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Canada’s forest industry can be renewed by linking it to existing mega industry in the country
By Professor Mohini Mohan Sain, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto Canada’s forest is one of its largest resources. We have about 10% of the world’s forests and we actually have 27% of the boreal forest. It
Harper’s budget deterring women from work
By Djaouida Sellah NDP MP for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC We have before us a budget implementation bill that is over 160 pages long, contains over 270 provisions and amends dozens of laws. I find it appalling that the government has introduced
NDP vows to restore Canada Post home delivery
A federal NDP government would restore Canada Post home mail delivery to those whose service has been cut by the Conservative government, a New Democrat MP told parliament yesterday. “People I talk to are really upset because they know how
Ontarians get only 75c for every million dollars De Beers makes mining diamonds in Ontario
By Concerned Ontarian We found out yesterday that De Beers paid only $226 in royalties to the Ontario government for the company’s diamond mining operation in the province, thanks to an investigation by CBC’s Rita Celli. The reason that Celli
Pirates eye youth vote with mincome, filesharing
The Pirate Party of Canada is hoping to attract the youth vote with a platform that calls for guaranteed minimum income (or mincome as it is commonly known) and decriminalized filesharing. “There is a misconception that [the youth] don’t care
No longer a matter of public trust: Why Canadians want a truly democratic participatory voice for the future
By Canadians for a Coalition NDP-Green Party Government Many Canadians from all over the country are increasingly voicing frustration with federal politics. On social media, in particular, this frustration has generated debate and given voice to increasing dissatisfaction with the
Supporters publicly abandoning Liberal Party over Trudeau’s support for Bill C-51
Social media is abuzz with images of Liberal supporters symbolically cutting up their party membership cards after their leader Justin Trudeau voted in favour of Bill C-51 at the anti-terrorism legislation’s third reading in the House of Commons. Disillusioned supporters
Alberta Paramedics blame PC budget cuts for EMS system breakdown, urge Albertans to vote for change
A group of Alberta Paramedics are blaming Premier Jim Prentice’s Progressive Conservatives for the “complete system breakdown” that brought Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Edmonton Zone to a grinding halt yesterday, and are urging Albetans to vote at today’s election.
Prentice killing apprentice jobs to promote TFW program, labour groups say
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s budget decision to cut $6 million in funding to apprenticeships killing 6,000 apprentice jobs is an attempt to promote the temporary foreign worker program, according to labour groups. Prentice, who slashed the funding for apprenticeships
PC royalty miscalculation robs Alberta of $13.5 billion
A royalty miscalculation by Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives robbed the province of $13.5 billion, according to a University of Alberta study. Alberta introduced new royalty formulas in 2009, expecting to collect an additional $2 billion per year in royalties, but,
