Posted by Leo Hickman You’ve got to hand it to Alykhan Velshi: for such a tender age, he seems to be remarkably well-versed in the dark arts of spin and misdirection. Many people outside of Alberta believe the Canadian state’s tar sands industry to be the most environmental destructive energy extraction industry in the world. But not [...]
Ex-Tory message maven tailors his spin to oil sands
Thursday, July 28th, 2011By: Colin Freeze Alykhan Velshi, a 27-year-old who established himself in Ottawa as a master of messaging and a crucial cog in the Conservative machine, has a new job – he’s out to polish the image of Canada’s oil sands in the minds of freedom-loving people everywhere. “When petroleum reserves were deposited around the world, [...]
Our world IS changing!
Friday, June 17th, 2011It’s easy to get cynical and believe that change isn’t happening. Want to shake that chill? Just take a quick look at the announcments in today’s news alone. 1. Saudi women are driving. They are challenging the archaic rules that ban them from driving cars, a pretty basic act in the rest of the world. [...]
New Guiding Principles on Business and human rights endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council
Thursday, June 16th, 2011From The United Nations GENEVA – In an unprecedented step, the United Nations Human Rights Council has endorsed a new set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights* designed to provide -for the first time- a global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse impacts on human rights linked to business activity. “The Council’s endorsement establishes [...]
John Ivison: First Nations protections symbolic but important
Thursday, June 16th, 2011By: John Ivison People living on First Nations reserves will have the same human rights protection as other Canadians beginning this weekend, when they will come under the umbrella of the Canadian Human Rights Act for the first time. Previously, the act — which prevents discrimination on grounds of race, religion or gender — did [...]
UN Guiding Principles for business & human rights published
Thursday, March 24th, 2011Today the United Nations released a much-anticipated set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights…The Guiding Principles seek to provide for the first time an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts linked to business activity. The UN Human Rights Council will consider formal endorsement of the [...]
UN set to adopt report that praises Libya’s human-rights record
Monday, February 28th, 2011By: Steven Edwards, Postmedia News UNITED NATIONS — The UN Human Rights Council is set to adopt a major report hailing Libya’s human rights record — despite moving to suspend the Arab country’s council membership amid an international outcry over attacks on civilians. The report shows countries applauding and commending Libya as they note “with [...]
Talisman Enegry’s Comment To Drafts Guided Principals
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How do Americans Really Feel About Body Scanners and Wikileaks?
Friday, December 10th, 2010By: Ed Kilgore | The New Republic America has always been a libertarian country—and right now, the suspicion of authority that defines our culture and politics seems particularly strong. By huge margins, Americans say they do not trust the federal government. On both left and right, conspiracy theories abound regarding the nefarious designs of power-mad [...]
Hillary Clinton at TED-Women December 2010
Friday, December 10th, 2010The US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, made a surprise appearance at TEDWomen on Wednesday, Dec. 8. “The United States,” she begins, “has made empowering women and girls a cornerstone of our foreign policy.” In the 16-minute talk above, she details why it’s of vital international importance that every girl in the world get [...]