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#OpProRogue Part XIII

May 3, 2012
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Share | Bookmark ContentsBreaking NewsBudget . Austerity . Cuts Censorship & Control of Public InformationThe Case of F-35 JetsOther News & Readings Breaking News Cabinet ministers say no to meeting with UN food envoy  MAY 4 2012 | Ottawa Citizen Several federal ministers have declined requests to meet with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food as part of his first-ever probe of a developed country. Olivier De Schutter’s mission brings him to Ottawa next week as part of an 11-day tour that includes visits to aboriginal communities in Manitoba and Alberta. He had requested meetings with the ministers of health, aboriginal affairs, agriculture, fisheries, foreign affairs or international co-operation, as well...

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#OpProRogue Part XII

May 1, 2012
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Share | BookmarkContentsHarper GovernmentAusterity. CutsCanada & Oil Economy. Canadian RealitiesInternational #CDNPOLI Issues Needing Attention  Harper Government   House committee blocks RCMP harassment hearings   April 30 2012 |  Hill Times BBC exposes @ec_minister’s duplicity in this “fractious” interview  April 30 2012 | BBC   Le nouveau code de conduite de la SRC inquiète le syndicat  May 1 2012 | LP L’imposition d’un nouveau code de conduite aux employés de Radio-Canada risque de transformer les journalistes en porte-parole des ministres conservateurs, craint le Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada (SCRC). Un grief contre le code en question a été déposé à la mi-avril par le Syndicat, qui en a informé ses membres samedi dernier, explique au Soleil le président...

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Working Summary: April #OpProRogue

April 29, 2012
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Share | BookmarkContentsEnvironment. Sustainability. Money in Harper Government’s PoliticsHarper Government: Accountability. Transparency. Democracy. Human Rights.  Political EconomyCorruption: Corporate & Government404SE & Friends Environment. Sustainability.  Oil lobbyists approved Harper’s climate policy as ‘elegant’ approach  April 29 2012 | Postmedia Alberta pipeline plan advances quietly: Project avoids costly controversy  April 28 2012 | Postmedia Oil firms aid federal Tories in selling EU trade deal  April 28 2012 | Postmedia National News: Budget Implementation Act is Gutting of Environmental Laws in Disguise  April 27 2012 | Northumberland Budget kills climate accountability legislation, weakens oversight  April 26 2012 | Postmedia  “Charitable” Fraser Institute accepted $500k in foreign funding from Koch oil billionaires  April 25 2012 | Vancouver Observer As Tories crack down,...

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#OpProRogue Part X

April 28, 2012
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Share | BookmarkIf I have any advice to my fellow Canadian citizens it is this: To be silent is to be complicit. Democracy, if it is to mean anything, requires our active repudiation of this government and all that it represents. Mr. Harper, I reject your vision of Canada and your attempt to bully Canadians by altering the way our democratic traditions and governmental structures function. I commit myself to doing all within my limited power to stop you from the hazardous policies that you espouse and with other like minded citizens, I pledge to help and protect those people who will be hurt and diminished by your neglect and misuse of power. Excerpt...

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#OpProRogue Part IX: The Case of Torture & Harper Government’s Multi-Million Dollar Secrecy

April 28, 2012
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Share | BookmarkContentsExtract of Richard Colvin’s opening statement  Richard Colvin’s AffidavitNews Coverage  The Afghan detainee scandal dies, while petty scandals are given full inquiries   Further ReadingsWe detained, and handed over for severe torture, a lot of innocent people. — Richard Colvin Extract of Richard Colvin’s opening statement  November 18 2009 | Canadian Press Why should Canadians care? One may ask rhetorically, `Even if Afghan detainees were being tortured, why should Canadians care?’ There are five compelling reasons. First, our detainees were not what intelligence services would call `high-value targets,’ such as IED (improvised explosive device) bomb-makers, al-Qaida terrorists or Taliban commanders. `High-value targets’ would be detained under a completely different mechanism that involves special forces...

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