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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…
June 2006: It’s Broke and It Can’t Be Fixed
Renegotiating NAFTA won’t solve Canada’s trade problems Several prominent critics of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), including NDP leader Jack…
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: Selling Off Our Country
Takeovers place key Canadian industries in foreign hands In the late 1960s and throughout the first half of the 1970s, Canadians became…
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…
April 2006: Taxing Our Credulity
Mad about paying taxes? OK, but is your anger well-directed? April is tax-paying month and many low- and middle-income Canadians labouring over…
Fuelling Fortress America
As Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes his turn at steering the Canadian ship of state, Ralph Klein’s latest healthcare proposals may not…
Canada’s energy security in jeopardy
Time for the Harper government to bring in a made-in-Canada energy strategy: Report READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A report on the…
March 2006: Clearing the Air on a Major Trade Dispute
Nine seldom heard facts about our softwood lumber exports The prolonged dispute over the tariffs illicitly imposed on Canada’s softwood lumber exports…
March 2006: The Big Business Bang Theory (III)
A Canada with Scandinavian-style equality is achievable Several e-mails have reached me from readers who agree with my “Big Business Bang Theory”…