@ April 27, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Canada’s Emerging Politics Of Destruction
By John Chuckman
April 26, 2005
What would Pierre Trudeau say? He stopped the FLQ dead in its tracks only to have the nation’s future now toyed with by selfish, angry children.
This is a terrible time to force an election. I don’t say this because it’s only been a year since an election. [...]
@ April 26, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Resource Guide on Proposals to Strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
The Washington-based Arms Control Association (ACA) has published a 50-page comprehensive guide on “Major Proposals to Strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty,” which is now available online. The report, which is co-written by ACA research fellow Claire Applegarth and Reaching Critical Will project director Rhianna Tyson, describes [...]
@ April 24, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Conservatives Crack 40% Vote Support In Ontario For First Time Since June, 1985
According to the latest Ipsos-Reid poll, conducted from April 19th to 21st among 2000 Canadians nationally, Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party are poised to oust Paul Martin and the governing Liberals and take the reigns of Canada’s government if an election were [...]
@ April 21, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Progressive Report Undermines Political Rifts
April 17th marked the publication of the Canadian National Federation’s first major study - their first Progressive Values Report. The study compared the political values of four progressive political entities - the Green Party of Canada, David Orchard’s Campaign for Canada, the Canadian Action Party, and the Canadian Democratic Movement.
The study [...]
@ April 21, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Ecuador Could be the Next Member of Latin America’s New Left Coalition
Ecuadorian civil society has never had qualms about holding its elected officials directly accountable. In the past decade alone, the population of this small, poor South American country has toppled three presidents for failing to deliver on promises of social justice, economic and political [...]
@ April 17, 2005 # No Comment Yet
News of U.S. Wal-Mart Dirty Tricks Campaign Compounds Ontario Suspicions
The premier of Ontario has been asked to call a public inquiry into the activities of Wal-Mart Canada and whether a covert campaign to bust a union at a Windsor Wal-Mart in the 1990’s might have subverted the integrity of Ontario labour laws and even touched [...]
@ April 13, 2005 # No Comment Yet
First Nations in Canada and Tribes in the United States Reject Great Lakes Charter Annex
It has been over 240 years since
Great Lakes tribes descended upon the great Niagara Falls to discuss issues of
profound consequence. This week, representatives from over 140 indigenous
tribes from both sides of the border participated in the most significant and
historic international gathering [...]
@ April 13, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Protestors Denounce Alcan’s Sell-Off Of B.C. Water At CEO Speech
Protestors lined the entrance to the Westin
Bayshore hotel in downtown Vancouver today as the newly-formed Don’t Sell Us
Out Coalition staged a demonstration against Alcan’s sell-off of B.C.’s
natural water resources.
Around 25 protestors made their presence felt outside the Westin Bayshore
with placards and sloganed water bottles while Alcan [...]
@ April 13, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Members Of Parliament Reject Private Member’s Bill Banning The Use Of Replacement Workers
The Private Member’s Bill C-263, seeking to amend the Canada Labour Code to ban the use of replacement workers during a work stoppage, was rejected by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons
today.
The Honourable Joe Fontana, Minister of Labour and Housing, did [...]
@ April 11, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Multi-Faith Coalition Issues a Joint Statement to Demonstrate Faith-Based Support for Civil Same-Sex Marriage
“We believe that in an environment where religious beliefs are being used to fuel arguments for and against same-sex marriage, it is essential that politicians recognize the diversity of views that exist within faith communities,” says a religious coalition that includes Buddhists, [...]