Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

Quotable: Romeo Saganash on missing and murdered indigenous people

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Sabina Becker

“Where is the Canada we used to know…the one that has the history of upholding high standards of human rights?” Yes, this was from two years ago…but I still think this man would make a terrific prime minister. We could … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Two for the weather here…

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Yep, we’re still stuck in a drought (I almost wrote “doubt”, how appropriate!) here in Southern Ontario. And it’s at record levels, too. So why not join me and the Guess Who for a little prayer?

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Who’s being excluded from Toronto Pride, again?

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Sabina Becker

So, a gay (and rather white) police officer wrote an open letter today, complaining of his exclusion (as a cop, not as a gay man) from Toronto Pride, based on Black Lives Matter TO’s leadership role in the Pride weekend … Continue reading →

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It was 6 years ago today…

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…that jackbooted fascism broke loose on the streets of Toronto: “This ain’t Canada right now” shouldn’t be an excuse. The police are still making excuses for their behavior to this day, and their lies aren’t washing. Hold them accountable, people. … Continue reading →

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The Harper legacy of C-51: Gone, but not forgotten…

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…unfortunately: Yes, that’s right. We’re still living under this. Gotta keep holding the government’s feet to the fire…

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Dear gunsuckers: You can all shut up now.

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Sabina Becker

And if the above graphic offends you, you might want to educate yourselves as to the real and only purpose for which the AR-15 was invented. Hint: It wasn’t for hunting OR for self-defence. “Our father, Eugene Stoner, designed the … Continue reading →

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So that’s who’s behind the Ottawa Sinkhole!

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

I figured as much!

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Quotable: Pierre Trudeau on the dangers of conformity

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Sometimes I wonder why we don’t have a national identity…and then I remember this, and why it’s sometimes good not to have what others do.

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Jian Ghomeshi is sorry, you guys.

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Hey, everyone. Not feeling well tonight, so this is gonna be quick. Jian Ghomeshi has apologized to, er, one of his victims, anyway: “I want to apologize to Ms. Borel for my behaviour towards her in the workplace,” Ghomeshi said … Continue reading →

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Politicize the Fort Mac fire? Yes, PLEASE.

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Alanis Obomsawin, more relevant now than ever. So, I hear all kinds of rumblings to the effect that we “shouldn’t politicize” the forest fires in and around Fort McMurray, Alberta. That it’s “insensitive” to the people of the town, who … Continue reading →