Tag: Justice
Politics, Re-Spun: A Snapshot of the Vulnerable Underclass of Foreign Workers in Canada
There are lots of ways to look at Canada’s checkered history with immigration. Europeans welcome, French to a lesser degree after they lost a war or something, Chinese railroad workers, the Komagata Maru, internment of Japanese-Canadians, residential schools and a variety of abuses of the First Nations who “we” tend to treat as lesser people, […]
Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Stephen Harper is an Evil Astronaut – ShitHarperDid.com
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Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Hey, Mr. Wall ………… Pay Attention!
Sask. Party Premier, Brad Wall
Since being elected in November 2007 the Brad Wall Sask Party government has been busy stripping away workers rights, and bringing in legislation that attacks democratic institutions and undermines the Canadian …
Larry Hubich's Blog: He said What?
“Our financial and business risk outweighs our legal obligation.”
– Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco, April 6, 2011
(Executive Committee, Regina City Council)
Ummm, Pat, wrong answer! The United Steelworkers (USW) union has won a landmark legal decis…
Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Harper’s Hitlist: Power, Process and the Assault on Democracy – Dobbin
The following is reproduced from the Council of Canadians website:
Stephen Harper’s Assault on Democracy
Author and Rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing to the political and social fabric of C…
Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Open letter to Premier Brad Wall – CPP Improvements
Today I sent the following “open letter” to Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall respecting proposed improvements to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). It is self explanatory: (PDF version here)
March 18, 2011
Honourable Brad Wall
Premier of Saskatch…
Larry Hubich's Blog: Naomi Klein and Rachel Maddow: Michigan, Disaster Capitalism and Corporate Greed
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Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Women’s Centres Rally Today Against Thompson Rape Case Judge’s Suggestion of "Implied Consent"
Via the Canadian Federation of Students – Manitoba.
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Thursday, February 24, 2011
WOMEN’S CENTRES RALLY AGAINST THOMPSON RAPE CASE JUDGE’S SUGGESTION OF “IMPLIED CONSENT”
MANITOBA—Women’s Centres are a…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Judge Rules Rape Did Not Occur Because of "Misunderstanding"
According to Winnipeg judge Robert Dewar (appointed September 2009 by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson), women should not talk to men because it could be unintentionally conveyed that there is “sex in the air” and the laws regarding rape are thrown out t…
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me: Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate taxes. If you do not remove corporate person status, then corporations can pay income tax like the rest of we
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me: Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate taxes. If you do not remove corporate person status, then corporations can pay income tax like the rest of we
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me:
Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate taxes.
If you do not remove corporate person status, then corp…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: RCMP Comment Fail
Northern News Service Online, March of the Pig:
Const. Todd Scaplen with the Yellowknife RCMP said his detachment received a call about a pig wandering by the Ingraham Trail on April 13.
“Someone called and said they saw it on the highway,” Scaplen s…
Continue readingGun safety and registry!
What with all the hoo-ha over the gun registry recently, I wanted to put my two cents in. I got in a Facebook argument with someone I don’t even know, and I was a little nervous that I might be wrong. I mean, I’m not used to being wrong — I’m pre…
Continue readingThis is a gift…
So, my loyal readers, I’m sure that you’ve all been keeping up to date on the activities. Well, the police went overboard (like I predicted) and brutalized SO many people. My girlfriend was part of the group that got boxed in on Queen and Spadina on Su…
Continue readingToronto!
So I just spent an AMAZING ten days in Toronto. We had a Drug User Groups summit and we officially created the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD). We wrote our mission statement etc. and got everything underway. The overarching goal o…
Continue readingHarm Reduction Superheroes!
So last Thursday I did a panel speech and presented a workshop at YSB’s forum. It was called Building Bridges and it focused on youth ‘in transition’ from youth to adulthood and how we can better support them.Oh yeah, on a side note, things with Kristy…
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