Human Rights

Senate reform - necessity or power grab? Canada: Senate reform - Democratic necessity or power grab? Proposals to turn the Senate into short term elected positions scare me, because the functions of the Senate could be downgraded to political lackeydom and then likely dispensed with altogether, destroying the democratic checks and balances we have, such as they are. In my opinion, Senate reform… Uqalimakkanirit

The Red Road Toronto Sun columnist Mark Bonokoski explores the powerful and human stories that lie beneath the troubles of our First Nations people in a 15-part series entitled the Red Road. “The aboriginal people of Canada are still seen as a problem to fix rather than an asset to this county.” — Rene Dussault, co-chair of 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples It was an exhaustive… Uqalimakkanirit

Supreme Court buckles to provincial pressure? BC Am I reading this right? The Supreme Court refuses to hear cases re Aboriginal Title? In all of Canada or just BC? What kind of crap is this? I know the provincial courts buckle to regional politics/politicians, but I am deeply shocked at the Supreme Court's apparent political collusion. So ... how does one go above the Supreme Court of Canada? … Uqalimakkanirit

BRANTFORD: City Hall Aggressively Suspends Access to the City Hall, Public Counters with a Notice to Tresspass.by Tim Sywyk Greetings, Today City Hall and for over a week now have been very elusive, aggressive and complacent regarding our genuine concerns in our City, in particular Environmental Issues. Yesterday I was served notice to trespass and now today my wife while trying to retrieve … Uqalimakkanirit

Governor-General cannot prorogue parliament ... (but she did! What hold does Harper have on her? Oh right ... her job!) A very unusual situation in Canadian politics. More and more, it seems Canadian politics is just about politicians instead of about Canadians. That said ... on this historical day, the Governor-General resumes the intended position in Canada, as a Head of State who guides the … Uqalimakkanirit

AUSTRALIA: Claims of child abuse pretext for land grab, uranium mining This is a very horrible act of aggression by the Australian government, under a particularly egregious pretext. This is today ... now ... 2008 ... not 1908. Canada is no less guilty of continuing land grabs, under various guises. Mining and forestry alone consume billions and billions of acres of land worldwide, and total … Uqalimakkanirit

Postponement to Mining Act revisions good for industry Currently, mining is the only cash cow left of the province's four main industries so tampering with it would be more than foolhardy, it would be economic suicide. Postponement to Act revisions good for Ontario's mining industry Posted By Posted 17 hours ago… Uqalimakkanirit

Thai protesters force police to abandon checkpoint Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:26am EST By Ed Cropley BANGKOK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-government protesters forced several dozen Thai riot police to abandon a checkpoint on Saturday as they tightened their siege of the country's main airport, witnesses said. Around 2,000 People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters … Uqalimakkanirit

Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:07am ESTBy Krittivas Mukherjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Mangeshikar, his wife and daughter were in the foyer of the 105-year-old hotel on Wednesday … Uqalimakkanirit

Tradition, Modernity or Both? TVO, The Agenda Thursday, November 27 Canada's First Nations: Tradition, Modernity or Both? Aboriginal identity at a crossroad: 1.2 million strong and growing, but with more than half of Canada's First Nations now living off-reserve, can the traditional way of life be … Uqalimakkanirit

More native kids in B.C. living away from parentsLives of aboriginals appear to be getting worse, children's rep warnsLindsay Kines, Times ColonistPublished: Thursday, November 27, 2008The lives of B.C.'s aboriginal children may be getting worse instead of better, the province's child advocate said yesterday.Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond warned that seven of every 10 children living in care or … Uqalimakkanirit

Canada is put to shame . . . but do we care? Published Thursday November 27th, 2008 Canada has been put to shame in the last … Uqalimakkanirit

Six Nations, Brantford: "Motives for flak over protests not what they seem" http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1317845 There's a lot of flak pouring into the editorial section of The Expositor over the disruption of the medical centre project caused by Ruby and Floyd Montour. Citizens firing up their pens, the mayor voicing his concerns. Vicano despairing of how the company … Uqalimakkanirit

Elmvale: Dump Threatens Pristine Water Proposed Dump Threatens Pristine Water, Say Township Residents Thirty-year fight to stop landfill continues By Joan Delaney Epoch Times Staff Nov 26, 2008 Dozens of protesters approach the Ontario legislature where they rallied to stop a garbage dump from being built in Tiny Township, Ontario. (Jim Simpson)… Uqalimakkanirit