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Equality: Canadian women are not there yet
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nat...read more...
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nat...read more...
One approach to fixing the poverty trap
Date Posted: 7/2/2010 12:32:00 PM - John Kenneth Galbraith, the Canadian-American Keynesian economist said this about poverty: “People are poverty-stricken when their income, even if adequate for survival, falls markedly behind that of the community. Then they cannot have what the larger community regards as th...
Date Posted: 7/2/2010 12:32:00 PM - John Kenneth Galbraith, the Canadian-American Keynesian economist said this about poverty: “People are poverty-stricken when their income, even if adequate for survival, falls markedly behind that of the community. Then they cannot have what the larger community regards as th...
Step up to the plate Mr. Prime Minister
Date Posted: 5/22/2010 8:53:00 AM - Admittedly there have been few shining stars on the political front regarding the Auditor-General’s recent request to review MP expenses. However, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s buck passing on the issue challenges even the dimmest orb in the firmament. He told report...
Date Posted: 5/22/2010 8:53:00 AM - Admittedly there have been few shining stars on the political front regarding the Auditor-General’s recent request to review MP expenses. However, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s buck passing on the issue challenges even the dimmest orb in the firmament. He told report...
The value of a good demonstration
Date Posted: 5/20/2010 1:09:00 PM - There is lots of ongoing discussion about security as Toronto and Huntsville (albeit marginally) prepares to host the G8/G20 meetings. In viewing some of the miles of fencing around Deerhurst I was torn between two thoughts: the first was, “I wonder if this stuff will be sold off at garag...
Date Posted: 5/20/2010 1:09:00 PM - There is lots of ongoing discussion about security as Toronto and Huntsville (albeit marginally) prepares to host the G8/G20 meetings. In viewing some of the miles of fencing around Deerhurst I was torn between two thoughts: the first was, “I wonder if this stuff will be sold off at garag...
Jack Bionda Boat Launch Blow-Up
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 2:22:00 PM - A good way to shut down debate is to accuse one side of the argument of selfishness or some other anti-social behavior. That’s what Huntsville councilor Mike Greaves tried to do with his comment regarding the public reaction to the possible closing of the public access boat launch at Camp Kit...
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 2:22:00 PM - A good way to shut down debate is to accuse one side of the argument of selfishness or some other anti-social behavior. That’s what Huntsville councilor Mike Greaves tried to do with his comment regarding the public reaction to the possible closing of the public access boat launch at Camp Kit...
Print media is a dead man walking
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 1:57:00 PM - The debate is heating up over whether the digital age will result in the demise of print media. This is a ‘hurry-up and give it to me now’ world and print cannot deliver in that environment. Sadly, I think that all forms of print are on the way to being dead. I doubt it will be in m...
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 1:57:00 PM - The debate is heating up over whether the digital age will result in the demise of print media. This is a ‘hurry-up and give it to me now’ world and print cannot deliver in that environment. Sadly, I think that all forms of print are on the way to being dead. I doubt it will be in m...
Talking Heads
Date Posted: 4/7/2010 2:09:00 PM - A good way to shut down debate is to accuse one side of the argument of selfishness or some other anti-social behavior. That’s what Huntsville councilor Mike Greaves tried to do with his comment regarding the public reaction to the possible closing of the public access boat launch at Camp Kit...
Date Posted: 4/7/2010 2:09:00 PM - A good way to shut down debate is to accuse one side of the argument of selfishness or some other anti-social behavior. That’s what Huntsville councilor Mike Greaves tried to do with his comment regarding the public reaction to the possible closing of the public access boat launch at Camp Kit...
