New “Canadian Free Trade Agreement” Ignores The Constitution

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If you loosen a prisoner’s shackles, he may thank you for giving him more room to move, but it doesn’t make him free. Bear this in mind when you read industry groups praising the “historic” new Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) announced on Friday by the Federal Government and the…

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Janyce McGregor: 5 things to watch in today’s interprovincial trade deal

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As economic development ministers gather in Toronto today to release the final text of the new Canada Free Trade Agreement, here's a quick guide to what it will — and won't — do. Free the wine and beer? Not yet Federal minister Navdeep Bains says he's heard plenty from Canadians…

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Ian Mulgrew: Medicare trial turns B.C. courtroom into a playing field

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The long-running B.C. constitutional trial over the provincial provision of Medicare has focused a klieg light on the worst of the legal profession’s foibles — its love of sport. Lawyers are competitive by nature, and their sporting theory of justice is never more on display than when they enter a…

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