Author: Kev
Want Safe Drinking Water? You May Have to Drink the Privatization Kool-Aid
Ecojustice released it’s third report card on drinking water quality today titled Waterproof 3. It is well worth the effort to read the full report,in doing so myself I came across a section in the report dealing with federal funds available to municipalities for water systems upgrades. Essentially the feds only make these funds availabe if the municipality first agrees to enter into P3
Continue readingOf Free Trade and Democracy
I’m going to file this one under the category of things I never thought I’d see printed in a major newspaper. Peter Wilby in todays Guardian offers up a thorough critique on the effects the neoliberal free trade agenda has had on democracy in general and more specifically the EU, where we have recently seen two Bankster led coups in Greece and Italy.
"The people of Greece, Italy, Spain,
Continue readingOf Bankster Coups d’etat
First it was Papandreou of Greece and now Berlusconi of Italy has resigned in the wake of a bailout agreement. These resignations are being played in the corporate media as contrite politicians admitting failure and falling on their swords. In fact they are nothing of a sort, rather they are Bankster led Coups d’etat forced upon them by the troika of European Union, the International Monetary
Continue readingATTN: Elite: Shutting down the Occupy camps will accomplish nothing
Those who feel threatened by the Occupy movement think that by forcibly clearing out the encampments that they will cut the movement off at the knees, nothing could be further from reality. The camps will eventually end organically on their own, signalling the onset of the next phase of the movement towards social justice. But no matter how they end the movement has become unstoppable.
The
Continue readingDr Vandana Shiva: No More Food Dictatorships
Dr Shiva speaking on food labelling at the Right To Know rally in front of the White House on October 16 World Food Day: "The onus just can’t be on the organic movement,it must be on the polluters,contaminators, and toxic drug pushers in our food system" I couldn’t agree more but then I seldom if ever disagree with Dr. Shiva
Continue readingCanada’s aging prison population
First off I’d like to offer kudos to Howard Sapers, the Correctional Investigator of Canada, a true gem within our civil service .In his latest report Sapers highlights the aging of our prison population and the special challenges faced by both the effected inmates and their jailers
The older offender is often a neglected, but significant and growing, segment of the offender population. Today,
Continue readingHunger count 2011
Every March Food Banks Canada surveys it’s members compiling comprehensive data on hunger and food bank use across Canada. Hunger Count 2011 was released yesterday and as always the numbers are staggering.
In March 2011 the number of people who used a food bank in this country was 851,014 virtually unchanged from last year but still up 26% from 2008. More than 93,000 Canadians turned to a food
Continue readingMapping the concentration of poverty in Toronto
It is no secret that income inequity and poverty have grown while the middle class has been decimated in the past three decades, well here are two maps created by the Cities Centre at the U of T, that vividly demonstrate this injustice and the polariza…
Continue readingSQUIRREL!
Perhaps the Conservatives greatest talent is their ability to change the channel using the art of distraction that I like to refer to as SQUIRREL!. Others favour the term shiny,but whatever you call it, this ability to distract the public from any unc…
Continue readingI’m Rob f–king Ford, the mayor of this city!
Toronto’s 911 dispatchers have accused Rob Ford of unleashing a profanity laced tirade at them during his 911 call on Monday “You…bitches! Don’t you f–king know? I’m Rob f–king Ford, the mayor of this city!”Yep you’re the Mayor alrigh…
Continue readingThe Harperites attempting to deport a Canadian citizen
I’ve never much favoured deporting people who came to this country as children,believing that they are our problem to deal with, after all they are products of our society. Add in the fact that doing so reeks of off loading our problems onto some one …
Continue reading#OccupyToronto One Big Happy Family
Despite the weather the mood at the occupation is upbeat and festive,if you haven’t visited these wonderful folks yet,I highly recommend that you take sometime to do so. I guarantee you won’t regret it.There is something re-affirming happening in St Ja…
Continue readingMore free trade in oppression: Honduras: The Deadliest Place in the World for a Journalist
On Friday August 12,2011, While on a state visit to Honduras,the first by any leader since the coup, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the signing of a free trade deal with the Lobos government. In announcing this agreement Harper contend…
Continue readingCan’t Handle The Truth… That’s OK, We Weren’t Going To Let You Have It Anyway
As you are most likely aware of, the Harper government has a fetish for secrecy. Whether it is quietly conducting trade talks while keeping the opposition in parliament and the Canadian people in the dark,having committees go in camera to kill investig…
Continue readingBeware of False Patriots
“Beware of false patriots who come disguised as harmless Beavers but are really vicious Asses”One must be wary of these most foul of creatures for the will wrap themselves in the flag, passing flag laws, attaching “Royal” to nearly everything in the na…
Continue readingWhen we go to the polls we have but one option- Neoliberalism
And that is the problem, the only options we have when we vote these days no matter where we are in Canada is the degree of neoliberalism we get. So while it does matter which party we vote for as the degree with which they embrace this vile philosophy…
Continue reading"The weight of nothing"
“The weight of nothing” “Tell me the weight of a snowflake”, a coal-mouse asked a wild dove. “Nothing more than nothing”, was the answer. “In that case, I must tell you a marvellous story” the coal-m…
Continue reading10 Reasons Why CETA is Bad for Canada
“You can basically say that almost everything in the economy is up for discussion” Peter Van Loan This video from the folks at NAURESISTANCE.org highlights some of the dangers to Canada posed by the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (…
Continue readingTime for Canadian unions to once again embrace civil disobedience
With the Conservative government of Stephen Harper once again interfering in the collective bargaining process in effect stripping Air Canada Flight Attendants of the right to strike,labour is left with but one possible response. Organised labour must …
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