@ October 31, 2003 # No Comment Yet
by Rob Baxter 28.10.2003 05:38VANCOUVER, BC Canada – Two local activists began a hunger strike today to protest plans to implement the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Two other activists are currently fasting in support. The activists are currently maintaining a continuous vigil at the Peace Arch and have set up a small [...]
@ October 31, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Trade ministers from 34 countries will meet in Miami from November 19-21 to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas, an agreement that would extend the failed NAFTA model of corporate globalization throughout the Western Hemisphere. Local and national groups across the hemisphere are mobilizing for a massive showing of opposition to this new trade [...]
@ October 29, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Over 2000 emails have now been sent to Industry Minister Allan Rock through our email form and cc:d to others such as the Chief Statistician of Canada and the Prime Minister. Vive le Canada.ca has received national media coverage in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and in several other papers and radio programs [...]
@ October 28, 2003 # No Comment Yet
The World Bank has predicted that by 2025, two-thirds of the world s population will run short of fresh drinking water. Given such a grim outlook, it comes as little surprise that Fortune magazine recently defined water as “the oil of the 21st century.” Poised to capitalize on this crisis are private companies, many of [...]
@ October 27, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Paul HarrisYellowTimes.org Columnist (Canada) What a pleasure to see the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks crumble in Cancun!
People all around the world are very confused about what is meant by the various trade agreements pimped by the WTO. We can all see that member nations still have tariffs and restrictions on some products or [...]
@ October 27, 2003 # No Comment Yet
While there is a small but loud group of privatization pushers here in Canada around the issue of Health Care, there is the beginnings of shift in the United States which has been labouring under a Health system that is failing tens of millions.The following ABC-Washington Post poll shows that the private for profit system [...]
@ October 24, 2003 # No Comment Yet
October 24 2003VANCOUVER - It’s a message that’s impossible to ignore. At a press conference at 10:30 am on Friday, October 24, the Council of Canadians will unveil a six-foot postcard addressed to Premier Gordon Campbell that reads “Don’t Privatize our Public Services!â€
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson for the Council of Canadians, will join local activists [...]
@ October 24, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Guy PaquetteCanada has earned a worldwide status as one of the great success stories of modern nationhood. The Canadian credo of social justice and racial tolerance has been a worthy model of stability and opportunity for the many diverse ethnic groups who have come here to join our somewhat successful experiment in cultural diversity. [...]
@ October 23, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Paul HarrisYellowTimes.org Columnist (Canada) ''You will never see this on CNN …'' – … or CBS, or NBC, or any other of the major American communication networks. You might see it tucked away on the back pages of Canada's CBC or Britain's BBC or any number of small independent media sources. Increasingly, though, you [...]
@ October 22, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Dear CAP Friends,Not long ago, thanks to questioning by NDP Member of Parliament Bill Blaikie, Industry Minister Allan Rock was forced to admit that a contract for a preliminary census was awarded to a consortium that included giant U.S. defence contractor Lockheed Martin.Long time Canadian patriot Mel Hurtig strongly objected and suggested Canadians might have [...]