Gaza Strip same size as Montreal:
Canada condones human rights violations
Toronto, January 12, 2009
The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned Israel on Monday for its grave violations of human rights in Gaza. The resolution called
for an international mission to be dispatched to Gaza. Canada was the only country to vote against the resolution with 33 others countries voting in favour … Read more
Brantford Expositor:
SIX NATIONS LAND DISPUTE Posted 11 hours ago Regarding Jan. 2's well intentioned editorial, "An obvious resolution," there are a few very important words I hope that Expositor readers -- and that includes Brantford's mayor and council -- didn't just breeze over without giving much thought to.
The editorial starts with a hope that Brantford and Six Nations "find a way to … Read more
Oil sands admits PR failurehttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.woilsands0108/BNStory/energy/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090108.woilsands0108
Canada's oilsands industry admits it has “dropped the ball” in engaging with the public about the environmental effects of its developments, the head of the sector's largest lobby group said Thursday in revealing the results of a major … Read more
Judge not biased not unfit: Fantino must face him in court
Arbiter's reaction to lawyer no proof of bias against Fantino, court hears
7 hours ago
TORONTO — An adjudicator had every reason to feel he was being threatened by an experienced lawyer acting for Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino, and his reaction did not show he was biased, a court heard Thursday.
Lawyer Julian … Read more
Strahl (Indian Affairs) must answer for Barriere Lake decision
http://www.ckrz.com/webpage%20news.pdf
The Federal Court has green-lighted a legal challenge of Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl's intervention in a nasty leadership dispute on a Quebec reserve.
Judge Russel Zinn set aside Tuesday an earlier ruling that struck down an application to judicially review Strahl's exclusive support … Read more
Six Nations, federal, negotiations resume Jan 28
Federal, provincial and Six Nations negotiators are all expected to be back at the table on Jan. 28 to resume land claims talks, Radio Station CKPC reports. Talks broke off last June.
Since then, Six Nations has rejected a multi-million dollar federal offer to settle a claim related to the development of the Welland Canal.
A key part of this … Read more
MP: "Israel must end Blockade"
MP Storseth, Western Standard: "Israel must also end their Eighteen month long Blockade of Gaza."
YES!!!
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/01/a-voice-of-reason-on-gaza.html
And ...
Obama Breaks Silence, Vows To Work for Peace in Gaza… Read more
Six Nations: Onus for peace lies with Brantford
Onus for peace lies with the city
BRANTFORD AND SIX NATIONS Re: "An obvious resolution" (Brantford vs. Six Nations)
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1369685Of course there's an obvious resolution. The number of attempts at an accommodating and respectful dialogue on the part of Six … Read more
Questioning capitalism ... A series of links
Capitalism's growth imperative and societal engineeringBy Richard K. Moore, Chapter 1, section f, of
A Guidebook: How the world works and how we can change it (2000) People of the same trade seldom meet together… but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the publick, or in some contrivance to raise prices.Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776… Read more
Ipperwash, official racism and the future of Ontario
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/2040Fantino also urged Brant to “pull the plug” on the blockades or “suffer grave consequences." At a news conference, Rosenthal said Fantino threatened Brant "with premature death at the hands of [an OPP] sniper." Rosenthal warned, “If somebody does read that transcript, who’s aware of Ipperwash, they … Read more
What Obama says about energy supplies ... Dion already said!
"In a few weeks, when Obama's new energy plan is revealed, it will likely include some very damaging information regarding fossil fuel reserves.
http://www.angelnexus.com/o/web/10434
On November 12, 2008, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its World Energy Outlook. This is the world's most authoritative source of global … Read more
