Has Judicial Immunity in Ottawa become a License to Murder?
Posted on 02 August 2026OTTAWA — Absolute judicial immunity has long been defended as an unassailable cornerstone of the Canadian legal system. The traditional argument underpinning this doctrine is straightforward: judges must possess the uninhibited freedom to render difficult, independent decisions without the perpetual threat of retaliatory lawsuits from disgruntled litigants. It is a principle designed to insulate ...
Ottawa’s Mayor has a blueprint for construction, but no broom for the mess
Posted on 02 August 2026Walk down York Street in the ByWard Market today, and you are greeted by two very different Ottawas. One exists on the glossy poster boards of City Hall, where Mayor Mark Sutcliffe points to a $543-million revitalization deal and promises a "re-imagined" world-class destination. The other Ottawa is the one you are standing in: a gritty obstacle course of overflowing bins, discarded takeout contain ...
High-Speed Rail in Eastern Ontario Should Be Beside the 401, 417, 7, or 17 Corridor
Posted on 30 July 2026Why carve a brand-new transportation scar across Eastern Ontario when we already have the perfect paths? The Highway 401, 417, 7, and 17 corridors are ready-made for modern infrastructure. Choosing to ignore them in favour of an entirely new right-of-way is not just financially reckless—it is socially disruptive, environmentally counterproductive, and a glaring symptom of a deeper crisis in our ...
Canada’s Best Defence Against Trumpism is an Active Economic Offence
Posted on 26 July 2026Prime Minister Mark Carney must abandon the polite, defensive posture that has defined Canadian foreign policy for generations. For decades, Ottawa has operated under the comforting illusion that Canada and the United States are not merely geographical neighbours, but unbreakable allies bound by shared democratic norms. U.S. President D ...
Loblaw Companies fails to take responsibility for discrimination at Shoppers Drug Mart
Posted on 26 April 2026According to recent reports Blackbird Security personnel at the Shoppers Drug Mart in Ottawa's Rideau Centre were accused of discriminatory behavior and racial profiling. Concerns about discriminatory treatment of racialized people have reportedly been raised by allegations and observations of consumers being aggressively pursued and observed.
According to a report, a customer at the Rid ...
Blackbird Security could get your company a human rights complaint
Posted on 26 April 2026For security personnel, effective training that covers anti-racism, cultural competency, and racial interactions is deemed essential. What can occur is demonstrated by a relatively recent event at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Ottawa's Rideau Centre. The security guard started a "hot pursuit" around the Shoppers Drug Mart after a black guy arrived. He even acknowledged that he was pursuing the man, wh ...
Jet Blue now files to western Canada
Posted on 12 June 2022JetBlue, a discount airline based in the United States, has launched its first service between the United States and Canada. On Friday, the airline officially launched its daily Vancouver-New York City route, making it the only airline that flies directly between JFK and western Canada. JetBlue, formerly a domestic airline in the United States, is in the process of expanding to 30 international d ...
Alexa device says Bill Gates is using COVID-19 vaccine to kill billions of people
Posted on 24 May 2022I'm not a fan of Alexa devices, but the above video might be revealing truth in plain sight. According to Wikipedia: Amazon Alexa, also known simply as Alexa,[2] is a virtual assistant technology largely based on a Polish speech synthesiser named Ivona, bought by Amazon in 2013.[3][4] It was first used in the Amazon E ...
Ottawa approves controversial Newfoundland and Labrador oil mining project
Posted on 08 April 2022The Bay du Nord oil project has been approved by the federal government, paving the way for Equinor ASA's proposal to drill off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland.
Equinor, the project's operator, estimates that Bay du Nord will be worth $3.5 billion to the provincial government.
The move comes amid pressure on oil-producing countries to assist Europe as it withdraws from Russian en ...
Here's what rising inflation means for your retirement
Posted on 30 March 2022As the one-year inflation rate reached 5.7 percent in February, higher prices have become top of mind for Canadians.
This is the most significant annual increase since August 1991, when inflation was 6%.
There are far-reaching consequences for workers and retirees in terms of how they budget, invest, and plan for retirement.
Who will bear the brunt of the rate increase?
