Grab a coffee or tea. Find a snack. Lots of linky news today so this could take a while! First up: A Calgary nuke company, Kirrin Resources, is not going to expand its exploration for uranium in Quebec. That’s good news for Quebec’s…
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Pop The Stack: 2010 vs 1972
All agree that yesterday’s gold medal hockey game was on par with the greatest hockey games of all time. Viewer ratings of the big game bare this out. About 80% of Canadians watched at least some of the game and it was the most watched hockey game of any kind in the US since the […]
Pop The Stack: Harper plays games while democracy crumbles
My comment on the Globe and Mails recent story: Tories seek parliamentary extension This is a non story, by casting it as some kind of tricky dilemma for the Liberals and NDP the Globe is accepting the Conservative game. You can almost hear the writer salivating at the dramatic irony of the opposition voting against […]
Pop The Stack: Canada 2.0 – Way to go Canada!
Update on my recent interest in seeing Twitter go Canuck. Good going Canada! It looks like more people are setting their locations because I’ve been seeing more and more Cancon in the Trending list on Twitter. Last night 4 of the top five words were the names of hockey players as Canadians chimed in on […]
bastard.logic: Prorogation, Disengagement and Cutting the Democratic Deficit in Canada
by matttbastard With thousands of Canadians reportedly hitting the streets this past weekend to express their disapproval of Stephen Harper’s latest arrogant bird-flip to Parliamentary democracy, it seems apparrent that our political elites are out of touch with the people … Continue reading →
Pop The Stack: Today, we stand for democracy.
Throughout our land today, we raise our voices for democracy. We march in peaceful protest to send a message to you who claim to lead us, be you blue, red or orange. The message: This shall not stand. We raise our voices today to remind you that you serve at our leisure, not your own, […]
Pop The Stack: In Defense of Reasonableness
What make’s us Canadian? Its an oft asked question. Its unavoidable that whatever it is will be cast in some way relative to our neighbours to the south. But there is a core quality that Canadians have, that permeates our history and explains why we chose to structure our society and our democracy differently than […]
bastard.logic: Slacktastic Placeholder Post
by matttbastard Busy busy busy lately, kids (and by ‘busy busy busy’ I mean ‘lazy lazy lazy’, as my always-obsessive Twitter output will attest — 140 characters is a lot less daunting than 140 words, sadly). But we can’t enter … Continue reading →
bastard.logic: Canadian Libel Reform, Meet Economic Reality
by matttbastard So, you think that recent SCOC ruling will help fight the chilling effects of Canada’s draconian libel laws? Think again, says Ryerson journ prof Jeffrey Dvorkin: While editors are hailing the ruling as a breakthrough for more aggressive … Continue reading →
Hearing David Suzuki
I had the opportunity through work to attend the 2009 Canadian Public Relations Society Conference in Vancouver this past June. The second afternoon luncheon was delivered by David Suzuki. I was so inspired and impressed by his talk. Now, that I have f…
Continue readingPop The Stack: Out with the Guns, In with the Green
I’ve been putting off this article for a week or so, and its been piling up links, so here’s some unsolicited advice from me to the leaders of her majesty’s loyal opposition, both Mr. Ignatieff and Mr. Layton. Start opposing with something Canadians actually want, not what the media punditocrocy and ‘common wisdom’ tell you. […]
redjenny: First the Recession didn’t exist…
First the recession didn’t even exist (No recession for Canada, er.. well maybe a “technical” one), and now the recession is going away. yep, ok, uh-huh, sure, I believe you StevieAfter all, your finance minister has such a good track record
Continue readingredjenny: First the Recession didn’t exist…
First the recession didn’t even exist (No recession for Canada, er.. well maybe a “technical” one), and now the recession is going away.yep, ok, uh-huh, sure, I believe you StevieAfter all, your finance minister has such a good track record
Continue readingredjenny: First the Recession didn’t exist…
First the recession didn’t even exist (No recession for Canada, er.. well maybe a “technical” one), and now the recession is going away. yep, ok, uh-huh, sure, I believe you StevieAfter all, your finance minister has such a good track record
Continue readingredjenny: It isn’t surprising…
… that ‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction, since the Indian Act was implemented specifically for the purpose of eradicating indigenous peoples and culture. Indian Status was designed to reduce the Indian population, a neat solution to the “Indian Problem”. Within a few generations, it was assumed, the Indian population
Continue readingredjenny: It isn’t surprising…
… that ‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction, since the Indian Act was implemented specifically for the purpose of eradicating indigenous peoples and culture. Indian Status was designed to reduce the Indian population, a neat solution to the “Indian Problem”. Within a few generations, it was assumed, the Indian population
Continue readingredjenny: It isn’t surprising…
… that ‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction, since the Indian Act was implemented specifically for the purpose of eradicating indigenous peoples and culture. Indian Status was designed to reduce the Indian population, a neat solution to the “In…
Continue readingredjenny: ACTION ALERT: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology. What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically engineers plants to produce sterile seeds at harvest. It was developed by the multinational seed/agrochemical industry and the US government
Continue readingredjenny: ACTION ALERT: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology. What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically engineers plants to produce sterile seeds at harvest. It was developed by the multinational seed/agrochemical industry and the US government
Continue readingredjenny: ACTION ALERT: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology.
What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically engineers plants to produce sterile seeds at harvest. It was developed by the multinational seed/agrochemical industry and the US government to prevent farmers from re-planting harvested seed and force farmers to buy seed each season instead. Terminator seeds have not yet been field-tested or commercialized. In 2006, Monsanto bought the company (Delta & Pine Land) that owned Terminator. Terminator is sometimes called Genetic Use Restriction Technology (GURTs) – the broad term that refers to the use of an external chemical inducer to control the expression of a plant’s genetic traits.
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology.
Actions you can take:
1. Send an instant email at http://www.cban.ca/terminatoraction.
2. Organizations can endorse the call for a ban: go to http://www.banterminator.org/endorse
3. Write a personalized letter. Remember: postage is free to your elected officials! You can use your postal code to search for your MP at http://www.parl.gc.ca (Note: The New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois already support a Ban on Terminator in Canada.) For more information see http://www.cban.ca/terminator
4. Distribute Ban Terminator postcards in your community! To order postcards email btpostcards@usc-canada.org
5. Donate to support the campaign — the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network implements the Canadian strategy of the International Ban Terminator Campaign http://www.cban.ca/donate
6. Sign up to Ban Terminator news http://www.banterminator.org/subscribeOttawa, Ontario, Canada, K2P 0R5
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