Intrigues

Jan. 29 is corporate tax freedom day: When is ours?

A research study by the Canadian Labour Congress shows that Corporate Tax Freedom Day occurs on January 29.”Governments have slashed corporate taxes so deeply that in 2012 companies paid their share of taxes to all levels of government for the ...

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Council of Canadians decry big oil influence on ELA closure

Dylan Penner — The Council of Canadians is expressing alarm over the hiring of a founder of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to provide advice on the closure of the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). “We are appalled that the ...

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No measuring as Fukushima radiation hits West Coast

GlobalResearch.ca — Numerous models show that—while the ocean dilutes radiation—pockets and streams of concentrated radiation may still hit the West Coast of North America. West Coast residents are very concerned. Indeed, many local and state government officials have said that ...

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Syria peace talks: international community supports terrorism

Dr. Ismail Salami — [Global Research] A five-minute audio message by al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri went viral on the internet in which he enjoins the rebels in Syria to end their infighting and focus their energies on battling against President ...

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Naked Shorts: The inside story of gold price manipulation

Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D and David Kranzler The deregulation of the financial system during the Clinton and George W. Bush regimes had the predictable result: financial concentration and reckless behavior. A handful of banks grew so large that financial authorities ...

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Alberta tarsands projects: Canada’s Hiroshima

By Eric Walberg Canadian rock legend Neil Young has taken to the road with a mission. He laid down the gauntlet on national TV, calling the Canadian government “completely out of control” as he began his “Honour the Treaties” tour ...

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2013 in two words: ‘Discouraged’ and ‘Underemployed’

If you had to pick two words to sum up the job market for Canadians in 2013, what would they be? Looking at today’s release of year-end employment statistics, Ken Georgetti’s words are “discouraged” and “underemployed”; if he could pick ...

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Rogers, Bell & Telus naturally aim to rip us all off for Internet services

Steve Anderson — Your OpenMedia.ca team has become aware of a plan by Canada’s Big Telecom giants to block your access to independent, affordable, high-speed Internet services so they can raise prices on you and your family. Comments we’ve reviewed ...

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IMF-sponsored ‘democracy’ plagues The Ukraine

Michael Chossudovsky, PhD [GlobalResearch.ca] There is an ongoing and deliberate attempt by foreign powers to spearhead the destabilization of The Ukraine including its state structure. There is a long history of colored revolutions in the Ukraine going back to the ...

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The Case of the Missing Economic Recovery

  Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D. [Global Research] Have you seen the economic recovery? I haven’t either. But it is bound to be around here somewhere, because the National Bureau of Economic Research spotted it in June 2009, four and one-half ...

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