@ April 21, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By: Tristan Downe-DewdneyCNP President and FounderApril 19, 2004 There has been a certain degree of clamor from coast to coast in Canada, as many groups have been throwing in their two cents regarding the touchy issue of bill C-250. Introduced by NDP MP Svend Robinson, the bill would see sexual orientation added to the list [...]
@ April 20, 2004 # No Comment Yet
A Cross-Canada Labour Rights, Wal-Mart and Community Campaign THE TIME: April 28 – leave Montreal; May 22 – arrive in VancouverTHE FACTS: Six students. Two vehicles. 230 pounds of pamphlets and flyers. ONE PLAN: Visit 21 small Canadian towns with Wal-Marts along 4,567 kilometers of Canadian highway in 25 days. The project is an undertaking [...]
@ April 16, 2004 # No Comment Yet
April 16, 2004John Chuckman It did appear that that mountainous bulk of murder and corruption, Ariel Sharon, was about to leave politics. Much as with Al Capone, authorities only caught up with him through a trail of crooked money. But we have heard less of his retirement lately and rather more about his plan to [...]
@ April 15, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Roy WhyteApril 14 2004 A cabal known as the Canadian Council of Chief Executives is undertaking nefarious moves to put an end run on both democracy and the citizens of Canada. The premier lobby group in Canada, the CCCE, is advancing their personal agendas at the expense of all Canadians. The CCCE has unleashed their [...]
@ April 14, 2004 # No Comment Yet
42 of the poorest countries of the world are eligible for HIPC benefits but only 11 of them have received extensive debt relief. Economic experts question Nicaragua’s fidelity of completing HIPC prerequisites. The HIPC Initiative is falling behind in aiding countries to sustain their external debts. Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) that force HIPC countries to [...]
@ April 13, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Fair Vote Vancouver calls on the Berger Commission, the Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission, to recommend in its upcoming report to City Council a system that it thinks is best for Vancouver, not just a system it believes can be done without a change to the City Charter. Initially, the Berger Commission was not considering proportional [...]
@ April 11, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Submitted by EmailThe Bank of Canada is the most profitable crown corporation, earning about $2 billion dollars a year. However, if it was operating under the same policies as it did in 1975 it could be making an additional approximately 6 billion dollars per year in profits, which would go directly back into the Canadian [...]
@ April 9, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Fair Vote Vancouver is urging the Berger Commission, the Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission, to pay more attention to “pro-rep” and other innovative advances. While proportional representation is often mentioned by the commission, it is usually as a sidelight, something that seems unlikely or too difficult. Submissions to the commission from the Vancouver Green Party and [...]
@ April 8, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By Ricardo RantApril 8 2004 Right and left – a decent summation of politics in Canada. Most Canadians would place themselves somewhere in either camp or even in the 'centre'. Readers of mine would suggest I am a loony lefty. So be it, but it was not always that way. In my early years (18-30) [...]
@ April 4, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Can you direct some volunteer time during the upcoming federal election to help reshape the Canadian political system? To help turn electoral politics upside-down, so we can put Canadian democracy right-side-up? Fair Vote Canada is organizing a nationwide grassroots campaign during the federal election. We intend to send a clear message from the citizens of [...]