Search results

  1. S

    New Poll with conservative gains

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060426.wpoll0426a/BNStory/National/home
  2. S

    Neil Young Streaming Live Impeach the President

    Check out the cnn interview. The question about being a Canadian in that he lives in the US is interesting. http://www.neilyoung.com/lww/lww.html
  3. S

    Canadian NGO subverts Democracy in Haiti

    http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/3175/1/161/
  4. S

    Developing world doctor shortages

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a0LA5cH4kbpY&refer=europe There is a solution. Stop countries like Canada from raiding the health profession pool of developing countries.
  5. S

    Stronach baffled by French quits leadership race

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060406.wstrona0406/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20060406.wstrona0406
  6. S

    Afghan refugees

    Here is a time line on the Afghan refugee situation. One of the positive outcomes of the Afghan intervention is the repatriation of millions of refugees. In western Afghanistan there were a huge number of refugees living on the verge of starvation. Iran was not offering assistance nor were...
  7. S

    Ignatieff wants Canada that ‘takes risks'

    Continued http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060330.wignat0330/BNStory/National/home
  8. S

    The Oil Boom

    Some choice quotes: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/28/business/28alberta.html
  9. S

    US immigration bill

    I always felt that labour should move freely between Canada, the US and Mexico and this is a step in that direction. Harper if he indeed is a US stooge should respond by offering a bill that gives immediate citizenship to all refugee claimants and illegals in Canada. He could sweeten the pot...
  10. S

    African American Male High Unemployment

    Here is an interesting article that shows how you can have increased representation at one level yet very negative outcomes on another level. There are more African American departments, more attention to African American disparities. In spite of all of this the plight of African American...
  11. S

    Furor Over Cartoons Pits Muslim Against Muslim

    Here are some quotes from the NYT article. I don't know if you need to be a paid subscriber or just need to register. http://tinyurl.com/6
  12. S

    Should Harper’s cabinet be more diverse.

    It strikes me that these cabinets seem very “white” for a country that prides itself on its enlightened multiculturalism. As a comparison one might look at Bush’s cabinet which is very racially diverse and proportionally is representative of America. Should Harper have selected a more diverse...
  13. S

    Canadian Corruption

    To me cleaning up the civil service is the most important task that awaits the new government. I have worked with different government ministries in Africa and Latin America and so know a bit about corruption and incompetence. For the last couple of years I have been dealing with different...
  14. S

    Federal public sector cronysism

    The Public Service Commission in a recent report found that 51% of placements in federal public service went to friends and relatives and it may be worse but crucial documents are missing. And we have this report from Time Magazine on the election which is somewhat of a rarity in the US...
  15. S

    Expatriate Voting Policy

    Hi I’m a Canadian and am very interested in the outcome of the upcoming election but I can’t vote. I belong to a sizeable demographic that numbers between 500, 000 and 1 million Canadians depending on the source. The 500,000 figure was recently announced by Joe Volpe and I assume that this...