Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Black Mirror Canada “From mass dissemination of false information, to impersonation, leaking foreign documents in order to influence political and legal outcomes… the possibilities for the types of activities contemplated in [Bill C-59] are limited only by im...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network A hearing was held at Osgoode Hall just before Christmas, marking the latest chapter in the two-and-a-half-year saga of an audit launched by former Springwater deputy mayor Dan McLean of Springwater Mayor Bill French’s 2014 campaign expenses. On December 18 2017, a ...
Richard Lindgren Lawyers Daily By Amanda Jerome Ontario has passed new legislation that will replace the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) with a tribunal it purports will improve the speed, fairness and affordability of land use hearings throughout the province. While the government is extolling the ben...
Municipal Elections Matter panellists included Claire Malcolmson (Campaign Fairness), Mike Schreiner (Ontario Green Party) and Janet Budgell (Concerned Citizens in Adjala-Tosorontio) -Lake Simcoe Living photo From the Lake Simcoe Association A strong group of engaged citizens who want to make changes...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online October 31 2017 New Tecumseth is now accepting applications for the Ward 5 council vacancy created when Donna Jebb was elevated to Deputy Mayor on Oct. 12th. Anyone eligible to vote in New Tecumseth is qualified to apply. The winner will be determined by a counc...
Municipal Elections Matter! From the Lake Simcoe Association You are invited to a public meeting aimed at getting more people involved in municipal elections – as voters, campaigners, candidates, or active residents. When: Saturday, October 21, 2017 – 10am to 12pm Where: Bond Head Community Memorial ...
Google Censors Block Access to CounterPunch and Other Progressive Sites by ERIC SOMMER CounterPunch The U.S. government, and the information technology companies which collaborate with it, is moving fully into the camp of governments which relentlessly utilize the internet to collect users online dat...
Toward an Open and Innovative Internet: What Lies Behind Canada’s Net Neutrality Success Story By Michael Geist is net neutrality day of action in the United States, a day of advocacy and awareness that brings together hundreds of leading Internet companies and public interest groups. It is an import...
Missing the point Letter to the Packet & Times from Don Morgan, Midland – June 23 2017 Re: “Unfair suggestion,” letter to the editor, June 20 The real truth is that this case had nothing to do with AWARE Simcoe. As Ann Truyens stated in the newspaper article, she was only repre...
Hughes took constituent to small-claims court over comments on newspaper website By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times June 7 2017 Oro-Medonte Township’s mayor has settled a lawsuit against one of his constituents in a defamation case that also served to bring the province’s anti-SLAPP law to ...
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