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The EU is Here to Stay

Is the European Union on its way out? S&P's credit downgrades of France and Austria, the Greek debt crisis, Italy and Spain’s poor economies, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent EU veto, and whispers of the return of national currencies…

As U.S. Rejects Keystone XL, Canada Should Turn to China to Fill Trade Gap

The Keystone XL pipeline project to deliver oil from Alberta’s tar sands to Texas for refinement has once again been shelved by President Barack Obama. This is the second time the U.S. has delayed their decision, much to Canada’s frustration. Now…

Infinite Growth In a Finite World: What OWS Fails To Articulate

OWS has been protesting against corporate greed for over 40 days now. However, it is not greed that is the problem with the global financial system. The problem is the mentality of investment derived from a particular logic and language. Both of…

The EU Approach to Migration

In light of the European Union’s (EU) recent rebuff of “Arab Spring” migrants arriving by the thousands on the Italian island of Lampedusa, we must ask "how can a region of liberal democracies be so exclusionary?" While the EU has porous interior…

Canada's "New" Government Begs the Question: How Representative is Democracy?

This past Thursday, Ontarians voted in a Liberal government for the third time in a row. But wait, this isn’t even the shocker. The voter turnout of 49.2% stands as the absolute worst turnout stretching back to Confederation in 1867. To make…

E-Democracy: The Answer to Voter Apathy

As Ontario heads towards another provincial election on Oct. 6, candidates are tackling all issues except perhaps the one most important for an election — the physical act of casting a ballot. Weak voter turnouts are not new to Ontario (52.8% in…