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The strange tale of the paid protesters supporting Meng Wanzhou at her extradition hearing

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

Demonstrators outside B.C. Supreme Court on Day 1 of Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing Monday. Actor Julia Hackstaff, far right, says she was told she was appearing as an extra in a movie shoot. (Georgie Smyth/CBC) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/paid-protesters-meng-wanzhou-1.5434613

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Jury trials at risk as judge strikes down federal ban on peremptory challenges enacted after Boushie case

Posted on December 2, 2019 by

JUSTICE WRITER PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 6, 2019 SEAN FINE https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-judge-strikes-down-federal-ban-on-peremptory-jury-selection/

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Monopoly on real estate listings and data being broken up

Posted on July 10, 2019 by

A sold sign is shown in front of west-end Toronto homes Sunday, May 14, 2017. The end might be near for a seven-year battle that has kept the public from easily finding out online what homes in the Greater Toronto … Continue reading →

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Health-care reform in Canada is coming one way or another

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

Joe Raedle / PNG Winnipeg Sun December 1, 2018 Opinion Columnists Exert “Canada spends more as a share of the economy (after adjusting for differences in demographics) than every other country except Switzerland, France and Norway. If that spending translated … Continue reading →

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Alberta Crown trying to use law found to be Unconstitutional to silence political speech on social media plus important cases not being reported to the disadvantage of the general public

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

July 31 2017 – Kevin Yaworski – Public Advocate and Global Citizen – http://wp.me/p1fJaD-WF Here is another example of an attack on freedom of speech that is being taken to the Supreme Court of Canada plus some concerning trends in important … Continue reading →

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