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Taxes are good for a nation’s health and well-being—study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada is falling behind a number of OECD nations in a wide range of social…
December 2006: Global Warming, Global Wording
Most government “action” on climate change just rhetoric There is historical precedent for re-naming the purported Clean Air Act devised by the…
December 2006: Calling Premier McGuinty
Where will all of Ontario’s nuclear waste be stored? Ontarians will go to the polls next October to elect their provincial government.…
Softwood Lumber Agreement spells trouble for jobs in BC’s forest-dependent communities
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The new Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, if it is ratified by the Canadian Parliament,…
Softwood deal will spur more raw log exports
The recent vote in the House of Commons ratifying the softwood lumber agreement with the United States may bring temporary relief in…
October 2006: We Didn’t Really Say “No” to Missile Defence
Canadian complicity and participation in BMD continues Contrary to a widely popular feel-good myth, Canada did not reject participation in the U.S.-led…
There’s nothing smart about “smart regulation”—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Federal deregulation—euphemistically called “smart regulation”—poses a serious threat to public health and the environment, says…
Fundamental change needed to save Ontario’s forestry-dependent communities—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Ontario government must implement far-reaching forestry and hydro reforms if it is truly serious…
May 2006: Feeding the Sleeping Pill Addiction
Insomniacs becoming collateral damage in sleep-meds war I recently woke up at three in the morning with the chilling words “collateral damage”…
Moving Forward: Alternative Federal Budget puts the surplus to work
OTTAWA—The federal government has the resources to maintain and build on the commitments made in the 2004-05 minority Parliament and use upcoming…
April 2006: Americanizing the Restriction of Canadians’ Rights
Security overtaking trade as driver of “deep integration” At the time the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and later the North American Free…
April 2006: The False Gods of Public Education
Our flawed school system in need of fundamental changes As a teacher and researcher in Ontario and abroad for 50+ years, I…