Could the Liberals Finally Feel a Backlash?
@ February 15, 2004 # No Comment Yet
With the pressure mounting against the Paul Martin lead Liberal government, Canadians it seems have had just about enough. Scandal plagued for most of the past decade, the federal Liberal party is undergoing its strongest blowback yet. Even in Liberal strongholds voters it seems are standing up and taking notice. Recent polls show a strong slide for [...]
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ANATOMY OF TERROR
@ February 13, 2004 # No Comment Yet
February 13, 2004ANATOMY OF TERROR John Chuckman Trying to bring reason to the subject of terror seems hopeless. The subject is crushingly-weighted with hatreds, prejudice, and political lunacy. But the attempt is important because the subject may dominate the lifetimes of most readers. Terror is both a real phenomenon and a fraud. It is real [...]
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First Conservative Debate
@ February 12, 2004 # No Comment Yet
The first round of the Conservative debates has come and gone and if it is a clue as to what is to come we should be in for an interesting election run. Tony Clement squared off versus Stephen Harper but not Belinda Stronach. Belinda has been keeping a rather low profile since she butchered her [...]
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Rebranding intolerance: the new Conservatives
@ February 11, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Last week, Larry Spencer, the disgraced Canadian Alliance party member was refused entry into the new Conservative caucus (the Alliance Party, in their third attempt at re-branding, recently took over the former Progressive Conservative party).The Alliance party was hobbled by their well-deserved reputation as a party of bigots; a reputation they had burnished since their [...]
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Canadian Homo Economicus
@ February 10, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By Ricardo RantFebruary 9 2003 Watching the Super Bowl game this year was an event as it is every year. Only I do not find the event in the game, I find it in the commercials that are tailored to hit the masses on one of the biggest commercial days of the year. For anyone [...]
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Buy Flowers for Your Sweetheart, and Deliver a Message
@ February 9, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Most of the cut flowers sold in Canada come from South and Central America, where:Many of them work excessive hours for poor pay. They are exposed to dangerous chemicals, without proper safety equipment. And they must put in up to eight hours daily of overtime, especially in the run-up to Valentine's Day.Take action to improve [...]
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PaulMartinTime.ca Goes on Tour!
@ February 8, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Since its inception on the day of Paul Martin's coronation, PaulMartinTime.ca's unique combination of satire and substantial coverage has received over 250,000 hits. The site has attracted national media attention, including coverage by the Toronto Star, Le Soleil, Canadian Business Magazine, CBC Radio and TV, Global News, the Halifax Herald, and a number of radio [...]
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What Canadians Think Of George Bush
@ February 3, 2004 # No Comment Yet
In a national survey, Maclean's asked Canadians for their opinions of the President In a national survey, Maclean's asked Canadians for their opinions of the President. The respondents' reactions: How would you describe your personal feelings toward President George W. Bush? EXTREMELY LIKE HIM 5% SOMEWHAT LIKE HIM 27% SOMEWHAT DISLIKE HIM 28% EXTREMELY DISLIKE [...]
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Indigenous Women Challenge Man Indicted for Anna Mae’s Murder
@ February 3, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Friday 30, January, 2004 The Indigenous Women for Justice (IWJ), a US based Native women's advocacy group, today challenged John Boy Graham, one of the two men indicted for the first-degree murder of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash, to take a polygraph to be conducted by an independent examiner. The IWJ sent their invitation to Graham via [...]
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The “Waiting For Martin” Cross-Canada Tour
@ February 2, 2004 # No Comment Yet
WAITING FOR MARTIN is a film that tells the truth about Paul Martin. It's coming soon to your hometown. The Martin Myth: champion of the poor and downtrodden. “Let us never come to believe that there is such a thing as a tolerable level of child poverty or that a growing gap between the rich [...]
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