TORONTO, Sept. 26 - The VoteForMMP campaign is calling upon Conservative Party Leader John Tory to clarify his approach to nominating candidates under the new system. According to a CP wire story, Mr. Tory yesterday repeated the misleading suggestion that province-wide candidates under the new MMP electoral system would be “appointed” rather than elected. “I think the whole notion of having appointed people may be heading in the opposite direction that we should,” Mr. Tory is reported to have said. (more…)
Two students at Central Kings Rural High School fought back against bullying recently, unleashing a sea of pink after a new student was harassed and threatened when he showed up wearing a pink shirt.
– http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/858884.html
The story … has swept across North America and made its way to Europe.
– http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/859436.html
From an e-mail I received from Avaaz.org:
- The Canadian government is breaking its own environmental laws, and could get away with it if we don’t act within 24 hours. Last June, Parliament passed a law confirming our legal obligation to comply with the Kyoto Protocol, and gave a heel-dragging Harper government 60 days to show how they would do it. Harper’s plan is out, and meets Kyoto’s targets 13 years too late – it clearly breaks the law.Canadians are irate over this, but somehow everyone failed to notice the official public consultation period on the law, which ends tomorrow. The comments that Environment Canada receives in this period will be admissible in court, when the Harper government is brought before a judge on this. If there are no comments, the government will claim in court that the public supports its bogus plan. This argument has worked before, and we must not let it happen again. Please send a quick message to Environment Minister Baird, and tell everyone you know to act right away
After:
- The TV network editors still showing contempt for democracy in Ontario;
- The Ontario NDP is included and they are polling at less than 10% higher than the greens;
- The greens in other provinces are included.
I decided to phone instead of just sign petitions. Here are the phone numbers of the various TV networks and my success so far in switchboard land. The name in parenthesis is the person you want to try to reach. Be firm but respectful.
The main goal is to get as many people to call. Tell your friends!
Once you have phoned, post your comment here.
Global:
1-877-307-1999
Press 1, 2, 1 to get to Global Ontario News. There might be another extension# to get to Mr. Waksman.
(Ron Waksman)
TVO:
1.800.INFO.TVO
Press #2 to leave a message. I don’t know yet the extension# for Mr. Dunsky.
(Dan Dunsky)
CBC:
1-866-306-4636
Ask for Mr. Bulgutch. He told me his extension is # 3133 .
(Mark Bulgutch)
CTV:
(416) 332-5000
(I got cut off from this number)
(Paul Rogers)
… and they wonder why more people are switching to a democratic medium such as the Internet.
From The Canadian Press:
The giant Petro-Canada upgrader project in Edmonton was crippled for several days last week after unionized workers refused to cross picket lines set up by carpenters and other tradesman seeking higher wages but unable to stage a legal strike.
Alberta legislation passed two decades ago says that if 75 per cent of the province’s two dozen building trade unions have settled their contracts, the others must follow suit without a strike or lockout - using an arbitrator if necessary.
So if you’re union dissagrees it still has to back to work?
Check item #1 and #2 of this year’s project censored report. More reasons why not to step on US soil. A Wikipedia article on the Military Commissions Act confirms multiple sources repeating this critique. Also read the article on the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act.
In a time when our lives are increasingly dependent on technologies, it is important we take the time to consider the impact of technology on our lives, and the importance of ensuring technology isn’t used to limit us, but rather to take us further along a path of opportunity, innovation and freedom for all people.
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
As we shift away from the industrial economy that brought us highly processed food, the service economy will bring us healthier food.
Certain common artificial food colourings and additives are fuelling hyperactivity in children, a British study has found.
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While some children in the test groups showed little or no response, the results were still significant enough for Britain’s Food Standards Agency to issue a warning several hours after the study’s release urging parents of hyperactive children to avoid foods with multiple additives.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/09/06/additives-lancet.html
Sur digital-copyright.ca, mon ami Russell McOrmond réflichi sur un article à propos de l’économie américaine et comment “le modèle d’affaire basé sur les royautés ne peut jamais remplacer de vrais emplois”.