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Rabble.ca: Oh, Those 'Radicals'!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:52:30 -0800

Today the HarperCons stepped into the [cesspool / polluted waters] tarsands issue to announce a water monitoring project which will take 3 years and $50 million to fully implement. the regina mom agrees with Halifax NDP MP Megan Leslie; this is a PR stunt.

Rabble.ca: Needs No Introduction: The future of Canadian health care

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:33:59 -0800

In this edition of Needs No Introduction, Mike Luff, Diana Gibson and Maude Barlow share their thoughts and observations on the current state of health care in Canada and where we might be going.

Rabble.ca: Governments should seize Caterpillar assets

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:14 -0800

“The decision announced today that U.S. Caterpillar Corporation will close its Electro-Motive plant in London instead of negotiating with the Canadian Autoworkers Union requires an immediate response from the Canadian and Ontario governments.” That statement from Dave Coles, President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP).

“This decision is a slap in the face to Canada which gave Electro-Motive tax breaks to protect jobs,” continues Coles.

Rabble.ca: Solidarity: From Occupy Toronto to Attawapiskat -- you can help

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:29:19 -0800

The First Nation community of Attawapiskat is in dire need of housing supplies to help repair their existing homes. OPSEU is part of Design Points North, a group heading up to Attawapiskat on Saturday, February 4 with a transport truck to deliver a Mongolian yurt -- the same yurt that stood in St. James Park during Occupy Toronto. There is room on the truck and they need your help to fill it up with useful items requested by the band.

Rabble.ca: Caterpillar: The moth flying too close to the flame

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:28:00 -0800

We treated them like royalty.

We rolled out the tax-cut red carpet.

In fact our Prime Minister made a special stop at the London, Ontario Electro-Motive (EMD) plant in 2008, touting the $5 million in tax cuts we gave EMD.

It was all part of the "tax cuts create jobs" rhetoric that Canadian politicians rhyme off by rote.

Rabble.ca: David Suzuki on the benefits of science literacy

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:25:10 -0800

Kids ask questions. Sometimes adults feel inadequate if they don't have ready answers. But when I became a teacher, I learned quickly that there's nothing wrong with saying, "I don't know." Teaching children how to learn is more useful than feeding them facts.

Rabble.ca: Canada's Extradition Act and the case of Hassan Diab

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:01:53 -0800

Hassan Diab, a Canadian citizen and former University of Ottawa professor, faces the possibility of life imprisonment in France for his alleged role in a 1980 Paris bombing that killed four people. Diab's finger and palm prints do not match those of the suspect, nor does his handwriting. The suspect's physical description is unlike what Diab looked like in 1980, and Diab denies being in France and emphatically condemns the bombing. He's being sought based on secret intelligence, the source of which even French officials are unaware, that may have been extracted under torture.

Rabble.ca: Labeling critics of the oil sands 'enemies' is downright dangerous

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:16:48 -0800

Recent polls suggest that public opinion of Canada's oil sands is becoming increasingly polarized. You are either for the wholesale exploitation of the resource at any cost, or a cold turkey shutdown, at any cost.

However, many Canadians are still on the fence.

Rabble.ca: The #EnemyGate scandal

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:07:39 -0800

Canadians deserve to know the truth about what was said between the Prime Minister's Office and Tides Canada CEO, Ross McMillan.

Some of you may be familiar with my story as a whistleblower. For those who aren't, here's the Coles Notes version: My name is Andrew Frank, and last week I was fired from ForestEthics Canada, a charitable project of Tides Canada, an environmental charity.

Rabble.ca: Violence against women and the Shafia case

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:05:40 -0800

The Shafia case is so unsettling that it seems to unleash the search for a single key to explain it. Then you could toss away other keys that don't work, and even lock the door to a recurrence. But I don't think that's the way to go.