‘Canada’ Archives
Families visit Minister of Children and Youth Services
"Rally 4 Accountability" moved in march bearing signs to Deb Matthews office, the day before resigned from being the Minister of Children and Youth Services for the Ontario Liberal government. Activist Chris Carter has some questions, will they be answered? In front of the Ontario legislative building, at Queens Park, on Monday was a Rally 4 [...]
Rally 4 Accountability
In front of the Ontario legislative building, at Queen's Park, on Monday was a “Rally 4 Accountability” to have an Ombudsman oversee the Children’s Aid Society. Andrea Horwath, MPP and leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, introduced Bill 93 in 2008 to provide external investigations of allegations against the Children's Aid [...]
Jack Layton on HST
Jack Layton, Leader of the NDP, speaks-out against HST in the House of Commons:
Save Our Net!
"Until now, Canada's Internet has been an open network -- and a level playing field for free speech, innovation, and free market competition. All that is now under threat. A handful of companies are threatening to change the way Canada's Internet works. They want to replace the open network Canadians enjoy today with a discriminatory or [...]
The Right to Water campaign
The Blue Planet Project, founded by Maude Barlow, believes "access to water is a fundamental human right." From the the website: The Friends of the Right to Water is promoting a two-tiered strategy. We are encouraging our international partners to work with the UN to adopt a convention or treaty on the right to water. We are also [...]
Ontario HST
"Dalton McGuinty’s new HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) will hurt thousands of Ontarians already paying more than their fair share of taxes." Andrea Horwath, the new leader of the Ontario NDP, is standing up for the people of Ontario by leading the fight against the HST. Dalton McGuinty, leader of the Liberal Party, signed for this new raise to [...]
