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Whine of the Week :
The Harper government has yet again put forward a omnibus budget bill…topping out at over 300 pages affecting over 20 other pieces of legislation. Why so much in one bill? So as to push it past not only the oppositions throats but also the Conservative party backbenches.
The talk is not about any specifics of the bill but how it is used a political weapon..
Further Reading:
- Bill C-31 – the budget implmentation act
- Critics cry foul as Conservatives table another bloated budget bill
- Conservative budget bill loaded with unrelated measures, critics say
Canada Post Bank
With much discussion about the woes of Canada Post’s immanent demise and the need to cut service, we take a look at the validity of this prophecy of doom and how resurrecting the Canada Post Bank would shore up the crown corp and provide a valued social service.
- 7 things to know about Canada Post’s plan to axe home delivery
- Busted: Ten Myths about the Canada Post Cuts
- Purolator
- Canada Post 2012 Annual Report
- Canada Post 2012 Third Quarter Financial Report
- Canada Post 2013 Third Quarter Financial Report
- Canada Post and Conference Board Myths Debunked
- Canada Post reaching delivery milestones early
- Canada Post should deliver service, not profits
- Canada Post’s vow to ‘protect taxpayers’ needs a reality check
- Canada Postal Banks “Win-Win”, Secret Records Show
- Cutting Canada Post: It’s About More Than Mail
- Harper Tories privatize nine operating federal buildings
- How Banks Make Money in the Modern World
- Privatization Under Harper
- The Myths and Facts About Canada Post
- Usury
- Why Canada Needs Postal Banking
International Condemnation of the Fair Elections act
It seems it’s just not me that is unset and honestly afraid of what is in store for the state of Canadian democracy if the Fair Elections act is passed. 180 Canadian academics have sent the government an open letter decrying the pure partisanship of the law. Now that cry has been joined but another open letter but this time by the worlds leading experts on democracy…that this will not only harm Canada’s democracy the the plight of democracy in the world.
It turns out that Elections Canada is something we should all be very proud of. It is “the pre-eminent example of an elections administration body.” that is use to help emerging democracies set up their electoral institutions. To quote one of the signatories:
“”When a democratic, established democracy in the west like Canada seems to be curtailing its own ability to do that, it sends a very poor message to new countries in the Arab world, in Africa, in Asia, who are attempting to move from authoritarianism to democracy,”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EaYPXUxDsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaKq-9kpQqY
Take Action:
- PETITION: Investigate and prevent electoral fraud with a truly fair Elections Act
- Stand up for Canadian democracy – Don’t let Stephen Harper impose voter suppression tactics and prevent Elections Canada from promoting democracy
- STOP US-STYLE VOTER SUPPRESSION FROM BECOMING CANADIAN LAW
- It’s time for a Royal Commission on election fraud – Misleading, harassing phone calls? Instant-voters with no address? Not in my Canada. It’s time for the truth
- Make the Fair Elections Act Actually Fair
- Fair Electoral Representation: Petition to the House of Commons – A petition to ensure Canadians have a fair electoral system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpW2Wnjcpg
Find out more:
- More than 60,000 Canadians signed petitions against the Fair Elections Act over the weekend
- An open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the
- How Parliament would look if only youth voted
- Ending vouching, voter ID cards could disenfranchise 520,000 in next election, says elections expert Neufeld
- ‘We believe that this Act would prove [to] be deeply damaging for electoral integrity within Canada’
- Amend election reform bill or kill it, Harry Neufeld says
- Election bill sends ‘very poor message’ to budding democracies
- Everything you need to know about the Fair Elections Act
- Fair Elections Act could create ‘behind closed doors’ committee, critic warns
- Harry Neufeld sees little evidence of voter fraud, but others disagree
- Higher youth turnout could change tone, outcome of elections
- As it happens – Fair elections act
- Scholars denounce Conservatives’ proposed Fair Elections Act
- COMPLIANCE REVIEW: FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS A Review of Compliance with Election Day Registration and Voting Process Rules
UPDATE:
Pierre Poilievre open to changing controversial election measure
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