Canada Speaks: Report reveals public perceptions about the nation's homeless
Canadians have spoken and they have something to say about homelessness in Canada. A report released Wednesday provides a unique look into how Canadians feel about the more than 150,000 homeless living on the streets in cities across the country. The report, Canada Speaks, is a part of The Salvation Army’s ongoing Dignity Project — […]
New website launched to protect Canadian children
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s new website — MissingKids.ca — is expected to contribute to reducing the number of children who go missing in Canada every year. Each year, more than 50,000 children are reported missing in Canada and the launch of the new site on Tuesday could help lessen that number. The Canadian […]
Harper’s goal: create a new irrational reality
In observing Stephen Harper for the past 20 years, I have often been reminded of the line from Shakespeare: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Replace lawyers with scientists, and you capture the role that the irrational plays in the politics of the prime minister. It shows up everywhere: Over […]
Union offer a “setback” to Canada Post labour negotiations
Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ (CUPW) offer would add $1.4 billion of new costs to Canada Post over the life of the contract and provides no compromises to address the challenges facing the company, says the Canada Post negotiation team. Already struggling with declining mail volumes, Canada Post would need to raise the price of […]
Which brands do Canadians love the most?
Reputations: One needs look no further than the recent oil spills, tainted-food recalls and financial industry scandals to realize that in business today, they mean everything to corporations. Canadian Business magazine has teamed with the Reputation Institute to assess the reputations of 50 of Canada’s biggest companies who deal directly with consumers or have a […]
The ongoing evil of asbestos exports
The ongoing fight to get this country to ban the export of the world’s deadliest industrial material has finally reached the Comedy Network and Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show. The sheer absurdity of pretending that chrysotile asbestos can be used safely caught the eye of the popular show and they recently did a five minute segment, […]
Markham City Council bans criticism of Apartheid regimes
On May 3, a majority of Councillors from Markham City Council adopted a motion to censor “Israeli Apartheid Week” that is organized each year in March by students on Canadian universities. Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is a week of lectures and film screenings that takes place peacefully on campuses each year and hosts prominent academics and […]
How much are you being ripped off at the pump? Try the CCPA Gouge-meter
Gas prices in Canada are soaring even though the price of oil is well below recent highs. In order to help Canadians know what they should be paying for gas, the CCPA developed an online gasoline price gouge meter using calculations by Hugh Mackenzie, based on his 2007 analysis, Gas Price Gouge: The Sequel. According to Hugh’s […]
Will Libyans see us as saviours?
Canada is at war again but you would hardly know it from the media. We should pay attention, for our part in the Libyan “mission” is a stunning example of how easily the self-righteous West can get involved in war without considering the consequences. First it was Afghanistan then Iraq, classic examples of imperial hubris, […]
MPs cash in on $116 million in pension and severance bonanza
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today released its calculations of estimated pension and severance payments paid to the 113 MPs who were either defeated or did not seek re-election in the May 2, 2011 general election. Defeated and retiring MPs will collect $4.9 million in pension payments in their first year, reaching a cumulative total […]
