| The race for the Liberal leadership might kick off as early as next month, with the final vote held a little less than a year from now. But with more than half of the electorate giving up on the Grits, and a solid majority of party supporters favouring a merger with the NDP, what kind of prize will the party's next leader be winning?
BLOG POSTS  | Craig and Marc Kielburger: Twenty Years Ago, Suzuki's Daughter Shook Up the Earth Summit
A 12-year-old Canadian girl -- Severn Cullis-Suzuki -- stands before world leaders at the Earth Summit, expressing the fears and despair of a young generation facing a bleak future for the planet they will inherit. That was 20 years ago. And what has changed? |  | Michael Geist: Canada a Pirate's Paradise? Way Overboard
The Canadian intellectual property's lead lobby group, the Canadian IP Council (itself a group within the Canadian Chamber of Commerce) released a new policy document on June 7 that identifies its legislative priorities for the coming years. "Counterfeiting in the Canadian Market: How Do We Stop It?" is the most extremist IP policy document ever released in Canada. The report unsurprisingly cites criticism from the U.S. and Europe on Canadian practices. The U.S. placement of Canada on the Priority Watch list receives the usual mention, even though the placement on the list is the result of lobbying from the same groups who are behind this report. |  | J.J. McCullough: Disposable News: Bob Rae and Plastic Bags
 Gossip about the political future of acting Liberal boss Bob Rae seems to appeal to precisely two sorts of people: the gossips themselves -- who were in full force this weekend -- and Bob Rae. Meanwhile, Toronto City Council's Wednesday night decision to ban plastic bags from Hogtown supermarkets will provoke some manner of "national discussion" on the issue, and thus justify their 'round-the-clock coverage of this petty story of municipal garbage regulation. |  | Harriet Sugar-Miller: Salmon Says: Harper the Environmental Bush-Whacker
Bush-whacking the environment. That's the best way to describe Stephen Harper's George W. Bush-esque approach: When you can't change the laws with public approval, just go ahead and do it any way you can. Unlike Bush, however, much of what Harper is doing is perfectly legit. |  | Ritika Goel: No Refuge for Refugees in Health Care
Recently, Jason Kenney has proposed drastic changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) -- the program that has allowed many refugees to receive health care. These changes aim to deny access to essential medicines for all refugees and claimants, deny basic healthcare to those deemed to come from a "safe country," and are a poor policy decision. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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