Privacy Commissioner of Canada commends BC IPC for furthering public debate on sharing of personal information about Canadians across borders.
@ October 30, 2004 # No Comment Yet
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, today welcomed the report of the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner, David Loukidelis on Privacy and the USA PATRIOT Act and commends him for bringing the issue of cross-border sharing of personal information to the attention of governments and Canadians.
“Striking a balance between the protection of privacy and [...]
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Sign The U.N. Petition Against Weapons In Space
@ October 29, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Dear fellow Supporters - Let's stop the arms race before it escalates into space, and transform the war industry into a peaceful, sustainable, cooperative Space age society. Our Petition to the United Nations General Assembly is designed for this purpose, and asks the UN General Assembly to produce a Treaty by United Nations Day, 2005 (October 24, 2005) [...]
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN
@ October 25, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Just a tad of liberal/conservative humour.
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his
morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging
liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His
medications are safe to take because some stupid commie [...]
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The Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform Recommend That British Columbians Adopt A New Voting System
@ October 24, 2004 # No Comment Yet
The Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform recommended Sunday that British Columbians adopt a new voting system — the Single Transferable Vote process that’s often called “as easy as 1, 2, 3.”
Now the decision is up to the voters of B.C., who will cast ballots on STV in a referendum in the next provincial election, on [...]
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TIME Magazine poll finds that majority of Canadians have “A strong dislike for U.S. President George W. Bush”
@ October 24, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Poll Respondents Prefer Kerry to Bush in Every Category Surveyed; Poll Also Shows Majority of Canadians Oppose American-Led Missile-Defense Program.
“A new TIME-EKOS poll shows that…Canadians are expressing a strong dislike of President George W. Bush and dread at the possibility he may win again,” writes TIME’s Canadian Bureau Chief Steven Frank in the November 1st [...]
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STV vs. First Past the Post
@ October 24, 2004 # No Comment Yet
If the Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform recommends a new voting system for B.C. tomorrow (Sunday October 24) it will be the “Easy as 1, 2, 3″ system: the Single Transferable Vote process.
Members on Saturday overwhelmingly chose the model STV system they have designed as preferable to their other potential model: a Mixed Member Proportional [...]
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Women’s Representation After The 2004 Federal Election
@ October 21, 2004 # No Comment Yet
By Gina Bishop
Efforts to increase the number of Canadian women in elected office are grinding to a halt.
There is still much debate over whether having more women elected would result in more effective representation for them as a group. There is also plenty of discussion on how to effectively measure their political impact.
Furthermore, it can [...]
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US - PRE-ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT
@ October 21, 2004 # No Comment Yet
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE FOR TRANSPARENCY
In many respects, the electoral landscape has improved since 2000. The delegation applauds the efforts of state and local officials to discover and implement creative solutions to many of the problems in their communities. It is also heartened by the energy of civil society to work toward positive electoral [...]
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Iraqi Seed Markets Controlled By Transnational Corporations
@ October 19, 2004 # No Comment Yet
World Food Day: Iraqi farmers aren’t celebrating
When the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) celebrates biodiversity on World Food Day on October 16, Iraqi farmers will be mourning its loss.
A new report [1] by GRAIN and Focus on the Global South has found that new legislation in Iraq has been carefully put in place by the [...]
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U.S. Investors and Its Multinationals Will Emerge As Main Winners from CAFTA Ratification
@ October 18, 2004 # No Comment Yet
On May 28, 2004, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, together with the United States, signed a free trade accord whose underlying principle is the aggressive protection and expansion of individual and corporate investor rights. These privileges come at the expense of environmental protection, legislative independence, and a nation’s right to autonomously determine [...]
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