This and that for your Sunday reading. – Justin Ling writes that the Cons’ aversion to accountability isn’t limited to their own government, as they’re one of the few holdouts against transparency in resource-sector reporting of payments to governments abroad. – Meanwhile, Stuart Trew discusses an international citizens’ initiative to
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The Canadian Progressive: Of Toronto G20 protests and “abuse orchestrated by fascist states”
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Jan 15, 2013: Ontario Superior Court Justice Harriet Sachs says police behaviour during the Toronto G20 protests had “the eerie overtones of the worst sort of abuse orchestrated by fascist states.” She passed the harsh verdict while ruling on the case of Eva Marie
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: PowerShift 2012 Concludes With Massive March Against Harper Gvt’s $1.4bn “Polluter Handouts”
The PowerShift 2012 Conference concluded with a raucous “Trick or Treat” march through downtown Ottawa by over 800 conference attendees and local activists. The 4-day conference sought to push the Harper Government to act to stop climate change and social injustice in Canada. And to stop annual handouts of $1.4 billion in Canadian taxpayer money to the “richest, dirtiest corporations in the world.” The
Continue readingImpolitical: You go, Paul Martin
Yeah they did: “Tories made a ‘major mistake’ in their approach to the euro crisis, Paul Martin says.” “The major mistake that the government has made is the way that it’s characterized this,” Mr. Martin said. “The role of the G20 is to strengthen the financial institutions and the other
Continue readingCanadian Trends: There is no Canada, only Zuul
Perspective is everything. When a Canadian citizen looks up at their government, they see a democratic institution being stolen from them through deceptive practices. When an international corporation looks down at a government, they see a tool for the implementation of policy. To understand the multi-facted implementation of policy and
Continue readingImpolitical: The world ponies up to the IMF
The IMF released this table at the end of the G20 yesterday showing pledges received over the past few months by countries around the world to increase IMF resources: That’s quite a list. 37 countries including 15 of the G20 have now contributed to the IMF fund seeking to build
Continue readingCanadian Trends: One big idea: Banking Oversight? Please.
Emerging from their resort world leaders have come up with one idea that just might work. Banking Oversight. No seriously, this is what they are spending money coming up with. Click the link, see for yourself. Of course their brand of banking oversight is new. It’s nothing like the banking
Continue readingCanadian Trends: Expensive resorts and lavish dinners, austerity is in the air
The G20 leaders continue to excel at making a credible case for austerity. Hunkered down in a Mexican luxury resort the reality of the world most people live in is no where to be found near them. Between lavish meals economic talk erupts, lots of talk which these leaders insist
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Plenty of commentators are rightly speaking out against the Cons’ anti-democratic omnibus bill, including Tim Harper and the Star-Phoenix and Vancouver Sun editorial boards. And even John Ivison can’t muster much more than “but the Libs did it too!” in defence of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – While some of us may recognize that there’s little reason to lend much credence to the talking points spewed out by any Con spokespuppet, others have tried to give the benefit of the doubt as long as possible. But Lawrence Martin notes
Continue readingImpolitical: The #G20 Office of the Independent Police Review Director report
The National’s report above is a good overview of yesterday’s release of the G20 report by Ontario’s Office of the Independent Police Review. You can read it here and while it is lengthy, the executive summary and ensuing recommendations are not a very taxing read. It is a tale of
Continue readingArt Threat: Watching them watching us – Monday Music Pick: Our Protection by LAL
The deeply political, community-committed, and talented LAL from Toronto, sing about surveillance with images from the Toronto G20 manifestations from two summers ago. LAL was formed in 1998 and is comprised of poet, singer & Bengali-rooted Rosina Kazi, producer, sound designer, philosopher, aphorismist and Barbados-born king of chill, Murr, and
Continue readingImpolitical: Flaherty’s international diplomacy
Remember the G20 finance ministers meeting recently where Flaherty made a splash? Canada was one of the few hold-outs in the G20 meetings last month that dissented against the International Monetary Fund’s drive to create a $400-billion fund to backstop eurozone debt, and refused to pay its portion when the
Continue readingA Conspiracy Theory
While it is good to finally know the identity of the coward whose infamous boot is featured prominently in this iconic photo from the #G20 police riot in Toronto, it isn’t even a good start. The ones we need in front of a judge are those who gave the orders
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Make It Stop
“Unlike Big Oil, [greens] are not transparent about their motives.” – Financial Post complaining about American environmental groups who oppose leaky pipelines destined to spoil freshwater and the Pacific coast. And what are Big Oil’s unvarnished motives: A car in every driveway, and a top hat and monocle for every
Continue readingPolice watchdog: 5 cops who beat Adam Nobody should be charged
Yeah sure, but will these officers ever be charged? Not likely. Even if they are charged, chances are great that they will get off. It’s the way it works these days. If you are a cop, or any person in authority, and you abuse your authority, you will be coddled
Continue readingG20 activist Amanda Hiscocks: I have no room for guilt or fear
Amanda Hiscocks to judge: “By focusing on the KKK’s tactics and not their politics you’ve missed the point entirely.” Go here for an excellent post on the woman facing a 16-month sentence for ‘counselling to obstruct police and counselling to commit mischief’ prior to the G20 protests. Read her full
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Mocha in Muskoka
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million earmarked for border security an’ spent it on fixin’ up his stompin’ grounds so’s…
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Mocha in Muskoka
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million earmarked for border security an’ spent it on fixin’ up his stompin’ grounds so’s he’d be sure an’ get hisself
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Mocha in Muskoka
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million earmarked for border security an’ spent it on fixin’ up his stompin’ grounds so’s he’d be sure an’ get hisself
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