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Tag Archives: National Security

Privacy watchdog coalition slams surveillance

October 10, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The “largest-ever pro-privacy coalition in Canadian history” launched in B.C. Thursday, amidst revelations the country’s electronic spy agency hacked into Brazil’s federal mining department and shared the intelligence with national energy interests.

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24 Hours

‘We’ve just stripped away essential safeguards’: Civil libertarians decry new ‘anti-terror’ law

April 25, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns that last night’s passage of Bill S-7 is “very dangerous.” The group’s national security director Sukanya Pillay explains why.

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rabble.ca

War on Terror threat to democracy in Canada: American Civil Liberties Union

August 16, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A top lawyer at the world’s largest civil liberties organization warns that Canada’s increasing participation in the so-called “War on Terror” has jeopardized democracy.

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The Tyee

Mistrust, Frustration Deepen as Police Spying on Pipeline Critics Comes to Light

May 22, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Aboriginal leaders are outraged after secret documents revealed that police have been keeping tabs on critics of Enbridge Corp.’s Northern Gateway pipeline.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

Conservatives suppress democracy: RoboGate, dangerous words and a scarier worldview

February 25, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Since the Conservative election fraud scandal broke, everyone is outraged. But the Left Coast Post looks at a pattern of dangerous words and actions from our government — and what we can do about it.

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rabble.ca

Government pipeline rhetoric reminiscent of Cold War, McCarthyism: prof

January 11, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Federal accusations that Enbridge opponents are “foreign” influenced “radicals” are frighteningly familiar to a Cold War historian.

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Vancouver Observer

B.C. intervened to halt Bush torture case

October 26, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Questions of political interference are being raised after a court case against former U.S. president George W. Bush was stopped in its tracks by the attorney general last week

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Vancouver Observer

Lawyers press for Bush arrest, as #Occupy activists set to converge in Surrey

October 19, 2011by David P. Ball

A 70-page legal indictment — accompanied by a staggering 4,000-page dossier — has been filed in B.C. court to have former George W. Bush arrested during his visit to Surrey tomorrow

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Vancouver Observer

This is our struggle, says West Papuan activist

March 20, 2003by David P. Ball Leave a comment

West Papuan human rights worker and Yale professor Octovianus Mote expresses his hope for Papuan independence from Indonesia.

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The Martlet newspaper

Students defend controversial UBC professor

October 4, 2001by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Students at the University of Victoria are defending a UBC professor’s right to make anti-U.S. statements in the wake of the September 11 attacks, even if they do not agree with her.

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The Martlet newspaper

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About David P. Ball

I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISTS' DUTY TO INFORM, IMPACT & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

I am a reporter with CBC News, Canada's public broadcaster, in Vancouver.

I have experience in podcasting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, investigative & digital news.

BYLINES:

CBC. Toronto Star. Agence France-Presse. Globe & Mail. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

Previously B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse, the world's oldest news service, I also worked in the Toronto Star's B.C. bureau for four years, have hosted podcasts for CFRO 100.5fm and Cited Media, and did investigative and enterprise journalism at TheTyee.ca.

My work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Guardian, National Post, South China Morning Post, VICE, Le Monde, and the Times of India — and won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Jack Webster Foundation, and Canadian Journalism Foundation.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

Search my reporting:

Published in over 100 publications, reaching more than 1.5 billion readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• Agence France-Presse
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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