@ October 18, 2004 # No Comment Yet
The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) is rejecting the government’s claim that amendments to B.C. privacy laws will be sufficient protection for British Columbians if their medical and financial records and other personal information are handed over to U.S.-linked companies. “The Campbell Liberals can try to build a fortress around our personal data [...]
@ October 15, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Ten leading international newspapers sponsor polls on U.S. elections MONTREAL, Oct. 15 In a world overwhelmingly opposed to the re-election of President George W. Bush and to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the United States can look first to the Russian and Israeli peoples for support. That is a primary conclusion of national opinion polls [...]
@ October 15, 2004 # No Comment Yet
The Canadian Labour Congress today instructed its lawyers to begin libel action against the National Post and the CanWest-Global chain of newspapers. Last month, in a story linked to a policy conference in Ottawa, the National Post and CanWest-Global chain of newspapers mistakenly reported that the Canadian Labour Congress had officially changed its policy on [...]
@ October 13, 2004 # No Comment Yet
We have an unexpected and exciting opportunity for action on federal electoral reform and proportional representation. All opposition parties – who jointly hold the majority of seats – are now calling for a Canadian citizens’ assembly on electoral reform. British Columbia recently pioneered this process with the BC Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. The BC [...]
@ October 13, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Colin Powell and Gerard Latortue Blame Aristide, When the Blame Lies With Them On October 4, Haitians staged yet another in the country’s growing number of street demonstrations, calling for the return of democratically-elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was ousted by a State Department-scripted coup last February 29. In recent days, these manifestations have cost [...]
@ October 11, 2004 # No Comment Yet
CDM Editorial Oct 11 2004 Word has come down this week that Lockheed Martin will help conduct the 2006 Canadian census through a Canadian subsidiary. Lockheed Martin is one of the worlds leading arms manufactures and a close supporter of the Bush government. From the Lockheed Martin website, “We never forget who we’re working for.†[...]
@ October 6, 2004 # No Comment Yet
In Tuesday’s Speech from the Throne, Prime Minister Paul Martin failed to make mention of a key election promise, according to the Canadian Federation of Students and the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec. During a nationally-televised federal election forum in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Martin said that he wanted to allocate $8 billion to post-secondary education. [...]
@ October 6, 2004 # No Comment Yet
The Heritage Canada Foundation today expressed disappointment over the lack of any reference to built heritage preservation in yesterday’s Speech from the Throne. While some elements of the Speech may prove relevant to heritage preservation, there were no explicit references to the Liberal government’s election promises. “In the period prior to the recent federal election,” [...]
@ October 4, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Burnaby, BC, Oct. 4 A Cabinet document leaked to the Vancouver Sun reveals that the federal Liberals, in concert with Gordon Campbell’s privatization agenda, are preparing to deliberately mislead the public about the source of funds for the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver (RAV) public-private partnership (P3) deal. “This just proves the Liberals, federal and provincial, will do anything [...]
@ October 4, 2004 # No Comment Yet
KERRY CAME OUT ON TOP, BUT IT WAS LESS HIS EFFORT THAN BUSH’S INCOMPETENCE… John Chuckman October 4, 2004 Nothing tells us more about the odd political state of America than the recent presidential debate and reactions to it. The American debates, of course, are not debates at all. They are more a set of [...]