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October 2004: Fair Trade vs. Free Trade
Principles of fair trade based on economic justice, human rights While the principles of “fair trade” have been around for a long time, and are…
July 2004: Enbridge Spreads Disaster in Columbia
In the December 2000/January 2001 Monitor, I reported that Enbridge Inc., one of Canada’s leading energy corporations, was linked to death squads in Colombia according…
NS tax cut increases inequality between Halifax and rest of the province and between women and men
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX – According to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives the Hamm government’s…
Who Really Benefits from Nova Scotia’s Income Tax Cut (Part 2)
The Distribution of the Nova Scotia Tax Cut by Gender and County Download 311.58 KB11 pages
May 2003: West Paupans Oppressed by U.S. Multinational
An interview with John Rumbiak John Rumbiak is a supervisor for West Papua Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy (ELSHAM) based in Jayapura, the…
February 2003: Nigeria’s Corporate Killers
Multinational oil companies operating in Nigeria are complicit in human rights violations according to a recent report released by Human Rights Watch. The report titled…
Who’s in contempt over the Woodward’s squat?
This is Affordable Housing Week in BC–a week dedicated to ending homelessness. Thankfully, two weeks ago, the BC Housing Corporation dropped proceedings against the 54…
Rolling Back Human Rights in BC
An Assessment of Bill 53 – the Government of British Columbia’s Draft Human Rights Legislation Download 156.51 KB23 pages
Proposed human rights legislation gets failing grade
For the second time in twenty years, the Government of British Columbia has decided to abolish its Human Rights Commission. If the draft legislation set…
June 2002: A U.S.-Financed Military Dictatorship
Pakistan has long, bloody history as terrorist arm of U.S. The United States’ choice of Pakistan as an ally in its “war on terrorism” provides…
Human rights plunge into the past
Human rights in British Columbia may be about to plunge backwards by twenty years. In 1983 Bill Bennett abolished the Human Rights Commission, fired all…
December 2001: An Unpunished War Criminal
Book review THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER by Christopher Hitchens, Verso, 2001, $35 (Book Review) “Kissinger is a thug, a crook, a liar and a…
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