Dans cet article écrit en anglais il y a quelque temps, je fais des commentaires sur des vidéos que j’ai vu à http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/2012.
Videos of beautiful solidarity and disgusting colonialism & hatred are posted at the Six Nations Caledonia Resource Page: http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/2012
Quand: Samedi 31 mars 20:00
Où: Café Nostalgica (603 Cumberland)
Prix: $6 pour étudiants et $10 autrement, inclut $4 pour la boisson alcoolisée ou non-alcoolisée et colation.
La réforme fiscale écologique est un aspet clé de l’économie verte. C’est un mécanisme qui fonctionne à votre avantage, vos sous, nos petites entreprises et les fermiers du Canada. Elle reflète 3 des 6 valeurs vertes du Parti Vert du Canada:
Justice sociale: Le pollueur paye;
Sagesse écologique: La reconaissance que notre société & son système économique fait partie d’un plus grand système écologique duquel nous tirons profit;
Développement durable: Les activités moins durable coûtent plus cher qu’il le sont en ce moment.
Yvon Dionne de Saint-Damase-de-L’Islet, parle de système à “double justice” qui favorise les peuples de premières nations.
http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/03/17/135339.html
En effet, il y a toujours eu un système à double justice dans ce pays:
75 communautés de premières nations vivent encore avec un avis de bouillir l’eau avant de la consommer; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations
Le diabète de type II fait rage dans les communautés amérindiennes, le système de propriété de la terre et de distribution commercial de nourriture ayant détruit l’auto-détermination des peuples des premières nations en matière d’approvisionnement de nourriture; http://media.libsyn.com/media/deconstructingdinner/DD030107.mp3
Les jeunes des premières nations ont été séparés de leur famille et forcés dans les école résidentielles. La dernière école résidentielle a fermé en 1996. Il y en avait eu 6 au Québec. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_school
This post over at the Dilbert blog has generated quite an interesting thread to read.
Some of my favorites in the plathora of comments:
As an Iraninan lawyer who has lived in US for over thirty years I submit the following: US is a democracy, Iran is a theocracy. the US laws are derived from “WE THE PEOPLE”. The Iranian laws should follow “IN THE NAME OF GOD”. The supreme leader in Iran cannot be a dictator, because he cannot and will not create any law he wishes. All the laws in Iran should be based on Koran or Sharia law. That’s how Iran constitution has been framed. The will of Iranian people matters as long as the laws are compatible with Islammic precepts. There are check and balances in Iranian constitutional system as you can find the same concept in other democracies. American democracy has grown and evolved by its roots in Magna Carta an Bill of rights . Iran, encoutering many invasions and interferences through its history with devastating results ( Alexander, Arabs, Mongols, Afghans, Russia, England, and CIA coup D’etat, to name a few)did not have the luxery of Magna Carta.
Look, it’s simple:
In Iran, they have the democracy that God wants them to have. The Supreme Leader says so.
In America, we have the best democracy money can buy…The media say so.
I hope that clears up the confusion.
D. Mented
REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Toronto Taxi Drivers attend Historic North American Taxi Workers Conference
March 18th – March 21st , 2007
Dear Friends,
Beginning March 18th through March 21st, taxi drivers and allies from across the USA and Canada will come together for a historic moment at the founding of an international alliance of taxi workers organized by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.
Programs intact for now but “gapping” staff will weaken service provision
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Budget Coalition is pleased that programs and funding are protected in the 2007 city budget, but says the “tax freeze compromise” and the “gapping” of city staff won’t solve long-term problems.
“While we are happy about the funding for the community sustainability plan, we remain concerned about what kind of cuts we will face next year,” said David Hole, Executive Director of the Southeast Ottawa Centre for a Healthy Community. “Because of the decisions taken today, we will face tough decisions within a year about how to deal with chronic funding shortfalls.”