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”Easy to Ignore”

@ December 30, 2003 # No Comment Yet

By Paul HarrisFor some while, I have been covering the current events of o­ne of central Africa's nations. Many readers will not know that what used to be known as Zaïre has been called Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for almost seven years. Further, most readers will be unaware that during five of those seven [...]

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MISSILE DEFENCE NEEDS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE

@ December 29, 2003 # No Comment Yet

By Maude Barlow and Steven StaplesIt may be o­nly a matter of days before Canada joins George W. Bush's controversial national missile defence system without any Parliamentary or public debate. A Cabinet decision could lock Canada into a deal with the Pentagon and accelerate our military and economic integration with the United States.Paul Martin has [...]

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2004 Will Be The Year Of The Canadian Underdog

@ December 28, 2003 # No Comment Yet

The members of the Canadian Democratic Movement would like to thank all those who have been a part of our continued growth and expanding influence in 2003.  We could not have grown like we have without the support of our members, immediate work team, our partner organizations and you, the Canadian public.The Canadian Democratic Movement, [...]

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Paul Martin - Prime Minister or Scrooge?

@ December 23, 2003 # No Comment Yet

Three Days 'til Christmas, Three Days to Cease and Desist
HALIFAX, December 22A law firm representing the Liberal Party of Canada threatened to file suit against the creators of Paul Martin Time.ca for copyright infringement. The previous day, a journalist had attempted to confirm that the Prime Minister had knowledge of the site, which features parody [...]

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Some Last Minute Christmas Ideas

@ December 21, 2003 # No Comment Yet

A FEW COOL CHRISTMAS IDEASPut together by Lia GudaitisA Lump of Coal to Walmart www.sendcoaltowalmart.com/sendcoal.htmIf you don't get anything else out of all the work I've put into this, please check out this website.Adopt a Dolphin www.adoptadolphin.orgFor 3 quid a month, you can “adopt” a dolphin in someone else's name, though they don't really tell [...]

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Canada To Sign Up For National Missile Defence?

@ December 18, 2003 # No Comment Yet

Most Canadians don’t even know we’re in negotiations, o­nly scraps of informationby Maude Barlow and Steven Staples It may be only a matter of days before Canada joins George W. Bush’s controversial national missile defence system without any Parliamentary or public debate. A Cabinet decision could lock Canada into a deal with the Pentagon and [...]

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Show Trial

@ December 18, 2003 # No Comment Yet

 by Flick HarrisonFlick Harrison’s new digital featureMP3, trailer, scenes and stills at:Armed Rabble

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Charter Challenge to be heard in B.C. Supreme Court

@ December 16, 2003 # No Comment Yet

The suit brought by the Office and Professional Employees International Union and supported by Citizens for Public Power will go ahead this week at the Supreme Court in Vancouver. The case takes aim at two pieces of legislation that privatized o­ne third of B.C. Hydro and restructured the Crown Corporation. Please come down to the week-long [...]

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Liberal-Friendly Media Slam United Right?

@ December 15, 2003 # No Comment Yet

By Dave PattersonOnce again I am forced to laugh in disbelief as a writer in the Canadian media slams that media for being “lib-lefty” dominated - it would be most enlightening if you could expand o­n that accusation just a bit, since MY perception - and that of most “lefties” I know (I would not [...]

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All About Paul - Martin That Is…

@ December 12, 2003 # No Comment Yet

Just in time to celebrate the dawn of a new era comes a great new website.PaulMartinTime.ca is an independent source of news, analysis and humour about our new Prime Minister. We're living in Paul Martin Time; we might as well know what that is.Paul Martin Time.ca

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