While the number of food bank users in March 2011 was down slightly from March 2010, food banks collecting data in March 2012 for next year's report say demand is up again, according to the Ontario Association of Food Banks. Among…
<!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]-->BCE Inc. solidified its status as Canada's biggest owner of mass media assets by purchasing Astral Media Inc., in March, for $3.38 billion. Bell Canada Enterprises ranks with Quebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications…
While NDP officials go to great pains to prevent leftists from becoming NDP candidates at election time, they'd do better to spend more time screening the right wingers in their ranks.A case in point is Lise St-Denis, who was elected…
Some 10,000 people, according to the Toronto Star, converged at London’s Victoria Park, two hours west of Toronto, on January 21 to participate in the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) sponsored-rally against the lockout of 500 workers. They are members…
Read More Mass Rally at London, Ontario says No to Concessions
The Conservative Stephen Harper government has revealed its mean streak once again. In an open letter released on January 9, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver lashed out at environmental organizations, branding them as “radicals” who “use funding from foreign special…
Read More Harper Raises Alarm on “Radical” Environmentalists
a book review by John Orrett and Barry WeislederThe appearance of “The Trouble With Billionaires” could not have been more timely. Published in Canada by Penguin Books (Toronto, soft cover edition in 2011, 272 pages), the book is to be…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica—Car horns blared, orange flags waved, and campaign reggae jingles pulsated. Youthful political celebrants blew vuvuzelas from roving car caravans on the evening of Dec. 29, continuing well past sunrise across this Caribbean island nation.A snap election called…
It has been called Haiti at minus 40 degrees celsius. Attawapiskat, an isolated Cree First Nations community located near James Bay in northern Ontario, is enduring a severe housing crisis that is just the latest in a series of tragedies…
Read More Attawapiskat: Native people suffer while corporations mine riches
When it comes to native housing, health, and education needs, Ottawa provides funding through an eye-dropper and at a snail’s pace. But where it concerns meeting the perceived “security” needs of capital and the state, the authorities act swiftly, generously,…
The Dec. 7 border agreement between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama requires Canada to adopt more U.S.-style security measures, and to share more information on Canadians with American state authorities. This is contrary to the interests…
Read More U.S.-Canada treaty escalates attack on civil liberties
