@ September 28, 2003 # No Comment Yet
“There's so much choice (in Canadian media) - why do readers feel starved for accuracy?” Mr. LaPointe ponders. Let me try point you and he in the right (haha - little pun) direction. Perhaps we could start with bit of word substitution to get our minds moving in the desired direction - that is, what [...]
@ September 28, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Dear Editors,I am wondering about two things that I am not receiving much information on from your papers.1. Why does everyone persist in calling the ongoing talks between the PCs and Alliance as some move to “unite the right”? The “right” has been firmly occupied by the Liberal Party (federally at least) for quite some [...]
@ September 25, 2003 # No Comment Yet
News today from Levi Strauss is that they are going to close all their Canadian plants. One sewing plant in Alberta and another two plants in Ontario are being closed in early 2004. Now for their reasoning and the questions asked by our media.From Julie Klee - “Moving away from owned-and-operated manufacturing to a broader [...]
@ September 25, 2003 # No Comment Yet
NDP Leader Jack Layton and democracy advocate Lorne Nystrom have announced their intent to have Parliament vote on a national referendum on changing our electoral system. The vote will be Canada’s first on proportional representation, an electoral system in place in all but two industrial democracies, for 80 years.“In the industrialized world, only two countries [...]
@ September 24, 2003 # No Comment Yet
The following editorial prompts oÂne to ask: “WHAT HAVE WE DONE LATELY TO HAVE AN IMPACT IN THE WORLD WE LIVE?”This article comes to you, not as a condemnation but, simply as reminder that we can have an impact if we care to. Do you - - 1 - look at labels? 2 - reject [...]
@ September 24, 2003 # No Comment Yet
The global water corporations are using bilateral investment treaties (BITS) to guarantee corporate profit. The most recent potential victim is the Argentine government and taxpayers.Suez has followed through on a promise to mount investment treaty arbitrations against the Argentine Republic in relation to 3 separate water service contracts in which Suez is the majority shareholder.
@ September 22, 2003 # No Comment Yet
CAP ADOPTS PROPOSAL TO MERGE WITH NDP TO FORM BIG, NEW, PROGRESSIVE, PRO-CANADA PARTYDelegates to the Canadian Action Party Biennial Convention held in Toronto on the weekend unanimously endorsed a resolution to merge with the NDP to form the nucleus of a big, new, progressive pro-Canada party. The new party would be designed to attract [...]
@ September 21, 2003 # No Comment Yet
by Jim Stanford, Economist, Canadian Auto WorkersNo. 67, September 3, 2003How Conservatives Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DeficitEveryone knew that George Bush was running up a big deficit in an effort to ensure his re-election next year. But few guessed exactly how enormous that deficit could get, until the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office [...]
@ September 21, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Paul HarrisSince September 11, 2001 there has been a heightened world-wide concern about security issues. Countries have been roused to increase their police or military security, to crack down on dissidents, to restrict the crossing of their borders, and so on. While many of these measures may be sensible, even in the absence of [...]
@ September 20, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Like it was ever in doubt… Paul Martin is now the Prime Minister of Canada.So, just who is Paul Martin and why should you care? What does he have in store for us? The CDM Presents Paul Martin The Next Canadian Prime Minister