@ December 24, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Torture - The Stain That Remains
By Robert Billyard
As legend goes there was a Greek lady by the name of Pandora who lived many centuries ago. She was in possession of a mysterious jar, but under strict orders that it was never to be opened. Predictably, overwhelmed by idle curiosity, she opened the jar and let [...]
@ December 23, 2005 # No Comment Yet
The End Of Santa - A Contemporary Christmas Tale
By John Chuckman
It was only a matter of time before Santa Claus himself came under the Neanderthal-eyed scrutiny of American intelligence. After all, Santa’s citizenship is unknown, and he crosses borders with no passport or other form of identification. No one knows whether he even has a [...]
@ December 23, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Canada Border Services Prepared to Deport Portnoy Family
By Myles Higgins
Early yesterday morning an RCMP spokesperson announced the arrest of Alexis Portnoy, an Israeli immigrant who has been the center of a province wide effort to save him and his family from deportation.
Mr. Pornoy and his family have been receiving asylum in a church basement in [...]
@ December 23, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Canadian Action Party stands with Canadians who are left wondering about the comments made during the partial leaders debate.(several leaders were not invited) Mr. Martin accused Mr.Duceppe of destroying his country. “This is my country and my children were born and raised in Quebec, and you’re not going to go to them and say that [...]
@ December 23, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Membership in Fortress North America has Become Ruinously Expensive
On the very rare occasions I have the temerity to be critical of the Bush administration. One of the responses I get is that he is our great defender. How can I or anyone question an all powerful and all knowing US president? It might also [...]
@ December 16, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Writer Murray Dobbin and the NDP, Why No Disclosure?
By Ricardo Rant
Columnist and author Murray Dobbin is a Canadian writer that I find myself reading very often as his work seems to be just about everywhere. I have also come to the conclusion that this has either gone to his head, or he is abusing his [...]
@ December 15, 2005 # No Comment Yet
“Democratic Reform” Package Doesn’t Mention Fair Voting
The Conservatives have completely missed the point on democratic reform, according to Fair Vote Canada, a multi-partisan citizens’ group for fair voting reform, and are dodging the real issue. Stephen Harper’s democratic reform package, announced yesterday, included no commitment to changing the way we vote to elect our MPs. [...]
@ December 14, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Canada’s Postal Future to be Decided Behind Closed Doors
The future of Canada’s public post office will be decided by a private trade tribunal operating from the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. The hearings over our post office will run from December 12-17th.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the Council of Canadians (the [...]
@ December 11, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Condoleezza’s Ignorance & Lies
“The captured terrorists of the 21st century do not fit easily into traditional systems of criminal or military justice, which were designed for different needs. We have to adapt.”
Condoleezza Rice
By John Chuckman
I’ve previously charged Condoleezza Rice with having an appalling ignorance of history. I don’t mean the kind of knowledge - dates [...]
@ December 8, 2005 # No Comment Yet
By Myles Higgins
For those of you who may not be aware of the situation currently playing itself out in Newfoundland and Labrador and similar ones across this country let me fill you in. There are, as I write this, any number of families and individuals who are heading into the Christmas season under the specter [...]