Why I Hate Stephen Harper: Agent Orange in Canada

"A Conservative government will stand up for full and fair compensation to persons exposed to defoliant spraying during the period from 1956 to 1984."

- Stephen Harper

Realities Collide at Halifax "War Conference"

Syndicated from Common Dreams
by Anthony Fenton

HALIFAX, Canada  - While the world's top military elites gather inside a fortified hotel to discuss NATO's future, protesters question the organization's legitimacy, secrecy, and the lack of democratic debate about the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.

Torch Relay Protested in Halifax

Syndicated from No 2010

November 21, 2009

The Olympic torch arrived in Halifax today and at least some of the city's residents did not give it a warm welcome..."Politicans appeal to our love of sport to promote the Olympics...But the Olympics are really about profit-making for corporate sponsors and big business."

No Help for the Poor in NDP-Ruled Nova Scotia

By Bruce Wark - November 14, 2009

Friday November 13th was an unlucky day for poor Nova Scotians. That's the day four economists...released their recommendations outlining the economic path the new NDP government should follow...Unfortunately, the panel's obsessive focus on reducing deficits and debt in order to balance the budget...could give [the] Dexter [NDP government] an excuse not to increase welfare rates significantly.

Nova Scotia First Nation Demands Answers in Fatal Shooting by RCMP

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - CBC News

The chief and council of the Wagmatcook First Nation say the investigation into a fatal shooting by an RCMP officer last year is dragging on far too long...The band is demanding answers about the death of John Andrew Simon, 44, who was shot to death at his home on Dec. 2..."If...the roles had reversed and it had been a police officer that had been shot it wouldn't have been 10 months before a decision was made about whether to lay charges. It wouldn't have been 10 days..."

"Pack Up and Get Out"

Syndicated from Dominion Paper

By Daniel Thau-Eleff - August 19, 2009

A group from the Tobique First Nation walked peacefully into the hydro station just outside their reserve on the morning of Monday, June 8. Stephen (Red Feather) Perley approached the New Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power) employees and said, “You guys have fifteen minutes to pack up and get out.” The employees left. Perley and others wrapped a chain around the gate and locked it. The dam was now the property of the Tobique First Nation.

Security & Prosperity Partnership Leadership Summit (August 9th and 10th)

By Paul Manly - August 7, 2009

On August 9th and 10th, the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico will be meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico to discuss progress on the Security & Prosperity Partnership (SPP)...The SPP undermines our democratic rights and the ability of our elected representatives to pass laws and regulations that safeguard the environment, protect workers rights and control the economy in the interest of ordinary citizens. The SPP threatens the sovereignty of all three countries through the deep integration of military, security structures and regulatory regimes.

No Cops in School!

By Hilary Beaumont - June 29, 2009

Since violent events at Cole Harbour District High School and Auburn Drive in May, [the Black Independence Network Nova Scotia] has accused the media of misrepresenting what the group says was unprompted police brutality towards black students. BINNS literature handed out at the protest said riot police arrested 14 black youths at Auburn Drive after a schoolyard argument on May 1.

Justice Served Cold

Syndicated from Dominion Paper

by David Parker - March 7, 2009

The Atlantica demonstrations numbered 400 protesters and included a militant tactic known as a black bloc that intended to shut down the conference. Demonstrators were targeted by police and reported extreme police brutality, including being choked until unconscious, shocked with taser guns, and beaten by batons.

Nova Scotia Power Report

I wrote this recently to expose how the NWO corporations are stealing our public utilities and calling it privatization...

Rita MacNeil: "I'm No Rabble-Rouser"

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - CBC News

Rita MacNeil was as surprised as anyone to learn she was the target of RCMP undercover agents investigating the women's movement nearly 40 years ago...She represented the Toronto Women's Caucus at a March 1972 meeting of women's groups in Winnipeg, and, as an RCMP memo states, was the "one who composes and sings women's lib songs."

Innu People Threatened with Evictions

Syndicated from Infoshop News

ST. JOHNS, Quebec – More than 100 Innu families who are now occupying and using their aboriginal homeland in Newfoundland Labrador recently received eviction notices from the provincial government of Newfoundland Labrador. The Removal Notices direct Innu families to "remove all structures from Crown land and restore the site to its original conditions within 60 days of notice." Failure to do so will result in the Crown Lands Division demolishing their homes and charging the costs of demolition to the Innu families.

Did Rush Slimeball Cross the Line?

I’ve been very quiet about the political circus that prevails here in the good ole USA. Then I heard American talk show host Rush Limbaug’s blatantly racial and gender commentary alluding to the notion a woman or African American could not possibly be presidential material. I found it patently offensive, racist and bigoted. Though I’m no fan of any of the candidates I found Slimeball’s actions during the Democratic Primaries revolting and an affront to the whole democratic process. It’s my right not to like candidates and it’s my right not to vote for them but it’s no ones right to “rig” an election.

[Great Lakes & East Coast] No Olympics on Stolen Land! Speaking Tour

With the 2010 Winter Olympics scheduled to occur on unceded Coast Salish, St’at’imc and Squamish territory in two years, the spectacle surrounding them continues to wreak havoc on Indigenous people, poor people, and the Earth. In the spirit of resistance to colonialism, with the 2010 Olympics as a main target, Kanahus Pellkey of the Native Youth Movement and Native youth Dustin Johnson are touring throughout the Great Lakes and East Coast in January and February 2008.

Joya To The World

Malalai Joya, women's rights activist and expelled Afghan parliamentarian spoke in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Thursday. She filled an auditorium and within it, many hearts who were moved by her passion.