Honourable Chrystia Freeland and Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, RE: Request for “Pre-budget” input “Same old” won’t work. Your request for input is a component of a Communications Strategy. As long as you persist with the teachings of the MBA and other “business” strategies, you are undermining democracy. When you inhale your own gas, and […]
From: Sandra Finley Sent: September 4, 2020 Subject: To CBC: what gets reported affects my decision to turn off the radio Hello Gregor and Crew, I appreciate On the Island. I want myself AND others to have access to good quality media. FYI. And you might want to forward this to the producer of World […]
Glen Assoun was wrongfully convicted of murder. He spent close to 17 years in prison. The podcast Dead Wrong is a careful and troubling documentation of the miscarriage of justice. I speak to one aspect of the remedy. I am afraid it will not be considered, even though it is one root of the problem. Tim […]
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s speech given at the Conference on Inclusive Capitalism, London on Tuesday 27 May 2014. (Carney – Canadian, went to Wall Street, then Governor of Bank of Canada, then Governor of Bank of England, and December 2019 to UN Special Envoy on Climate Change and finance.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ZFZGWNw7U Full […]
Preface to the article, MY EXCITEMENT: From: Sandra Finley Sent: September 7 To: Ruth.Bender (The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalist who wrote the article below) Subject: RE: Bayer’s Roundup Woes Deepen as Germany Bans Key Chemical Enormous thanks to you, Ruth, and to the WSJ for publishing this article. I am from the farmlands of […]
Canadians for Tax Fairness does important work. As you’ll see in this weekly report, the problem of tax fairness is international. People from around the world are working shoulder-to-shoulder – – we shall overcome. I shake my head when I see progress in other countries; Canada is lagging. BUT! forward the Tax Fairness Weekly […]
Details of the incident emerged shortly after a court heard about alleged attempts by officers to hide records needed by Vice Admiral Mark Norman Judge Advocate General Commodore Geneviève Bernatchez, who endorsed a recommendation by one of her staff to tell DND officials that the report didn’t exist, according to a briefing document.David Kawai/The Canadian […]
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“Cash-for-access dinners have made a return to Ontario politics and it’s a bad sign for democracy. Pay-to-play politics is good for those with deep pockets, but not good for the people,” said Schreiner. “At $1,250 per-plate to buy the ear of the premier, this is not a ‘government for the people.’ It’s a government for […]
(This was originally Item #2 in 2010-02-11 Manipulators without conscience. This is your food. Bayer’s GM rice. Triffid (U of S) GM flax. Jane Jacobs on separation of commerce and governance.) THE PROBLEMS WE GET INTO WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATION OF POWERS BETWEEN THE STATE AND COMMERCE: JANE JACOBS The GM […]
Not so many years ago, I did not know of the existence, role, how to use it, or importance, of the provincial Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. Myself and others are indebted to D’Arcy Hande for teaching us. RELATED: 2018-08-02 NEWS RELEASE: University of Saskatchewan is taken to Court, Refuses to disclose Right […]