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This is the answer to Toronto’s $2.5 billion transit question

Guest Blog — Sun, 26 May 2013 02:17:13 +0000

A new study by economist Hugh Mackenzie, commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, sees "plenty of options" to answer Toronto’s $2.5 billion transit question, suggests a mix of provincial and municipal revenue-generation options.

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Mayor Rob Ford’s Family Has History With Drug Dealing: Globe And Mail

Obert Madondo — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:53:46 +0000

A new Globe and Mail investigative report reveals that crack cocaine-smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's two brothers and a sister have serious prior involvement with drugs. Doug, a Toronto city councilor, sold hashish for several years. Randy was once charged in relation to a drug-related kidnapping.

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Harper’s silent treatment of the Senate scandal undermines democracy

Obert Madondo — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:06:29 +0000

Stephen Harper’s silent treatment of the Senate expenses scandal is a dictatorship-style assault on our collective intelligence. A union representing newspaper and broadcast journalists, says the silence undermines Canadian democracy.

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Robocalls: Federal Court finds fraud, Supreme Court appeal considered

Obert Madondo — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:32 +0000

The Federal Court has released its decision in the robocalls election fraud case. The judge concluded that “fraud occurred in the 2011 Federal Election”. Now the Council of Canadians is considering pursuing voter justice further with the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Harper stands with mining companies, against human rights in Pacific Alliance

Guest Blog — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:05:06 +0000

Prime Minister Stephen Harper fled the unravel Senate expenses scandal and flew to South America. Ironically, the first people he met when he got off the plane in Peru were reps of mining companies accused of human rights abuses, and lack of transparency and accountability.

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Today Big Oil’s spin gets a much-needed reality check

Guest Blog — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:51:54 +0000

A new resource, TarSandsRealityCheck.com, carries up to date, accurate facts about the Alberta tar sands, counters the high-level pro-oil sands lobbying ongoing in Canada, the United States and Europe around the Keystone XL pipeline.

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How the scandal-plagued Canadian Senate can be abolished

Guest Blog — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:31 +0000

History suggests that "some amount of subterfuge and/or bribery will probably be required." Because, in order to be abolished, the Senate of Canada would have to agree to its own demise. That's according Lee Tunstall, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary in Alberta.

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Extreme Energy development is a risk for investment and the planet, Indigenous delegates tell Royal Dutch Shell shareholders

Guest Blog — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:05:28 +0000

By: Polaris Institute | Press Release: Tuesday May 21st, The Hague, Netherlands – Today members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and the Native Village of Point Hope, Alaska attended the Royal Dutch Shell AGM to confront the Chairman and Board over Shell’s decision to pursue highly risky ‘extreme energy’ projects without adequate consultation and accommodation [...]

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Canada Politics News: Thursday Morning Recap

Obert Madondo — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:50:09 +0000

Canada politics news: Thursday morning recap: Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Senate. Senate expenses scandal. Sen. Mike Duffy. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Conservatives. A few of the dominant news issues/topics on Wed, May 22, 2013. But this bold editorial declaration by the Toronto Star stands out: “If the Prime Minister can’t bring himself to address the Senate scandal in [...]

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Report gives Manitoba’s invisible migrant farm workers a voice

Obert Madondo — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:41:46 +0000

They come to Manitoba each summer under Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program to work on farms and nurseries. And they’re invisible. Now a new report by the Migrant Worker Solidarity Network and The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba gives these migrant farm workers a voice. About the report: The Migrant Worker’s Solidarity Network (MWSN), a group [...]

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