G7 Summit Appears Doomed to Fail Before It Even Starts

It’s always hard to make predictions, but it can be safely said that no such thing as Western unity exists anymore.

Peter Korzun
By Peter Korzun
Demonstrators against the G20 Summit stand on stage wearing masks depicting from left : British Prime Minister Theresa May, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, in Hamburg, Germany, July 2, 2017. (Axel Heimken/AP)

Those who are unfriendly toward Russia keep on spreading the myth that Moscow is isolated on the world stage. The reality is quite different, but the idea of Russia as an outcast who has been expelled from the international community is something they badly want to be true. The fact that Russia is not a member of the G7 is usually used as an

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Canadian MPs Take Lobby-Sponsored Trips to Israel

These trips are not designed to assist Canada’s elected representatives better understand the issues facing the Middle East; they are merely gifts to government officials, and sometimes to their families, to create both a pro-Israel bias and feeling of indebtedness on the part of the officials.

Robert Fantina
By Robert Fantina
Israel Canada

It is no secret to anyone that in the United States, the people are governed by powerful lobby groups. The strength of the National Rifle Association (NRA) is so great that government officials are able to overlook the shooting deaths of countless innocent children, as young as 5 years old, along with their teachers in their own classrooms. The

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As Trump and GOP Further Eviscerate US Public Sector, Canada Stops Imitating

What’s happening in Canada is the phasing out of a ruinous national experiment in austerity that took its cue from the default position of the political class in the United States for two generations and counting.

Jon Jeter
By Jon Jeter
President Donald Trump walks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along the Colonnade to the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo)

OTTAWA, CANADA -- While U.S. lawmakers debate a Trump administration tax cut that will inexorably deepen the bone-deep budget cuts that have been eroding American living standards for nearly 40 years, Canadians are going on a bit of a spending spree. Quebec’s Premier this week proposed a guaranteed minimum income of $14,000 annually for disabled

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Canada Engaged in Widespread Surveillance of Its Indigenous Communities

Indigenous nations have emerged as vocal defenders of land and water, but state surveillance of these groups is disproportionate, and speaks of the broad criminalisation of Indigenous peoples.

Lex Gill
By Lex Gill
trans mountain pipeline

Researchers and journalists have begun to reveal the extent to which Indigenous activists and organisations in Canada are subject to surveillance by police, military, national security intelligence agencies and other government bodies. While security agencies have long looked beyond ‘traditional’ national security threats and set their sights on

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Chelsea Manning Banned From Entering Canada For Potential ‘Treason’

The ex-political prisoner and whistle-blower posted a rejection letter from the Canadian government dated Sept. 22.

teleSUR
By teleSUR

The ex-political prisoner and whistleblower posted a rejection letter from the Canadian government dated Sept. 22. Chelsea Manning has been banned from entering Canada for what she could potentially do in the country, a tweet from the activist announced. The ex-political prisoner and whistleblower posted a rejection letter from the Canadian

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After A Decade Of Drinking Disgusting Tap Water, Canada Tells Potlotek To “Stop!”

Though Health Canada refuses to say whether the esthetically revolting water the Potlotek First Nation community in Nova Scotia has been drinking for a decade carries a health risk, health problems have spiked among the Potlotek during this same period.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Potlotek Water

Last September, the people of the Potlotek First Nation, located in Canada’s Nova Scotia, began to protest the quality of their water. The community’s water supply has been an issue for over a decade when reports of black, thick, foul-smelling tap water first became commonplace. Over that entire period of time, the Potlotek First Nation community

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