The system of closed-door trade tribunals has been around for decades now, nestled like a ticking time bomb into hundreds of smaller bilateral trade agreements between nations. (Photo: Backbone Campaign) http://fpif.org/the-case-that-blew-the-lid-off-the-world-banks-secret-courts/ How Bolivian protesters and global activists exposed the dark side of global trade pacts and paved the way for the battles to come. […]
In summary, Bill C-51 Anti-terrorism / Secret Police is about American hegemony driven by resource depletion, in particular water shortages, in the U.S.A. (RELATED: 2015-03-17 Bill C-51, Elephant in the Room, the U.S.A.). And, If implemented, Bill C-51 merely adds Secret Police Removes the independent arms’ length watchdog role over police behaviour Reduces citizen rights […]
Robert F Kennedy Jr is a “warrior” in the public interest. We have followed some of his work. Now this: Lois writes: Robert Kennedy frames some of the problems we are facing here in Canada: The environment and democracy are interlinked You can’t have corporations running our country as they do not want the same things […]
Congratulations to Professor Christy Morrissey at the University of Saskatchewan! See the article below, U of S research serves as check. #neonics #bees #pollinators #MarchAgainstMonsanto Thank-you Christy: Not just for doing the Research on neonics (the chemicals that are killing bees & other pollinators). But also for being willing to speak up. There will be […]
Hi Everyone, We can lend a hand here: Pandora’s Promise is a slick piece of propaganda for the nuclear industry, airing on CNN. The Atomic States of America (bless good people) tells a different story. I watched it – it’s well done, worth your time, and free on-line for the next 2 days. Please pass […]
(1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AMR65l2hE&fb_source=message Photos from around the world, Marches Against Monsanto, alphabetically by place name, set to music. Patience was rewarded! I didn’t like the beginning, but hung in. This is an exciting statement of the mobilization. The March is every 6 months, each one bigger than the one before. “Someone” will likely do a photo record for the […]
Here is a warning for Canadians, if ever there was one. The immunity of the oil and gas companies in Alberta, as spelt out in this court decision, is appalling – – more evidence that we have a “petro-state”, not a democracy. The legislation that made this possible was fought unsuccessfully; now we have the […]
RE: the G&M article below a toxic smorgasbord of buildings, tailings ponds and a quarter-million tonnes of arsenic stored underground . . . before large amounts of arsenic start escaping from collapsing buildings. … The poisoning from the Giant Mine has been known for a long time. Now, a billion dollars — ALL from tax-payers. […]
PAUL EHRLICH is controversial. He wrote The Population Bomb in 1968. Some of his dire predictions have not come to pass. Others argue that it is because of his warnings that the global community made adjustments and delayed the day of reckoning. Ehrlich (below) is joined with other scientists. “More than 3,000 experts concluded humanity […]
Important video / film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LSUyrF3p-s Allison writes on Facebook: pay attention, Canada… this is a sovereignty issue, too. the US has, the US wants & the US has agreed that water ‘is a human right’… which is USian for ‘you’re squatting on what is ours, on our continent’. This shocking investigation into the world’s water […]