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  1. PoliticalNick

    HST referendum in BC on June 24th

    So it looks like the date is set on June 24th for the referendum on the HST in BC. Now Libs and Cons alike are calling for repayment of the $1.6 billion given to implement the harmonization. The NDP position seems to be that since the HST was actually instituted and the money was spent on...
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    Is this "Mission Accomplished"?

    Ok, so now Osama Bin Laden is apparently dead. So is this another phony "mission Accomplished" announcement or is it really done? Is the USA and the western world safer today? Will this lead to a pullout of troops from Afghanistan? Will this lead to any progress towards peace in the middle east...
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    Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

    I just finished watching this show on knowledge network and there were some pretty big name economists and financial industry big-wigs going through the factors involved in the 2008 meltdown and exposing how those same factors are still there and are about to create an even bigger meltdown in...
  4. PoliticalNick

    Harper ousts 19yo girls for facebook picture!

    Two young ladies were removed from a Harper rally yesterday for the expressed reason that one had a picture on facebook of herself with Michel Iggniateff at a Liberal rally. She has stated that she was undecided on who to vote for and wanted to hear all the leaders before making her choice. The...
  5. PoliticalNick

    400,000 people protest in London against government spending cuts.

    On Saturday March 26th, 2011 approximately 400,000 people from all walks of life gathered in central London to protest major spending cuts by the governmnet aimed at the poor and working class. The protest was initiated by a group called UKuncut whose platform revolves around some major...
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    Bill C-32, copyright infringment or civil rights infringement?

    According to the new bill C-32 about to be enacted into law by the federal government it will become illegal in Canada to use peer to peer sharing websites anywhere in Canada no matter where they are hosted. The bill will also make it law for the ISP's to monitor and report any such use to the...
  7. PoliticalNick

    Much needed government reforms

    There has been much disscussion recently on electoral reform and how to change the voting system but this is all moot under our present situation because it does not matter how we elect our government if, once elected, they are not responsible to the people who elect them. As an example. If...