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Where is Canada’s digital inclusion strategy?
When Alex first arrives at the drop-in computer class at his local neighbourhood house he’s never used a keyboard or surfed the Internet before. But…
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Legislative changes likely to reduce further the independence of the Auditor General for Local Government
Earlier this month British Columbians saw one more chapter unfold in the ongoing saga of the Auditor General for Local Government. The provincial government released…
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A Conversation on Climate Justice
In February and March, the Climate Justice Project hosted This Changes BC: A Conversation on Climate Justice. Over four Saturdays, a group of 34 citizens from…
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BC needs a Human Rights Commission – now
Human rights are everyone’s business. The social climate we live in affects us all. When people are subjected to prejudice and discrimination because they are…
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Preventing discrimination before it occurs
The human rights process starts with the filing of a complaint of discrimination. In BC, the complaint is filed with the BC Human Rights Tribunal.…
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Upcoming Municipal Elections: Business as Usual?
With municipal elections on the horizon in British Columbia, it is worth paying attention to the nature of political discourse in this province – and…
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How many will vote in the November 2014 local government elections?
In BC’s last local government elections in 2011 less than 30% of people bothered to vote. CivicInfoBC has a handy list of turnout information for…
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Corporate rights under serious scrutiny in Europe. Canada fast asleep.
On Feb. 3rd, I made a presentation in Vancouver to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on the proposed Canada/E.U. trade deal…
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What’s the Canada-EU trade deal all about?
Chances are, you’ve heard about the Canada-EU trade deal. It’s hard to miss, what with the federal government hard at work staging photo-ops and events…
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Is the Fraser Surrey Docks coal port proposal in the best interest of BC?
Today’s CBC Edition Business Panel focused on the proposal by Fraser Surrey Docks to build a new coal terminal on the Fraser river to export…
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Keeping democracy alive: Engaging in political process between elections
Last week, Seth Klein reflected on some lessons from the 2013 BC election. Among the many important lessons he noted was the fact that “we…
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Silencing the outriders, silencing democracy
Since taking power federally in 2006, the Conservative government has undertaken a continuous attack on civil society organizations. One of the government’s first actions was…
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