November 2010
6 posts
Tory senators poised to kill bill for disabled... →
From The Toronto Star:
The bill, proposed by Liberal Senator Art Eggleton, sought to ensure that 400 disabled Nortel employees would be given preferred status among creditors when the once-mighty telecommunications technology giant is finally dissolved.
EU scolds Harper government for StatsCan... →
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From the Montreal Gazette:
The European Union’s statistical gurus have taken the Canadian government to task for denting the professional independence of Statistics Canada through the census debate.
In the newly released report, the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board decries the government’s decision to replace the mandatory long-form census with a voluntary survey,...
Mandatory minimums for drug crimes are a giant... →
How are these assholes still in power? They spend most of their time copying the stupidest parts of American governance. The stupidest.
Tory senators kill climate bill passed by House →
Where do I begin?
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Harper cited as obstacle to ending fossil fuel... →
From The National Post:
The assessment, Fueling the Problem, released by Climate Action Network, says that billions of dollars in subsidies for oil and gas companies are helping drive up emissions that cause global warming.
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It also noted that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was urged by his own department, as well as Environment Minister Jim Prentice, to eliminate some tax incentives...