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Canadian Alliance to blame for soured Canada-U.S. relations: Liberal MPs By Paco Francoli OTTAWA--Liberal MPs are accusing Alliance MPs of souring Canada-U.S. relations by distributing newspaper articles and other related materials to American politicians highlighting the government's...

Speech on Canada - U.S. Relations -- Mel Hurtig (780) 488-3832 mhurtig@telusplanet.net At The University of Victoria April 4, 2003 I want to say a few words about the ill-mannered, obnoxious, arrogant U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Paul Cellucci. Mr. Cellucci, you ask why Canada doesn't...

Death, lies and grim Basra videotape Al-Jazeera shows Saddam in control ROBERT FISK Two British soldiers lie dead on a Basra roadway, a small Iraqi girl — victim of an Anglo-American air strike — is brought to hospital with her intestines spilling out of her stomach, a terribly wounded...

ISM: The killing of Rachel Corrie and its aftermath Statement, International Solidarity Movement, 21 March 2003 OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND Our friend and fellow activist for peace, Rachel Corrie, was murdered on Sunday March 16, when she was deliberately run over by an Israeli-driven, US-made...

Rahul Mahajan and Robert Jensen: 'Myths and facts about the war' Posted on Friday, March 21 @ 09:54:12 EST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Rahul Mahajan and Robert Jensen, Common Dreams Last night, our president announced a war to the nation...

Preemptive War Criminals by Jeff Gates Half the Iraqi population is under 15 years of age, including half of the five million Iraqis living in Baghdad. As part of the U.S. military’s “Rapid Dominance” posture, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld proposes a “Shock and Awe” strategy designed to...

'Bush would be guilty at Nuremburg' Posted on Monday, March 03 @ 09:38:18 EST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman If he launches an attack on Iraq without the approval of the United Nations Security Council...

March 2, 2003 Bush's war is not about democracy By ERIC MARGOLIS -- Contributing Foreign Editor PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President George Bush claimed last week his impending war against Iraq would bring peace and democracy to the Middle East, and liberate Iraqis from repression. At the same...

For Most of Us, Globalization is Vicious Exploitation JAMES GOODMAN / CropChoice 13feb03 James Goodman is a Wisconsin dairy farmer Ever since the first plans were being made to implement "free trade," we were promised it would be a win/win situation. American consumers, manufacturers...

Bowling for Columbine. It answers many of the questions and statements made in this thread. Powerful and to the point. I am sure many of the intelligent posters here have already seen it, but if you have not, its worth the money to see in the theatre - if its still there in your neck of the...

When I was mulling over the reasons for why Canadians are going to the polls to vote their concious for a speach I am writing I thought of this: National Voting Day What I am proposing is a day, what would be a national holiday set for the middle of the week say wednesday, that would be a paid...

With Dubya that moron of the south pandering for support for his illegal war comes the news that they are going to once again screw their closest neighbor and soon to be former ally. U.S. Congress threatens to double softwood duty with a file from Dan Rowe Canadian Press Thursday...

Just as we need government for the people, and by the people, so we need money for the people, and by the people. Money Reformers advocate essentially two things - firstly, that we change from a debt-based to a debt-free economy. That is, to a society where money, or a great deal of it, is...

Attention Windows XP Users A little-known but critical vulnerability exists in Windows XP. It has recently been repaired in Service Pack 1. This vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified directory on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially formed URL. This URL...

Eight Israeli reserve soldiers who refuse to serve in the West Bank and Gaza have asked Israel's Supreme Court to declare the occupation of the Palestinian territories illegal. The soldiers, who rank from staff-sergeant to major, are part of Courage to Refuse, a movement of reservists who have...

With all these "official" polls being released lately by sketchy organizations lets see what the forum users here have to say. If you had to vote today, which Federal Party would you vote for and why?

Post-secondary fees put education 'out of reach' for many in B.C. Brian Lewis The Province Thursday, August 22, 2002 The Province Summer McFadyen of the Canadian Federation of Students says B.C. is 'slamming the door in the faces of people who want to improve.' ADVERTISEMENT...

If your poor and starving you just dont count over top of profits. Today it was announced by the DFO that 100,000 cans of salmon seized in an illegal sale will be sold for profit instead of going to BC foodbanks as earlier promised. The DFO expects to make around $100,000 from the sale and...

In my opinion Canada has no right to join America in attacking Iraq. America gives the reason of the potential of Saddam using or giving away his few remaining bio or chem weapons. This coupled with the absolute lack of proof of any Iraqi involvement in Sept 11 is just absurd. Dozens of...

:D Reading many of these posts there is a general distaste of the current parties and politicians. Well there are other choices for Canadians, many actually. Two to watch and maybe support? are www.canadianactionparty.ca and www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca As Canadians we have the...