AWARE SIMCOE JANUARY 26 2013The following is the text of the decision by Justices Then, Leitch and Swinton regarding Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's appeal of his conviction under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. ...

By Stuart Trew Council of Canadians  January 10th, 2013A senior international law advisor with the International Institute for Sustainable Development is warning Canadians that a new investment treaty with China will make environmental measures more vulnerable to costly investor-state disputes than t...

By Kathy English Toronto Star Public Editor December 07, 2012Canadian Journalists for Free Expression has relatively little challenge in galvanizing journalists in support of free expression: It’s what we passionately believe in, after all.The bigger challenge is to convince you that what we believe ...

AWARE Simcoe November 26 2012 The following is the text of Justice Charles Hackland's decision:...

Letter to the Barrie Examiner November 21 2012Like many in this country, I was born to immigrant parents who came here from Holland after the devastation of the Second World War. My family spent most of the war under the thumb of the Nazi regime. My aunt recalled small acts of daily control, terror a...

 By Robin Mathews Vive Le Canada October 15 2012 The Council of Canadians – whatever else it may be – is a living and breathing declaration of the failure of the parliamentary system in Canada, and, especially, the failure of Canadian political parties in that system.  Let us say at the beginning tha...

By LORI TURNBULL Globe and Mail October 18 2012On the evening of October 15, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his pending resignation as Premier and leader of the Liberal Party, after nine years as Premier but just one year after the last provincial election. But that’s not all – he’s also s...

By Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal Oct 18, 2012 - INNISFIL/BARRIE —The word “Innisfil” should be contained in the name of any new federal riding, Mayor Barb Baguley says....

A big step forward for democratic rights in the provinceECOJUSTICE NEWS RELEASE OCT 15, 2012 Today, environmental groups applauded a proposed new law that would allow Ontario citizens to speak out to protect the environment and their health without fear of damaging lawsuits meant to intimidate them. ...

By Allan Gregg Toronto Star October 8 2012 On Sept. 5, I was invited by Carleton University to deliver a lecture marking the opening of their spectacular new Public Affairs building. Using George Orwell’s dystopian novel as a device to tie my arguments together, the talk was entitled, “1984 in 2012: ...