CUPE to Nominate Williams Government For CAJ ‘Code of Silence’ Award
@ June 30, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Williams Government Secrecy Gains Award Nomination
Yesterday’s announcement from the Williams government that it will overrule its own privacy commissioner and not release government polling results, has prompted CUPE to nominate it for a ‘Code of Silence’ award.
The tongue-in-cheek award is handed out annually by the Canadian
Association of Journalists (CAJ) as a way of exposing government [...]
More on page 671
Move In A Timely Way To End The Debate On Bill C-38
@ June 27, 2005 # No Comment Yet
United Church of Canada Urges Paliament to Vote in Favour of Same-Sex Marriage
In a statement released today, The United Church of Canada has called on the Canadian government to move in a timely way to end the debate on Bill C-38 and to vote in favour of same-sex marriage legislation.
“Marriage will be enhanced, not diminished, [...]
More on page 670
First Plebiscite on P3 Hospitals Reveals They Have Little Support
@ June 27, 2005 # No Comment Yet
98% Vote to Keep Hospital Public in First Plebiscite to Stop P3 Hospitals
More than 12,400 people voted in a
citizen-called community-wide vote held in St. Catharines and area on
Saturday, June 25. The results of the plebiscite, called by the Niagara &
Ontario Health Coalitions, were released today at 1 pm in front of the Hotel
Dieu Hospital in [...]
More on page 669
Drowning In Filth
@ June 25, 2005 # No Comment Yet
The World’s Largest Moral And Intellectual Open Sewer…
By John Chuckman
“We are all drowning in filth…I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement have simply disappeared from the face of the earth.” George Orwell (diary entry for 27 April, 1942)
I’ve given the date of Orwell’s words lest someone think they were written by a contemporary [...]
More on page 668
Not So Odd Couple: Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro
@ June 21, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Chávez and Castro Work in Tandem Infuriating United States
On April 29, 2005 Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Cuban President Fidel Castro met in Havana to renew their call for a hemispheric trade pact, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), as an alternative to the U.S.-led Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The leaders’ [...]
More on page 667
RWB and the OSCE Make Six Recommendations to Ensure Freedom of Expression on the Internet
@ June 20, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Should the Web be Filtered?
This declaration by Reporters Without
Borders and the representative of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Freedom of the Media aims to deal with the main issues facing countries seeking to regulate online
activity.
Should the Web be filtered? Can online publications be forced to
register with the authorities? What should [...]
More on page 666
Climate Change on G8 Agenda in Scotland
@ June 20, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Canadian Government Needs to Solidify Global Resolve on Climate Change
The annual G8 Heads of State Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland will focus on both climate change and Africa. This is the first time climate change has taken centre stage at a G8 summit, and is being linked closely to Africa, where the impacts of climate change [...]
More on page 665
Canadians React To Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling
@ June 18, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling has Majority Feeling Decision Paves Way To Two-Tiered System
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on private healthcare in Quebec, Ipsos-Reid fielded a survey among 1000 Canadians nationally from June 14th-16th, 2005 that sought to gauge the nation’s reaction to this well-publicized judgment. The survey, reveals that Canadians have mixed [...]
More on page 664
All Bush, All The Time, For The Rest Of Your Life
@ June 15, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Bush, Bush, Bush…The Grunts Of A Savage Tribe
By John Chuckman
A group of Republican legislators proposes to rescind the 22ndAmendment to the American Constitution. This is the Amendment, passed after four terms of Franklin Roosevelt scared the bejesus out of Republicans, limiting a President to two terms in office. The legislators apparently believe that with continued [...]
More on page 663
2 Million Jobs In Play As Small Business Succession Issue Looms
@ June 13, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Canadian Small Business in State of Flux
A report released today by the Canadian
Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) found that 4 out of 10 small- and
medium-sized business owners (SMEs) intend to exit their businesses within 5
years, with this number jumping to 7 in 10 when extended over 10 years. Three
quarters of those intending to leave cited [...]
More on page 662