webmaster on October 30th, 2009

Because we vote every few years in elections we say we live in a democratic country. Yet every day, the economically active among us walk into work and check their democratic rights at the door. To some extent, the lack of decision-making power in the workplace is ameliorated by union membership and labour legislation. But [...]

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webmaster on October 20th, 2009

Families of Canadian soldiers fighting in Afghanistan can now take comfort in knowing that even if their sons or daughters commit suicide they will receive the very same medal awarded to those killed by enemy fire. If nothing else, the federal government is proactive. For months now, they have been laying the foundation for Canadian [...]

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webmaster on October 9th, 2009

Barack Obama joins a short list of Nobel Peace Prize recipients whose awards for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict were, to put it in the kindest way, premature. These include: 1994: Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, President of the Palestinian National Authority; Shimon Peres, Foreign Minister of Israel; Yitzhak Rabin, Prime [...]

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