Category: Politics
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Corporate Responsibility , Unheard of Here
Posted on behalf of Chris Allison President Cep Local 689 Miramichi ,New Brunswick It was only a few years back when UPM decided to cast their shadow of gloom on our town. Most felt comfortable with the fact one of the world’s largest forest enterprises took over our mills. Everyone was happy with the future…
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Hidden Cameras – Guelph part II proportional representation
At the Hidden Cameras merch table, amoung the cds and t-shirts were brochures for the Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. During the show the Camera’s Maggie MacDonald called this the ‘quietest referendum in history’. She pointed out that in 2003 the Liberals managed to score 72% of the seats in the Ontario legislature while…
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MediaReform.ca
I’ve taken a couple of stabs at creating a bulletin board on this site – for the most part they have been underused (except by porn spammers who seem to find them useful). So, rather than try that again I’m simply going to endorse and use this one (please see shiny new link in right…
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What Is Net Neutrality?
From Michael Geist and The Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN) the new From What Is Net Neutrality just launched. If you don’t know what Net Neutrality means, it is the single most important issue facing the internet and ultimately the most important issue with regard to the future of media (Canadian…
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Call me a cynic but in many ways I do agree with the Olympic Games protesters but certainly not their methods.What was once a world stage focused on amature sports has now evolved into a mega billions corporate greed event where winning is the goal at just about any cost; performance enhancement drugs, some medals…
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Harper Hates Books
According to an article on CBC.ca Margaret Atwood has acussed the Harper Government of trying to squash the arts, especially the literary arts. “They basically just hate us,” she said in an interview with CBC Radio. “You know it’s people who have never seen any arts in their own lives — they would rather not…
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Open Internet Coalition?
There is no doubt that the internet will, to an even larger extend than it already has, have a dramatic impact on the world. The implications for media are becoming more obvious by the day, but this is just the beginning. As more and more people come online and the average age of internet users…