Share | Bookmark ContentsRelevant Articles Toronto riding’s election result tossed by judge: Conservative MP Ted Opitz’s Etobicoke Centre win overturned; party ‘disappointed’ May 18 2012 | CBC “ …Under a court order, Wrzesnewskyj’s lawyers were able to examine the ballots at 10 polling divisions, as well as poll books and electors’ lists at Elections Canada’s office in Ottawa. The test to declare the election invalid, and trigger a byelection (after any appeals are exhausted), was a finding that more than 26 ballots, the losing margin, should not have been counted. Particularly outstanding is what went on in Polling Division 31, located in a church in Etobicoke. Eighty-six people voted by registration certificate on May 2,...
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“This isn’t Canada right now”: Police officer says
Share | BookmarkBy Richard Fantin | Canadian Trends A new report has been released today slamming G20 police for “excessive force”. While damning, this report is a whitewash. It continues to play the “few bad apples” routine spewed after Bill Blair’s “vast criminal conspiracy” ended up being full of holes. This report makes ludicrous claims such as “the Toronto Police had trouble tracking the black bloc”, even though there is plenty of video evidence showing walls of riot police looking on while the “black bloc” destroyed property without interruptions with police screaming “disengage disengage” in the background. At the bottom of this post I will link a documentary of the G20 and you can decide for...
Out-of-Touch-With-Reality Politics Failing to Serve the People
Share | BookmarkContentsLiving on Welfare Tests Politician’s EnduranceHow can we, as a society, solve problems such as poverty and hunger when our government officials deny their existence? Ahead of De Schutter’s presentation, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney lashed out at De Schutter and suggested he wasted both his time and the UN’s resources by spending 11 days here. “It would be our hope that the contributions we make to the United Nations are used to help starving people in developing countries, not to give lectures to wealthy and developed countries like Canada and I think this is a discredit to the United Nations,” Kenney said, noting that Canada sends billion of dollars in food aid...
Open Letter to Canadian Journalists
Share | BookmarkDear journalists: Why don’t you actually start reporting on the money wasters? By Richard Fantin | Posted on Canadian Trends Saw this today, and it made me very very angry. From the article: The debate, however, has now moved well beyond a dispute over the price of education in Quebec. The larger question being posed is of what kind of society we want to be. While this existential problem is important for a people to grapple with, it will not be solved by our citizens taking to the streets. The real answer can be found in Quebec’s finances. As Mr. Bouchard stated last week, there is a limit to the burden taxpayers...
Bill C-38 repeals the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act.
Share | Bookmark Originally posted here Mr. Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP) Mr. Speaker, we keep unearthing all these little treasures hidden deep in the bowels of Bill C-38 that we did not even realize were being snuck into this omnibus bill. Now we know why they were put there and their significance. Bill C-38 repeals the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act. This is the construction fair wages act for the federal jurisdiction. For 100 years, we have been fighting for fair wages and working conditions for the construction industry. It is an industry with a transient workforce. Contractors and the like can exploit desperate working people in the construction industry if we do not...