Ontario

Ontario Legislature Passes Anti-BDS motion

Big donor money is leading to a growing number of efforts to legislate BDS out of existence.
TORONTO, Canada – The Ontario provincial legislature has passed a symbolic motion condemning the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement – a move Palestinian rights activists in Canada say aims to stifle criticism of Israeli human rights violations.

20 years later, the Ontario Ministry of Health finally caught up with me about my old health card

20 years later, the Ontario Ministry of Health finally caught up with me about my old health card First introduced in 1995 by the unpopular Ontario NDP government as a fraud reduction measure, all eligible Ontarians became subject to eventually being required to obtain a new photo ID health card, as a replacement for the […]

New Canadian political podcast, The Political Paradox Podcast

A libertarian friend of mine has a new political podcast series from a much-needed Canadian perspective. It’s called the Political Paradox Podcast. From the first two episodes: The Political Paradox Podcast – EP 002 – Healthcare, Government Bans and The Olympics Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:00:00 GMT This week, what is the REAL cost […]

Carding, Racial Profiling and Racial Discrimination in Ontario

This past week, the Toronto media reported on two new studies relating to racial discrimination or racism perpetrated against African Canadians by persons, agencies and institutions that are central to the supposed equal application and benefit of the law pursuant to section 15 of the Charter and related sections of the Ontario Human Rights Code, without discrimination on the basis of race and other grounds.

Exposing Faux Capitalism with Jason Erb: June 14, 2014

On the June 14, 2014 episode of Exposing Faux Capitalism with Jason Erb, I discussed the following recent issues of the past week in the audio here: Ontario’s recent election, Libertarian breakthrough, Freedom Party’s balanced budget gimmick, Ellen Brown got the most votes of any third-party contender for California Treasurer, and Canada’s Supreme Court decision […]