Paul Weinberg

Bert Deveaux's new documentary, Poor No More, takes audiences on a tour through Canada's new rust belt. Here, poverty and job losses are reaching proportions not seen since the Great Depression.

Although Canada conspicuously stayed out of the war in Iraq two years ago, Ottawa's decision to help monitor the controversial January 30 elections in the violence-torn country has some critics wonde

The growing use of international treaties to bypass the will of national parliaments — including in Canada — by bodies waging the so-called “war on terrorism,” increasingly threa

Muslim women who fled the strict Islamic laws in their home countries to live in a more liberal environment in Canada may now face a similar regime in Ontario, where a Muslim civilcourt — a Shar

The recent decision to fire three Health Canada veterinaryscientists working in the government office that tests new drugs used on animals raised for food was made at the highest levels of the Canadi

In the novel <i>1984</i> George Orwell depicts a world where powerful and secretive authorities &#151; &#147;Big Brother&#148; &#151; scrutinize the intimate details of citizens' personal lives. That

The speculation that incoming prime minister Paul Martin might appoint current Bank of Canada governor David Dodge to head the Privy Council Office (PCO) &#151; an advisory body for the prime ministe

In Ontario, EI recipients are obliged to go through what the staff at the Labour Education Centre describe as a humiliating means test. One worker, for example, had to submit 14 pieces of documentat

Dr. Shiv Chopra took issue &#0151 twice &#0151 with Health Canada over systemic discrimination against visible minorities. He won. Once again, he is involved in a dispute, this time over his depar

War-time Washington is a beautiful, surreal city, with people going about their business and the odd out-of-towner wandering around, trying to find a museum. The cherry blossoms are not yet in bloom