@ December 8, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Think of the Election as an AGM By Myles Higgins I’ve heard the comment that you can’t run a Country or a Province like a business. People’s lives and futures are at stake, there are social issues that need to be addressed and there are wants and needs that can’t be denied. These are indeed [...]
@ December 7, 2005 # No Comment Yet
NY Times Columnist and Economist Sees Benefit of Universal Health Care By Robert Billyard Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist, and Princeton University economist is truly a modern day pioneer. He has undertaken the quixotic challenge of convincing Americans, and the American power structure that the United States of America must undertake a universal health [...]
@ December 5, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Democracy Is About Participation, Not Exclusion The recent decision by the broadcast consortium responsible for the leaders debates not to include the Green Party sees them a Hulk-coloured green as they fight back. “The leaders’ debate is one of the most critical events in an election campaign,” said Harris. “The debates should not be left [...]
@ December 3, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Thomas Friedman in Striped Troussers, Silk Stockings, and Garters By John Chuckman If Michael Ignatieff is anything, it’s connected, and I do not mean just to the relatively small establishment of Canada, I mean connected to the shadowy godfathers of world empire. Ignatieff has a rich career in America where truly loyal service, whether by [...]
@ December 1, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Will This Election Have the Lowest Turnout Ever? By Myles Higgins The talk on the streets leading up to the latest federal election circus seems to be more about who people don’t want to vote for rather than who they like. Not surprising after 17 months of exposure to political corruption, wife swapping (read Belinda [...]
@ December 1, 2005 # No Comment Yet
PC-Canadian Alliance Merger – Crass Selectivity? By Robert Billyard Internationally, Canada is regarded as having one of the best electoral systems of unchallengeable integrity; so much so that we regularly send advisors, scrutineers and observers to countries new to fair and democratic elections. Now however, the time has come where we must take a look [...]
@ December 1, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Immobilizer Devices Force Auto Thieves to Target Older Vehicles Canada’s car insurers announced today that the 1999 and 2000 Honda Civics SiR 2-door hold the dubious distinction of topping this year’s most stolen vehicles list. The two models also had the highest theft claims cost per vehicle. In addition, the Honda Civic 1994, 1995, and [...]