@ July 31, 2004 # No Comment Yet
VANCOUVER — July 29, 2004 — With the passing today of the motion to formally have a city-wide referendum between the current at-large system and a straight wards system, the COPE dominated City Council is attempting to saddle Vancouver with the same flawed system we now have at the provincial and federal levels. A straight [...]
@ July 29, 2004 # No Comment Yet
After enduring two decades of an imposed moratorium on its trucking industry’s access to the U.S. market, Mexican teamsters will belatedly be given full admittance to North American highways. Originally, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed in 1993 provided for a gradual deregulation of truck traffic across the U.S.-Mexico border: Mexican vehicles would [...]
@ July 27, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Toronto, ON – With the Democratic National Convention slated to nominate Senator John Kerry as its Presidential standard bearer and Senator John Edwards as his Vice-Presidential running mate on the evening of Thursday July 29th, 2004 for the November U.S. Presidential election campaign, a new Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll released today indicates that a majority [...]
@ July 23, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Paul Martin agreed with Canadians in staying out of the invasion of Iraq. But now he is ready to sign a missile defence pact with George Bush, despite the fact that 69% of Canadians don’t want Canada to join. This may be your last chance to send a message to Paul Martin before Canada becomes [...]
@ July 20, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By John Clearwater In October of this year, the United States will begin operating the first of several interceptors for its planned national missile-defence system. With the clock ticking, Washington says Paul Martin has to get with the program now. Worse still, pro-Star Wars Canadians are lining up to say the sky will fall if [...]
@ July 20, 2004 # No Comment Yet
CDM EditorialJuly 20 2004 Vancouver – The provincial government of British Columbia has decided to build three new super class ferries to service the people of British Columbia. The ferries are badly needed, as the existing ferry fleet is old, tired and overworked. The previous ship building for BC Ferries as conducted by the NDP [...]
@ July 19, 2004 # No Comment Yet
AMERICA’S PATHETIC LIBERALS: THE SEQUEL Featuring Michael Moore and “Fahrenheit 9/11″ John Chuckman July 19, 2004 The controversy over Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11″ provides sharp insight into contemporary American liberalism. You might think from all the noise that something radical or revealing or important was happening. But you would be wrong. The noise represents another [...]
@ July 15, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By Ricardo Rant Another Canadian federal election has come and gone. While many Canadians seem to be surprised as to the outcome of the final standings, I can safely say that I called the outcome months ago. To me there was little surprise that the joined Conservatives would not mount any meaningful gains outside of [...]
@ July 12, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Editorial by the David Suzuki Foundation The makeup of the new government in Ottawa offers the best opportunity to advance climate protection Canada has ever seen. The Bloc Quebecois, Liberals and New Democrats have strong positions supporting Canada’s commitment to the Kyoto Protocol. The BQ and NDP made sustainable energy central planks in their platforms. [...]
@ July 11, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, 10 Jul 04 Greenpeace activists aboard the Arctic Sunrise joined by First Nations from Canada and Alaska led a flotilla of protest boats through the Broughton Archipelago today demanding an end to open net-cage fish farm expansion along the west coast of North America. “Alaska stands resolutely opposed to fish farm [...]