Contract reform would let locals grab share from giant multinationals, NDP says. By Andrew MacLeod www.TheTyee.ca Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative bureau chief in Victoria and the author of A Better Place on Earth: The Search for Fairness in Super Unequal British Columbia (Harbour Publishing, 2015). Find him on Twitter or reach him here.…
One week after an apparent gang shooting outside a Surrey hotel, NDP leader John Horgan is promising to increase funding to the city’s Wraparound program to $500,000 a year. The program is a partnership between the Surrey School District, the RCMP and the city which aims to keep kids out of gangs by forging positive…
The Liberal Party of Canada will table their federal budget in just a few days time (March 22). It is imperative that citizens seize the moment and act to make this budget a huge turning point for our climate and economy.(1) Canada currently gives big oil $43.3 billion in handouts every single year. That’s enough…
Use this link to read the 100 LIES of President Trump recorded by Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-administration-lies-100_us_58ac7a0fe4b02a1e7dac3ca6?ir=Canada&utm_hp_ref=canada …
Thousands of newly released emails show Pruitt — while he was Oklahoma’s Attorney General — collaborating with the oil and natural gas industry to cripple the EPA’s authority. It’s not surprising, but it was a disgusting abuse of his power as Oklahoma Attorney General and representative of a serious conflict of interest. The damaging information…
The Trump administration’s draconian and hastily drafted immigration orders rescind a key protection for military families so that now even military spouses and children can be rounded up and deported. I am not surprised the hypocrites at CPAC embrace a Commander in Chief who was a shameless draft dodger. I am not surprised they turn a blind eye…
WHITE HOUSE ILLEGALLY INFLUENCES FBI INVESTIGATION The Trump administration has enlisted senior members of the intelligence community and Congress in efforts to counter news stories about Trump associates’ ties to Russia, a politically charged issue that has been under investigation by the FBI as well as lawmakers now defending the White House. Acting at…
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! In following the news this week, there’s no doubt you’ve read/heard about the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon made a dangerous and odious threat against the media. This was followed by Donald Trump echoing the same message while barring some reputable, truth-seeking news groups including The New York Times from a White…
It’s time for the real American majority to demonstrate its unity and mobilize. BY STEVEN HARPER | JANUARY 23, 2017 It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies…— THOMAS PAINE, COMMON SENSE (1776) Americans acting in good faith are destined to disagree on many issues of public concern. Colonists fighting the Revolutionary War couldn’t…
