The Yazidi crisis is not as familiar to people as the crisis in Syria, if people know who the Yazidis are at all. Yet, everyone has heard of ISIS, so why then has one of their most brutal atrocities gained such little public attention?
Without the U.K., the EU becomes a socialistic economy indulging weaker, poorer members.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline has raised a storm of protest about its predicted impacts on the orcas, climate change, First Nations’ rights, as well as concerns about the project’s “flawed” approval process and lack of “social licence”. Lawyer Andrew Roman contextualizes some of the hot-button issues raised by critics.
Since it was devised in the 1980s, Canada’s Freedom of Information law has not been significantly updated or reformed to reflect the needs of the data revolution. On the heels of the 250th anniversary of Sweden’s freedom of the press act last week, TVO’s The Agenda looks at the state of FOI law in Canada.
The problem isn’t with winner-take-all electoral systems, it’s a problem within Canada’s political parties.
A populist third party could form to capitalize on the demographic Trump crystallized.
Closing the rift between privacy, public safety and Big Data is the focus of a new organization launched by global privacy and security experts.
The EU sees trade as a mechanism through which its political goals can be met. That’s why it still insists that its trading partners agree to everything from welfare policies to open borders — it even demands this of the U.K. in any new trade deal that Britain strikes after it leaves the EU.
A common test of whether a proposed expropriation is legitimate is whether it is “fair, sound, and reasonably necessary.” Expropriations for the Scarborough extension fail all three tests.
World trade, Canada’s included, is beating a direct path to the British market.
The EU needs the U.K. much more than the U.K. needs the EU.
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union continues the Great Unwinding of multinational states that began with the collapse of empires after the First World War.
India’s proposed Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) project would entail the creation of 3,000 large dams and “environmental tinkering on an epic scale”. Proponents say ILR is the “only way forward” for a country facing a projected population of 1.6 billion in 2050. Detractors say “there’s simply no evidence to justify what the government wants to attempt”.
Canadian photographer Aaron Vincent Elkaim’s photographic documentary series on Brazil’s controversial Bela Monte dam awarded a $20,000 Alexia Foundation grant.
American Rivers says “harmful” dam operations, not pollution, are threatening fish, wildlife and local communities.
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