Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca. After a year of hearings, let's stop and reflect on what we've learnt so far from the ongoing show on the Charbonneau Commission channel. Prologue

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Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca. There are five walkers arriving in Toronto on the evening of Wednesday June 12 -- Nancy Greyeyes, Rueben Roy, Sharon Veley, Geron Campbell, and Brian Whitstone -- who were originally associated with a larger group of walkers called "A Sacred Journey for Future Generations" who wanted to stop here in the Big Smoke before meeting up with their allies in Ottawa on June 21, 2013, for National Aboriginal Day.

Gezi Park in Istanbul has been making headlines for two weeks, tempting the West's fickle appetite for revolution. Last Monday, 50 protestors occupied the nine-acre park to confront demolition crews preparing to turn one of the last remaining green spaces in the city into a shopping mall. Three days later, their number had grown to 10,000. Western media reports have followed a predictable pattern for anyone bred on the script written by the Arab Spring: an autocratic government, supported by militia thugs, are suppressing the people's demand for democracy. "Democracy" in this context is a messy, sticky term, but surely, like Justice Potter Stewart we will know it when we see it.

Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca. A National Day of Action is planned for Monday June 17 to protest the Harper government's cuts to health care for refugees. The Council of Canadians fully supports this action led by Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care "to take the facts directly to the streets and tell Canadians the consequences of the federal government's cuts to refugee health care."

Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca. The European Union (EU) banned three pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam) last week to protect rapidly declining bee populations. Bee pollination is essential to the functioning of our ecosystem and the production of all fruits and vegetables. When bee populations start to mysteriously and rapidly die-off, it's a big deal.

Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca. This is the second G20 Summit policing case that has gone to court. On Friday May 31, 2013, Ontario Superior Court Justice M. Gregory Ellies found Toronto Police Constable Glenn Weddell not guilty of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon in regards to the alleged beating of Dorian Barton.