@ February 29, 2004 # No Comment Yet
How can ordinary people participate in governing?Real democracy is a vision that is still to be realized. We live in a time when:· we can either participate in a system that listens to us only once every four years or · we can totally abdicate of our political say and let government take its own [...]
@ February 29, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Corporations: Are they the lifeblood of our nation or are they the cause for a slow bleed-out of our economy, environment and even our very sovereignty?For an intriguing look inside the workings of Canadian corporations the Aurora Institute has released a thorough guide into the inner workings of corporations. With the pro-corporate model at all costs being [...]
@ February 25, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Don’t let Martin cut the CBC again!Our new Prime Minister seems more concerned with American relations than Canadian culture. As he prepares his first budget, we have to tell him how strongly we feel about the CBC and Canadian programming. Our TV screens are inundated with American programs. It’s time to take back our airwaves [...]
@ February 23, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By SweetsI guess with my past experience I can speak with some authority on the so called corporate bum. In the past I have been the creator of 3 privately held limited Corporations and 1 widely held publicly owned Corporation. – The simple difference between these two types of corporations is, the Public Company’s letters [...]
@ February 22, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By Kyle Kerr“Told you so”. Those against national missile defence have been saying that to defenders of the nmd since the beginning. Canadians in general have been saying that since the beginning. What is that we said?Those of us against the notion of a national missile shield as developed by the United States have been [...]
@ February 21, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Foreign Minister Graham is outdoing even his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Powell, who he is otherwise closely aping, in subscribing to a confused and tough, if not hostile line towards Haiti’s President Aristide. In doing so, he seriously distorts reality. In following such a surprisingly one-sided and prejudicial approach on the cause of the [...]
@ February 19, 2004 # No Comment Yet
February 18, 2004COMING SOON: THE DIRTIEST SHOW on EARTH!John ChuckmanCrowds cheering, bands marching, costumes glittering, high-wire stunts, and even animal acts (if the latest Bush stories about Kerry are to believed) - all these and more are coming this fall to America's local fairgrounds and national airwaves. American elections are not noted for depth of [...]
@ February 18, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By Roy WhyteFeb18 2003Canadian patriot and nationalist Mel Hurtig has uncovered more half-truths and blatant misrepresentations of poll statistics as published by the National Post. The poll in question ran in the February 11 2004 edition.The poll was conducted by POLLARA, who is chaired by long-time Liberal pollster Michael Marzolini. While there is nothing wrong [...]
@ February 18, 2004 # No Comment Yet
On Monday, December 1, 2003, John Graham was arrested in Vancouver, Canada. He is charged by the FBI with the 1975 murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a Mik’maq from Nova Scotia whose frozen body was found on the Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota. Presently free on bail, John Graham faces extradition to the US.At [...]
@ February 16, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Health care in Canada is always been and always will be a hot button topic. From each side of the debate is 'facts' and assumptions on how best to deliver health care services to Canadians.As of late there has been much talk of private for profit providers moving into the market to help with the [...]