The Government of Saskatchewan is well-advanced in the privatization of a large chunk of Saskatchewan’s electricity supply. Saskatchewanians were pretty clear during the consultations on the nuclear agenda (Bruce Power – the UDP Report) last summer: we do not want our electricity supply privatized. Given the historic record (items # 1 and #2 below), we […]
(1 of X) was (2010-04-12) Tar Sands: Speech by Marcel Coutu. Canada Stocks Rise on SinoPec Oil Sands Investment. Now the Clearwater River. I said the next email would be about the First Nations resistance; I changed my mind. This first. CONTENTS COMMENTARY HOW FAR WILL THEY GO TO SECURE THE RESOURCE? CONFESSION #1, […]
“ Don’t believe those who say Canada’s oil sands are one of the world’s biggest sources of pollution. They are trying to scare you while, frankly, what they are really doing is fundraising. “ (Marcel Coutu, Chairman of Syncrude) (Item #1) CONTENTS SPEECH BY CANADIAN OIL SANDS (SYNCRUDE) CEO ON CROSS-CANADA TOUR. IN REGINA April […]
It is wrong to look at George Poitras’ update by itself. It belongs in the context of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation experience beside the petro-chemical corporations in Sarnia the experience of the Ogoni in the Niger Delta The common ground: the petro-chemical corporations and their dupes and stooges and collaborators and traitors in Government in […]
Has Ignace, Ontario been confirmed as the site for high-level radioactive waste disposal (for North America)? (scroll down to IGNACE ONTARIO AS SITE FOR HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL? Which includes the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal article, 11/27/2009) Or is it someplace else, not at Ignace? Or, can you believe what the nuclear/uranium/electricity corporations say? CLICK HERE […]
Related to “We the People, NOT, We the Corporations” Local easy-to-do. CONTENTS (1) YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN MANITOBA? (2) LETTER TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MANITOBA (3) NEWS RELEASE, MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN JOINT CABINET MEETING, FEB 2 IN YORKTON = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = […]
from Dec. 24th R-Town News: The University Needs Some Soul-Searching about Sustainability By Jim Harding Can we learn about the challenge sustainability presents our universities, from the roles professors play in public policy? On November 26th Uranium Development Partnership (UDP) member, physics Professor Mathie lectured as if he was presenting “the basic science going on […]
A quick note before the press release on nuclear green light in Alberta. Many thanks to our neighbours and friends in C.A.U.S.E. for the alert. INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATOCRACY My next email works on the definition and characteristics of corporatocracy, a word not found in standard dictionaries. Discussion is hampered for parts of reality that have […]
There is good information in this posting if you have time to scroll through. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is holding public meetings on very short notice. Please help get people to the meetings. See items #2 and #3. Thanks! UPDATE, thanks to Herman: Expert panel recommends new isotope reactor http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/12/03/medical-isotopes-reactor003.html Good grief! We […]
(1) NOVEMBER 30TH DECISION BY EXPERT REVIEW PANEL IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR THE NUCLEAR/URANIUM INDUSTRY. IT IS NOT ABOUT “MEDICAL ISOTOPES”. The decision from the Expert Review Panel (scheduled for Monday November 30, 2009) to determine who will receive our tax dollars is understood IN CONTEXT. It is not about radioactive isotope production for […]