By: John Reilly Writing Bad Medicine: A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community, my recently published book, has been an amazing experience for me. When I started the project, I had very modest expectations. I believed the book would be a good read for me when my memory and mental acuity had [...]
October 28th 2010 Communication from Amnesty International (Canada)
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Dear friends, As many of you have already heard, Bill C-300 was narrowly defeated with 134 votes to 140. It is a great disappointment for all of us who campaigned so hard. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all of you who helped with this campaign over the past 18 months. We couldn’t [...]
Ignatieff can safely show he cares about pay equity
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010by John Ivison If the Liberal party doesn’t have a clear lead among women voters, it doesn’t win federal elections. Since the latest opinion polls suggest women are almost as unmoved by the Liberals as they are by the Conservatives, it was not surprising to see Michael Ignatieff appearing before the Status of Women committee [...]
Canadian mining firms worst for environment, rights: Report
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010by Les Whittington OTTAWA—Canadian mining companies are far and away the worst offenders in environmental, human rights and other abuses around the world, according to a global study commissioned by an industry association but never made public. “Canadian companies have been the most significant group involved in unfortunate incidents in the developing world,” the report [...]
Cannon blames Ignatieff for Canada’s UN vote loss
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010from CBC news Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says the lack of support from Michael Ignatieff for Canada’s bid to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council helped scuttle it, an assertion the Liberal leader called “ridiculous.” Canada abruptly dropped its bid for a seat on the council after coming behind Portugal in second [...]
Canada cracks top 20 in global gender gap study
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010by CTV.ca News Staff The Global Gender Gap Index ranks Canada at No. 20 in the 134 countries included in the annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum. A new report says Canada ranks in the top 20 when it comes to equality between genders in countries around the world. The index uses economic [...]
Third Reading Vote for the Responsible Mining Bill to take Place in the Fall
Monday, June 28th, 2010OTTAWA – Upon returning to the House of Commons for the fall session, the first thing that the MP’s will debate is Liberal MP John McKay’s Private Member’s Bill, C-300 (The Responsible Mining Bill). The Bill is slated to have the first hour of debate for third reading on the day that MP’s return, September [...]