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Stephen Harper’s Majority Government: Not Looking Out for YOU
As we close in on one year of Stephen Harper’s majority, it is evident that this is a very special government. YOU are just not on its list of priorities.
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The Harper Government’s bogus case for a border deal with the US: check out the numbers
Instead of fostering the needed debate, the Harper government is tying us every more tightly aboard the chariot of a declining superpower.
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The Harper Government’s Bogus Case for a Border Deal with the United States
The Harper government has been negotiating a comprehensive border deal with the United States. The case that Canadian exports to the U.S. have been harmed since 9/11 as a consequence of the implementation of new American security measures at the border is entirely bogus.
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Two centuries ago: Tecumseh’s freedom speech to the Muscogee people
On September 20, 1811, Tecumseh rode into Tuckhabatchee, in present day Alabama, the capital of the Muscogee people. Twenty warriors, members the Shawnee, Kickapoo and Winnebago nations, rode with him. The last months of a tense peace between the United States and the native peoples led by Tecumseh were quickly passing. And the U.S. and Britain were well down the path to war.
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Why the Tar Sands are Destructive for Canada: “Ethical” Oil and Other Resourceful Fantasies
The Harper government’s Big Idea for the future of the Canadian economy is that Canada should become an “energy superpower”. What will make it so is the gargantuan development of the Alberta tar sands, which the Harperites and their friends depict as “ethical oil.” In truth, the development of the tar sands is reducing northern Alberta to a stinking hell.
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When the Rich and Powerful Overplay their Hand
We are in the grip of a socio-economic crisis in which the rich and the powerful in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Euro Zone countries and Canada refuse to share the burden of coping with the economic disaster they did so much to unleash.
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We’ll miss you Jack
To lose Jack Layton at the height of his capacity as a person and as a political leader, is especially sad.
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We Don’t Need a Lecture from Alberta “Firewall” Harper
The Conservatives pride themselves on their ability to throw opposition leaders under the bus. And they’re at it now with NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel. She is a self-proclaimed federalist and always has been. She was a member of the BQ and of Québec Solidaire and the Conservatives are trying to use this to prove that she and the NDP have serious questions to answer about their commitment to federalism.
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Rob Ford: It’s Safe to Come Back to Toronto Now
Rob Ford has nothing to fear. Pride 2011 is history. He can slink back to his office at City Hall.
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So Far, Obama Hasn’t Delivered the Goods
One year into Barack Obama’s term of office, two remarkable things stand out: how little he has achieved on the core issues on his agenda; and how potent the right-wing has grown during his watch. It¹s too early to make a predication, but this has the feel of a one-term presidency about it.
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