Youth should be a priority in federal, N.B. budgets
The backlash against two budgets unveiled last week, New Brunswick’s and Canada’s, has not begun in earnest, regardless of the protests on the legislature’s lawn and the foyer of Parliament. Those demonstrations could seem like prayer circles once the details of budget cuts come out in the weeks ahead. Budget speeches and estimates offered a [...]
Matthew Hayes won’t be quitting his day job anytime soon, even if he’s elected mayor. The St. Thomas University sociology professor and community activist said he’s vying for the top job on council because he wants to talk about “citywide” issues that are being ignored. “I was approached and I thought this would be a [...]
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On Saturday, the NDP’s version of March Madness will reach its climax as the party selects the new leader of the Official Opposition, succeeding the late Jack Layton. Of the seven contenders, deputy leader Thomas Mulcair is the bettor’s favourite. The former provincial environment minister in Quebec has the support of more politicians, raised more [...]
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No one saw it coming. It was the third wheel for 51 years; the nagging younger brother who wouldn’t get out of your face. The maturity of Red and Blue seemed to leave him in the corner to bang his fists against the wall – until now, that is. For the first time in history, [...]
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You might want to clean the dust out of your fall-out shelter because, according to Shreesh Juyal, it may not be long before the next nuclear disaster. Juyal came to St. Thomas University to give the annual Dr. Abdul Q. Lodhi Lecture in Human Rights. He’s the dean of the faculty of international studies at [...]
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Quebec has traditionally had the lowest tuition fees in the country and a history of student strikes is, in large part, responsible for those low fees. Now, I know what you’re thinking — how do students go on strike? Individual students’ unions hold general assemblies for all members, call a strike vote, and then if [...]
Continue reading …Talk of “lawful access,” the lifeless term that has dominated the last two weeks of Canadian politics, is bullshit. “Online spying” is a more accurate description of what Bill C-30, misleadingly named the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, would allow: government and police collection, without a warrant or probable cause, of internet records. The [...]
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In my four years at St. Thomas University, I, like 80 per cent of you, have never voted in a student election. Honestly, I don’t even know what the student government does. But I do know that Mark Livingstone and Ella Henry don’t get along. I also know that CASA is important – or useless [...]
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I was nine when I decided I wanted to become a political analyst. It was circa ’99, the year John Hamm’s Progressive Conservatives won Nova Scotia’s provincial election. I read the brochures and listened closely to the news. As a (wishful) voter, I wanted to make an informed decision. “John Hamm’s going to win, you [...]
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A St. Thomas University journalism professor has been nominated for a political writing award. Jacques Poitras’ book The Imaginary Line: Life on an unfinished border has been nominated for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Shaunessy Cohen Prize, which carries a $25,000 award. The prize recognizes political non-fiction books that increase the public’s understanding on an [...]
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New Brunswick’s shale gas protesters want the provincial government to listen to its citizens. Bill Parenteau, a history professor at the University of New Brunswick, and Stephanie Merrill, of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, gave a speech on Saturday at Conserver House downtown about hydro-fracking in New Brunswick. The speech was part of the [...]
Continue reading …In the U.S. last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a district court judgment finding California’s controversial gay marriage ban unconstitutional in the case of Perry vs. Brown, also known as the Proposition 8 case. The court ruled 2-1 that “Proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no effect, other than to lessen [...]
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