Sewage, and the 8 billion litres of it to be dumped into the St. Lawrence River from Montreal. has now become a federal election issue. The city maintains the sewage release must take place to allow urgent repairs necessary to improve the… »
Highlights / Federal election 2015
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Green Party leader supports employees’ free speech
Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she supports civil servants’ right to free speech. At an election rally in the western city of Vancouver, May invited former federal government scientist Tony Turner to sing the song he composed exhorting Prime… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Prime minister lauds huge Pacific trade deal
Canada and 11 other countries have reached a massive free trade agreement which has yet to be ratified. The details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have yet to be unveiled. The proposed agreement could benefit producers and exporters of Canadian pork,… »
New leaders’ debates hard for voters to access
Small, narrowly-focussed debates between candidates seeking election to lead Canada “may be detrimental to democracy,” says David Nayman, a professor of journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto. These have been a feature of the current election campaign, leading up to… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canada has water, the U.S wants it.
Once again this year, severe drought hit west coast North America and the south-western US. This put enormous pressure on existing water supplies for agriculture and cities across a large section of the continent. Also again this year, the situation reached crisis levels… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Dairy farmers protest TPP negotiations
Dairy farmers from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec took their concerns to Parliament HIl in Ottawa yesterday. Tractors took over the streets around Parliament Hill yesterday as farmers protested the TPP negotiations. The farmers are worried the supply management… »
Economy, International, Politics
Munk Leaders’ debate on foreign policy a heated success
The Munk Leader’s Debate on Canada’s foreign policy took place last night, though a majority of Canadians did not see it. A narrow-casted affair, on a cable channel, it was one of the last opportunities to see the leaders in… »
Rate your Canadian politician
Ranking of Premiers of Canadian provinces past and present A new think-tank in Canada has released a study of the performances of Canadian premiers, the leaders of individual provinces. The new think-tank “Aha Insights Inc” proposes to be an interactive… »
Deficits, debt, and election promises
In the current federal election campaign, the various parties vying to become the next government have proposed various spending platforms, some proposing a deficit budget to bring the country out of its mild recession. However, a deficit means adding to… »
Liberals pledges may recapture the immigrant vote
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising to make it easier for immigrants to sponsor relatives to settle in Canada if his party wins the federal election on October 19th. The Liberal Party used to be very popular with immigrants until… »
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