@ November 20, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Is the press too cruel to politicians? Are meanies in the media turning people off politics? Some argue the media isn't tough enough while others blame cynical and negative coverage of politics and politicians for everything from voter apathy to crop failure. A panel of politically savvy British Columbians will discuss the uneasy relationship between politicians [...]
@ November 19, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Ricardo Rant Let me start by saying I may be aggressive but I am not a hateful person. Although, when it comes to talking about the right and those that hover on that side of the fence, I feel hate. And why not feel hate? I mean these people who call themselves ‘conservatives’ are [...]
@ November 18, 2003 # No Comment Yet
NOVEMBER 18, 2003 MIAMI – Canadian trade negotiators are continuing to push for an aggressive FTAA deal despite the compromise position proposed by the United States and Brazil. In a document released yesterday, the U.S. and Brazil proposed an ‘FTAA Lite,’ a buffet-style agreement that would allow member countries to pick and chose the elements [...]
@ November 17, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Mel Hurtig This is further to my November 9th memo about how the media, and in particular the NATIONAL POST, sometimes distort their reporting of public opinion poll results, a topic I discussed in THE VANISHING COUNTRY. You may recall how I made fun in my last memo of the POST's front page [...]
@ November 17, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Larry Weiss Two decades ago, the wars raging in Central America galvanized activists around the world. Their fundamental belief was that Central Americans have the right to decide their own fates and to build societies that serve their own needs. To that end, the revolutionary upsurge that swept Central America was its 20th-century effort [...]
@ November 16, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Heiner Flassbeck The economic drama in Latin America continues. After the Argentine collapse, Brazil, Uruguay and a series of other countries face great dangers… …For Argentina, a decline of growth of 15% is expected, inflation rises to 50% and the situation of people deteriorates from day to day. The Brazilian economy stagnates at best. [...]
@ November 14, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Gordon Reid Many of us have heard the expression fighting fire with fire. We here in Nova Scotia are fighting a huge fire in the political party system; unfortunately, we need to introduce a new political party to bring changes to the current system. My suggestion is government by consensus.Government by consensus is in [...]
@ November 13, 2003 # No Comment Yet
“If, as we are told, Oswald was the lone assassin, where is the issue of national security?” Bertrand Russell By John ChuckmanNovember 12, 2003 Bertrand Russell's penetrating question, one of sixteen he asked at the time of the Warren Commission Report, remains unanswered after forty years. That should trouble Americans, but then again there are [...]
@ November 12, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Please Sign the online Petition to “Stop Canada Pension Plan Investments in War!” Did you know that the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is forcing millions of Canadians to invest in businesses that profit from war? Included among these corporations are 15 of the world's top 20 military contractors! Is that how you want your retirement [...]
@ November 12, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Date: November 11, 2003Location: Toronto TORONTO – The Canadian Action Party today joined those who demand a full public inquiry into the federal government's handling of the Maher Arar and William Sampson cases. “Evidence shows that the Department of External Affairs has been far from diligent in protecting the rights of Canadian citizens,” said Paul [...]