Planet S Magazine Riding Reboot Katherine Norton Skewed election results suggest changes needed Once a decade, following the census(these days, I guess we should call it the “sorta-census”…), committees are appointed in every province to redraw federal electoral boundaries to reflect demographic changes. Lately, Saskatchewan’s unusual blended urban-rural ridings and non-representative election results have become […]
(PPP’s = Public Private Partnerships) Richard Florizone was Vice-President of Finance at the University of Saskatchewan during a period of unprecedented over-spending. 2012-05-07 Letter to U of S, Board of Governors. Who is responsible for Debt situation? EXCERPT: The finances, roughly: $95 million debt Borrowing capacity maxed out A $10 million shortfall in the current operating […]
Two articles, June 6 and June 7. Scroll down to the second one: 1. June 7 Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro came under fire during Question Period Thursday after Postmedia News and the Ottawa Citizen reported that he is being investigated for allegedly exceeding both his spending limit and contribution limit in relation to a […]
(The arguments and information remain valuable, in spite of the date.) FROM: Sandra Finley (contact info) June 11, 2004 TO: DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT (1) MINISTER David Forbes, Email: dforbes AT serm.gov.sk.ca (2) DEPUTY MINISTER Lily Stonehouse, Email: lstonehouse AT serm.gov.sk.ca CC: MLA”s Pat Atkinson and Peter Prebble Dear David and Lily, Re: GREAT SAND HILLS The […]
The figures from Richard Sanders below on Canada Pension Plan Investments in Lockheed Martin are pretty staggering. I believe he is a credible researcher. Many people lobby the CPPIB (CPP Investment Board), I do not know that it is reported anywhere. I used to lobby them on what they are investing in and the conflicts-of-interest […]
I offer PROBLEM and REMEDY in this posting. When NATO does this in Tampa / WE do this in our community. I am sorry you may find it lengthy. I feel I have to make a water-tight case. ON “THE REMEDY” SIDE: Do not fall for the propaganda that what is happening in Quebec is […]
(For other postings related to “Hedges”, please “search” this blog – the button is in the upper right corner. After you hit the “enter”, scroll down past the headings. There will be a computer-generated list of summaries of articles re “Hedges”. I am extremely thankful for his work. ) Hedges thinks Quebec protest is big enough to infect Canada […]
Note re footnotes (links to supporting documents, at bottom): April 2017 – I deactivated the invalid links. They appear in italicized text with no underlining.) See also: 2008-11-28 Follow-up on Montebello, Police provoke Violence at SPP protest (2007) 2016-07-08 Rulers cannot rule unless we agree to let them rule. There are simply too many […]
21 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz-b97NnAEw While you’re watching, remember that the Canadian House of Commons is in the process of passing laws that will allow American Police to operate in Canada, under American law. The number of hits on this video is growing rapidly. At 9:40 am Prairie time on June 10th, 2012 it’s at 6,515.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/07-2#.T9Os8GGuzkw.facebook Campaigners marched in Copenhagen under the banner “System Change, Not Climate Change.” On the eve of Rio+20, that message again will rise, but slogans and proposals and will mean nothing without the requisite power standing behind them. Time For Outrage on Behalf of the Planet, by Bill McKibben My solution is: get outraged. […]