Candice Malcolm — Sorry! That’s what Premier Wynne said in response to the damning auditor general report on the infamous cancelled gas plants. Of course Premier Wynne is sorry. You’d be sorry too if you were left to defend this. ...
Read More »Martial Law: Is Homeland Security awaiting next Wall Street collapse?
Ellen Brown — Reports are that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is engaged in a massive, covert military buildup. An article in the Associated Press in February confirmed an open purchase order by DHS for 1.6 billion rounds ...
Read More »Is Toronto next city in Canada to quit poisoning our water?
Marie Copps — A peaceful assembly to end artificial water fluoridation in the city of Toronto took place on Sept. 21 at Toronto City Hall. Despite the rainy weather people concerned about the health risk of adding fluoride to our ...
Read More »Oboy! A painting of Robbie is unveiled! No worry: he’s fully dressed
Frank Touby — After clearing this with the city’s integrity commissioner, artist Gary Crawford, a city councillor for Scarborough Southwest, agreed to paint a portrait of Toronto’s now world-famous mayor. Witnesses said he looks a bit thinner on canvas than ...
Read More »Linda McQuaig wins NDP nomination in Toronto Centre-Rosedale
“I’m running to bring our community’s progressive voice to Ottawa,” said Linda McQuaig, whom New Democrats in Toronto Centre have elected to be the NDP candidate in the upcoming federal by-election. “I’m honoured to have been elected as the New ...
Read More »EI tax freeze will keep plucking workers until 2017 or later
Gregory Thomas — The 3-year freeze on federal Employment Insurance tax rates announced today by federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty means Canadian workers will keep getting plucked, like a Thanksgiving turkey, for the costly program until at least 2017, according ...
Read More »CLC head slaps at EI premium freeze
Dennis Gruending — The President of the Canadian Labour Congress says that the federal government’s three-year freeze on Employment Insurance (EI) premiums is being done on the backs of unemployed Canadians. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty claims that freezing EI premiums ...
Read More »An Honourable Senate: By James S. Cowan, Senate Opposition Leader
James S. Cowan — On March 24, 2005, at the request of Prime Minister Paul Martin, I was asked to serve in the Senate. There were nine of us appointed that day: Retired General Roméo Dallaire, Claudette Tardif, Nancy Ruth, ...
Read More »TPA’s “Contributions” to Community are Bogus
Operates in secret, with accountability only to Stephen Harper. By Brian Iler – The Toronto Port Authority has issued a press release congratulating itself for all that it does for the recreational and residential communities its Island Airport abuts. The ...
Read More »Harper ‘enemies’ listing themselves
Jeff Atkinson — The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is quite sure its name is among the organizations and individuals on the Harper government’s list of “enemies” provided to new Cabinet Ministers earlier this week. But to confirm it, the ...
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