@ February 27, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Bolivia Joins Venezuela on Washington’s Pariah List
Condoleezza Rice seems intent on a unilateral escalation of ill-will towards some of the more leftist Latin American governments, by ramping up the administration’s campaign against Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez. And it appears as though the crusade against the “pink tide†has begun to take root elsewhere on the continent. [...]
@ February 27, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Strong Support For Moving Away From Coal Power
The SES/Osprey Media survey completed February 3rd found that almost one in two Ontarians (47%) support the Ontario government’s decision to close down all of Ontario’s coal burning power plants. The poll also found that 29% of Ontarians were opposed to this decision. Support for closing [...]
@ February 27, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Be Aware of Old Ugly Attitudes
By Myles Higgins
With the new Conservative government having been in power for a few weeks already I thought we should take a quick look back at some of their election promises to Atlantic Canada in General and Newfoundland and Labrador in particular. During any election campaign I take all promises [...]
@ February 17, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Look For The Truth Ontario
By Myles Higgins
Below is a snippet from the Government of Ontario´s Energy Plan released about a month ago. To most people in Ontario the following may look like a fairly mundane set of announcements and numbers but they aren´t. In fact, one statement in the plan is an out and [...]
@ February 14, 2006 # No Comment Yet
We Need To Stop, Think, And Care
By Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
Any publication which incites hate, or which spreads negative stereotypes about a Canadian minority is morally wrong because it compromises the well- being of all members of that minority. The issue here goes beyond the
boundaries of free expression; it is about the power of so-called “free [...]
@ February 14, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Canada’s Backroom Dealers
By Robert Billyard
Messer´s Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper have at least two things in common, both are conservatives, both came to power replacing jaded and corrupt Liberal governments. How each came to power is a very different story. Mulroney, as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party pieced together a daunting national coalition that [...]
@ February 11, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Destruction For Democracy Is Okay
By John Chuckman
I wonder, are waves of angry protest, flag burning, and embassy burning in the name of religion any less rational than waves of B-52s, cluster bombs, and torture in the name of democracy?
So when I hear any American official speak about the worldwide protests against unflattering cartoons of Islam´s [...]
@ February 7, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Canadian Cabinet - The Good, The Bad, The Questionable
By Myles Higgins
On Monday newly elected Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled his choices for cabinet. During the day there were more than a few surprises including the defection of a high profile Liberal member who will now sit in the Conservative cabinet and slightly improved the government’s [...]
@ February 7, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Canadian Democracy Scrapped In Cabinet Patch Job
Stephen Harper’s cabinet-building contortions are undemocratic, according to Fair Vote Canada, and make a mockery of voters’ rights and representative democracy.
“Our broken voting system has failed to provide representation for almost half a million Conservative voters in our largest cities,” said Wayne Smith, president of the multi-partisan citizens’ movement [...]
@ February 5, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Perhaps, Not Much
By John Chuckman
There has been a lot of noise about the victory of Stephen Harper, leader of Canada’s new Conservative party, but just what did he win?
Votes in the recent election for progressive parties - Liberals, New Democrats, and Bloc Quebecois (quite progressive on social issues) - went from 64.8% in the 2004 [...]