civil servants, and, ultimately, democracy.
The Harper government has taken a series of decisions that undermine the strength of our public institutions.
The most obvious is Parliament prorogation. For the second time, the minority government has decided to use this unusual procedure to allow (...)

A cautionary tale and justification for silence.

Good for lawyers, bad for democracy

It took me no time to write this but a lot of courage to show you.

For some, mobility is luxury: jet setters in first class. For others, it is precarity: rendered suspect terrorists aboard rendition planes.