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I'd like your opinions on this. Let's say we introduced the following law to force government to be honest with the public as to the real costs of government: 1. Spending on the part of each level of government must restricted to within its budget within one year of the passing of this law...

YouTube - Israeli war crime in Gaza: Israeli soliders kidnapped Arab men for use as human shields, Jan. 2009

Notice the lower-case 'c'. I've actually met conservatives who'd told me that though they'd love to see a conservative majority government, they also don't trust the CPC. As for how to achieve a concervatvie majority without a CPC majority, I've heard various comments. One person had suggested...

I'll post a tentative proposal for second-language education reform for Ontario, and would be interested in any respectful critique or sugestion, ideas, etc. Essentially, it aims at satisfying various requirements: For socialists, it ensures universal compulsory education. For...

From what I've gathered so far, Ignatieff intends to stimulate the economy, pay off the debt, and not increase taxes. He could stimulate the economy on borrowed money or a tax increae, but clearly those options are ruled out. He could pay off the debt by cutting stimulous spending and increasing...

UN wants new global currency to replace dollar - Telegraph It's about time the UN realized that we can't run a world economy without a world currency.

This thread is to identify Eurocentrism in Canadian education which may need to be revised.

YouTube - 01/10 - OCTOBER CRISIS OF 1970 QUEBEC - FLQ YouTube - Levesque's White Paper YouTube - Trudeau on Special Status for Quebec YouTube - Trudeau on "Equality or Independence" YouTube - Québec History 6 - French and English Rivalry

Homeless hero involved in another river rescue Heart over self?

Why is it that we witness so much difference between socialist parties in Canada and Europe? To take some esamples: Sweden: Though Sweden is generally considered the most socialist country in Europe, it's had a universal school voucher programme in place since the 90s and even the Social...

I was just watching a video of the Oka Crisis (Crise d'Oka : la pinède s'enflamme | Les Archives de Radio-Canada) and learnt that there had in fact been punches exchanged between Mohawk Warriors and soldiers on one occasion, with over 60 soliders and Mohawks mildly injured, a fact I'd somehow...

I've noticed a few videos where US troops refer to Iraqis as 'Hajjis' more or less in an equivalent spirit as when Japabese were referred to as Japs, or the Germans as Krauts, etc. YouTube - Racism in Iraq and the U.S. Military 'Hajj' means 'pilgrimage' in the Arabic language, and -i means...

YouTube - Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex. A man with foresight.

YouTube - Gang Bangers in the US Military Forces Old video (2005), but it seems the US military suffers from a similar recruitment problem as Canada's when I was in, which is that it seems to attract many dangerous individuals.

Considering the exploding US federal debt and its potential consequences for its neighbours, should the Canadian government not be bringint this issue up with its neighbour? Of course I realise the risk of Canada appearing meddlesome in US internal affairs if it doesn't approach the issue with...

What are your ideas?

I've noticed in the last year or so that Harper's sabre rattling in the Arctic has become ever louder, yet it's only recently that he appears to have made barely half-hearted efforts to negotiate a permanent border agreement or take it to international arbitration. The impression I'm getting...

"I believe the conditions are being deliberately created in our residential schools to spread infectious diseases... The mortality rate in the schools often exceeds fifty percent. This is a national crime." Dr. Peter Bryce The Story of a National Crime, 1907 " A Globe and Mail examination of...

This is old news (though stillwithin the year), yet I'd somehow missed it, so I'm posting it here: U.K. backtracks on preventing war crimes charges against IDF - Haaretz - Israel News

YouTube - Sweden - The Swedish Health Care System