@ July 23, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Two days after the Guatemalan Constitutional Court’s explosive decision to permit former autocrat Efrain Rios Montt to run for reelection in November, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, worried aloud that “the highest Court whose essential function is the defense of the constitutional order [...]
@ July 23, 2003 # No Comment Yet
When the anti-union B.C. Liberal provincial government sold pulp producer Skeena Cellulose, the buyer closed the doors of the Carnaby mill in Hazelton. Over 100 workers were left without jobs. That was two years ago, and the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), Local 404 members have been trying to get the mill [...]
@ July 19, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Roy WhyteCDMJuly 19, 2003 From the almost too stupid to be true files comes a tale of a magically disappearing Canada. It seems the American firm Fodor's Travel Guides forgot their geography. Fodor's screw-up comes in the form of omitting, or just plain butchering certain Canadian locations.
@ July 17, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Roy Whyte CDM July 17, 2003 News out of Ottawa yesterday is that the Feds are going to give some $80 million to the international airports in the form of rental deferments. The loans, which are at no interest, are meant to offset lost revenue due to SARS and terrorism. As well the airports can [...]
@ July 17, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Canadian troops hoisted the Canadian flag over the camp of the Kabul multinational brigade (KMNB) in Afghanistan. As part of the larger International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan the Canadians will be helping give aid to the Afghan security forces in and around Kabul. NATO is taking over the command of the ISAF on august [...]
@ July 16, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Monday July 14, 2003 Bring back Jayson Blair! The New York Times has eliminated the scourge of plagiarized journalism by eliminating journalism altogether from its front page. Check this Sundays edition: Bill Gates is no ordinary philanthropist, gushes a Times reporter named Stephanie Strom, re-writing one of the digital divas self-loving press releases. Gates has [...]
@ July 14, 2003 # No Comment Yet
The FTAA is coming to Miami where ministers will be meeting from November 20-21. START NOW TO STOP THE FTAA! Come down to Florida for the week to Fight for Fair Trade. Four years ago in February of 1999 in Seattle, a motley network of 80 activists first came together to plan for the civil [...]
@ July 14, 2003 # No Comment Yet
A disclaimer and explanation As an American that has lived over half his life in Canada, I have a bit of a skewed (or skewered) perspective. As an editor, this perspective oft times shows itself in my editorials. The following is a slightly dated, though perhaps still relevant, editorial from a past issue of the [...]
@ July 13, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Six foreign nationals held in US custody could face unfair trials and even the death penalty after being named on 3 July 2003 under a Military Order issued by US President George W Bush in November 2001. At least three of those named are among the hundreds of people detained in the US Naval Base [...]
@ July 13, 2003 # No Comment Yet
by Murray Dobbin Executive Summary To fully comprehend the current nature of our relationship with the United States, we need to go back to the 1930s and the post-war period. Our size, our small population, the powerful north-south tug of the growing colossus on our border, all demanded of our political leadership a “sharing” model [...]