Curious case of ‘Mandela’s lawyer’ illustrates media bias
The story is not about Irwin Cotler lying. It’s about the media embracing a biographical detail because they support the US empire and Zionism. Seven years ago, the South African ambassador to...
View ArticleTime to challenge Canadian schools’ anti-Palestinian racism
While Jewish settlers launch pogroms and Israeli ministers call to “wipe out” Palestinian towns, Canadian schools supress Palestinian symbols and celebrate colonial violence. Last week Park West School...
View ArticleLet’s compare China’s ‘agents’ in Canada to Israel’s
What would happen if the media and intelligence agencies applied the same standard used regarding China to the Israel lobby? In the Globe and Mail Andrew Coyne has written two columns in recent days...
View ArticleWhere are voices for peace in Parliament?
Canada is calling for “regime change” in Russia in a new escalation of the NATO proxy war. During a press conference on Friday foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly said, “we’re able to see how much...
View ArticlePro-Israel and Ukraine groups use identity politics to attack free speech
Questioning Canada’s contribution to NATO’s proxy war is “hate” that must be shut down according to some Ukrainian groups mimicking Zionist organizations by promoting an identity politics laced cancel...
View ArticleSports minister embarrasses herself and servile Canadian media
It’s not for lack of public curiosity that the media avoids certain questions. The reaction to my questioning Canada’s sports minister about which countries’ athletes should be barred from sports...
View ArticleCanadian government prioritizes war over climate crisis
Their recent record proves Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are warmongers who care little about genuine security. As the climate crisis spirals further out of control, they are ramping up militarism. On...
View ArticleCanada orders double standard on military-academic ties
Recently the federal government restricted academics from collaborating with Chinese counterparts who have ties to their country’s military. Yet Canadian universities advertise US military grants. At...
View ArticleWhy does NDP support US neocons’ position on China?
Does the NDP want war with China? Party officials would deny it, but they are promoting measures that increase the likelihood of an apocalyptic conflict. In recent weeks the NDP has jumped on the...
View ArticleCanadian left sinks to a new low during Biden visit
What a state we’re in! The lowest point of the left since the 1950s. The Joe Biden visit proves it. Elizabeth May gave the US president chocolate. Jagmeet Singh and Charlie Angus labeled him a...
View ArticleNHL’s ‘war crimes problem’ has deep historical roots
“The National Hockey League has a war crimes problem”, blared a headline in Friday’s Globe and Mail. Agreed. But it goes beyond Alex Ovechkin promoting Vladimir Putin. The greatest goal scorer in...
View ArticleCanadian ‘allies’ in Iran regime change hardly beacons of democracy
Canadian officials want to overthrow the Iranian government and are supporting reactionary forces to do so. Those supporting this effort should consider Canada’s role in Libya. Last weekend...
View ArticleCanadian ambassador okays terrorist bombing of blogger
What do you call it when a Canadian ambassador justifies the placing of a bomb in a café to kill a prominent member of the media and which injures dozens of others? Diplomacy? Earlier this week...
View ArticleBad when Russia bombs its neighbours, but okay for Israel?
Canada claims to be a supporter of rules-based international order, but its record of supporting Israel in breaking these rules is long and spans the entire existence of that state. While the...
View ArticleWhat about Indigenous kids in Palestine, Prof. Blackstock?
Cindy Blackstock has done great work on behalf of Indigenous children. But her recent call for “a lot more” academics “willing to get into trouble” rings hollow considering her role at McGill and...
View Article‘Progressive’ foreign policy rhetoric feminist-washes corporate Canada
The Liberals’ “progressive” foreign policy claims are essentially all lies. A recent Globe and Mail investigation confirms the toothless nature of Justin Trudeau’s promised corporate ombudsperson....
View ArticleCanadian MP quotes blood-stained Rwandan dictator on ‘kindness’
Imagine a Canadian MP travelled to Moscow and posted a parable by Vladimir Putin on kindness. What might the media reaction be? Turns out a Liberal MP did the equivalent in Africa and has so far...
View ArticleMilitary pays propagandists to call dissenters ‘Russian propagandists’
Opposing military spending, NORAD and NATO is not an endorsement of Russian violence in Ukraine. But, in the current climate, many are seeking to frame it as such. On the 74th anniversary of NATO’s...
View ArticleConservative leader inadvertently right about CBC
Like a stopped watch that tells the correct time twice a day, Pierre Poilievre is right about Canada’s ‘public’ broadcaster. CBC is a government-funded media outlet that acts as a state, rather than...
View ArticleIf Lula can call for peace in Ukraine, why not Canada’s left?
Is Lula a pro-Russian “tankie”? Should the Canadian left echo or marginalize his outlook on Ukraine? Last week Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on the US and other countries to...
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