The U.S. vs Omar Khadr: an injustice and a Canadian (and American) shame?

This documentary from CBC/Radio-Canada has new evidence that reveals discrepencies between the official US version of the case and reports from people and soldiers that were on location of the events.

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YouTube - Culture in Danger (Culture en Péril, with subtitles)

This video was anonymously published yesterday and has spread like a wildfire, against the recent cuts in culture and new medias by the Harper government.

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A modest proposal

It is illegal to make false claims in a TV or radio commercial unless you are running for political office. If you're selling toothpaste, your claims must be vetted by legal and medical professionals. But not if you're selling a candidate.

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Ottawa slashes grants for new media

The Conservative government has axed a $14.5-million-a-year program designed to create and distribute Canadian interactive new media both domestically and internationally, The Globe and Mail has learned.

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One New World, Two Big Ideas

For the 4th of July, an interesting comparison on the foundation of th U.S. and Quebec City (which celebrated its 400th birthday on July 3rd), focusing on the founding ideas of Jefferson and Champlain.

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Fox News: Al Qaeda is causing the CA wildires.

This morning on Fox News, hosts of the show Fox and Friends blamed the wildfires in California on a new culprit: al Qaeda. They pointed to a 2003 FBI memo, which raised the possibility that al Qaeda may try to set wildfires around the western United States.

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'No' side illegally spent $539K in Quebec referendum: report

Details from the publication fo the DGE's report on Option Canada illegal spending for the 1995 referendum

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À l'Ouest, rien de nouveau - a lecture on why Canada is heading toward a new Constitutional crisis

Joseph Facal, a former minister from the Parti Québécois, publishes a lecture he made in Saskatoon at the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy for the 25th anniversary of the 1982 Constitution, which wasn't signed by Quebec.

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Charest calls Quebec election for March 26

Here we go!

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Israel's surge of despair | Salon News

For several years earlier this decade, many in Israeli society and government were avid fans of the Bush administration (to the dismay and even embarrassment of some on the Israeli left).

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Quebec Nation

The Québécois movement started not long ago with contention boiling over at a hockey game between French and English speaking fans in Montreal.

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The Lebanese Bloggers: Hizballah Only Won In The Eyes of The West

Amir Taheri, an exiled Iranian academic and author, wrote a very insightful and provoking op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal today, that I believe should be read by as many people as possible.

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Only 32% Canadians back PM Stephen Harper on Middle-East

The Middle-East crisis is starting to backlash on Stephen Harper. After enjoying the first months without major incidents, the recent decisions of the Conservatives, that shows them in line with Georges W. Bush, might hurt this minority governement.

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Google Office: it's about file formats, not MS Office

An interesting, different view on the Google vs Microsoft war.

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Wired News: Google Wrestles With Conscience

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