The following letter has been signed by 587 Canadian academics, condemning the tactics being employed by the Conservative Party of Canada in the current federal election campaign. It will appear in newspapers tomorrow, but there is no room in print to reproduce all of the signatures. So we are making the full list available here:
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We are a diverse group of academics with different political views and different political allegiances. We are united by a common interest in the integrity of democratic processes and a concern about the ugly and dangerous turn we have recently witnessed in the election campaign. In democratic electoral politics there is an ethical line that distinguishes spirited partisan strategy from cynical tactics that betray the values of mutual respect...
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”Mr President, it is worthy to note that Saraki in recent times has been treated as an outcast. This is very bad development which if not carefully managed will consume the All Progressives Congress and doom our democracy. What has happened unfortunately does not reflect the change we promised Nigerians.
“Is Senator Saraki the only Former governor in Nigeria? Are there no other former governors especially from the South West and other zones that are not just enjoying their booty but are integral part of the government? Yes, Saraki is not the anointed candidate for the senate presidency, but his colleagues elected him. So, why don’t we allow him some peace to deliver on the promises of change?
“Mr President, the executive needs the legislature; hence, the relationship must be cordial...
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To the leadership of Anonymous… Your help is badly needed and hereby requested...
My friend Bruce Gorcyca is a USA government whistle blower who is being smeared by professionals on line. He is not now, nor ever was a “wanted pedophile”. What he is and was for thirty years is a government whistle blower who tried to expose a member of the Bush family linked to drug smuggling in Canada for over ten years through a corrupt FBI agent named Terry Nelson who owns a $6 million mansion on Key Biscayne and an even nicer one in Montreal. They have brought more than $1B of drugs into Canada on native aboriginal lands. They were even caught red handed in 1997 - and released See here
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Former FBI Los...
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I am numb. This is the sad fact I came to when I learned of the shooting at the Umpqua Community College in Oregon. I read the news on my phone and, sadly, I immediately felt nothing. No tears, no sharp breath, no pain in my heart, nothing. I only shook my head and went on with my day. I feel horrible now to realize this truth, but unfortunately this is what we face. Mass shootings are so deeply embedded into our experience and expectation as a society that we no longer feel anything of significance in reaction to their occurrence. It’s just another shooting, another group of people dead, and another disturbed individual leaving pain and unanswered questions in their wake.
When I watched President Obama’s press conference on the shooting I finally felt an immense sadness and cried. A...
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Dear xenophobic bogans,
Imagine you’re at the beach smashing a slab of VB tins with a few mates. Brayden removes his Bintang singlet to proudly display his hectic Ned Kelly/Southern Cross back piece, Jayden is, by his own admission, "Swole as fuck for Stereo, brah, YEEEEW", and Kymberleigh-Montana-Dakotah-Kruze is lungin’ durries like a champion and saying "Cunt" a lot.
From a distance, you notice a group of people huddled at the shore. As you get closer, you see the limp, lifeless body of a fully clothed toddler face down in the cold, wet sand.
Imagine how horrifying this would be.
As you probably know, Aylan Kurdi—a three-year-old asylum-seeker from war-torn Syria—drowned alongside his mother and brother this week whilst seeking refuge from hell on earth. His tiny corpse rag...
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Most people of the world think that the United Nations Treaty of Human Rights is only for refugees. This is a false notion. We are all covered by its protections which you should read and know here http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
With America becoming a police state, almost 300,000 Americans are moving to Canada and abroad to begin a new life every year. This is a right every person has. Yet PM Stephen Harper does not want you if you are a whistle-blower or someone who knows about his secret crimes and treaty violations.
While most Canadians hold George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in contempt as modern day war criminals, PM Harper has actually come out and praised the pair and even endorsed torture as a legitimate "intelligence tool".
So when American federal agent...
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Dear Senator Sanders,
On behalf of the Organic Consumers Association, which represents more than 1 million Americans, I ask that you take the lead in protecting the right of consumers to know if their food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by issuing a public statement opposing HR 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, and by urging your fellow senators to oppose a Senate version of this bill.
On July 23, 2015, the US House of Representatives passed HR 1599, a bill written by the biotech and processed food industries that preempts states' rights to pass laws requiring the mandatory labeling of GMOs, and would prevent passage of a federal mandatory GMO labeling law.
In other words, if this bill becomes law, US consumers will be permanently deprived of this...
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HIS IS HOW THEY DO BUSINESS IN GLACE BAY, NOVA SCOTIA.
My Proposal for a $2,000,000 Snow Crab License (Scotia-Fundy Region) was ignored by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia because of political discrimination. http://pgfraser.blogspot.ca
"You're right Paul, politics has no place in the decision making process at DFO"
This statement was quoted to me in person, from a high profile member of parliament.
2 - $2,000,000 Snow Crab Licenses given out to Fishermen (neighbours) from Glace Bay, Cape Breton both connected to politics.
2 - $2,000,000 Snow Crab Licenses were to be shared with the "Groundfish Dependent Fishermen" and the "Glace Bay Fishermen's Association."
1 - $2,000,000 Snow Crab License holder is the former President of Local 6, "...
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प्यारे बिहार वासियों,
सबसे पहले मै अपना परिचय दे दू | मै उदय संजय पोफली महाराष्ट्र के गोंदिया से आता हु और हाल ही में मुझे महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना का गोंदिया जिले के लिये प्रचार प्रमुख बनाया गया है | मै बहोत दिनों से आपसे बात करना चाहता था पर उचित समय का इंतजार मुझे रोके हुए था | मेरी उम्र अभी २५ साल है और इन २५ सालो में जो बिहार मै समझ पाया हु, उसे देख कर मुझे बहोत दुःख हुआ | जिधर देखो उधर गुंडई, बेटी घर के बाहर नही जा सकती, पढाई गोल, बिजली गोल, पानी गोल | जातीवाद के बारे में तो पूछो मत साहब मौका मिले तो एक दूजेका सिर फोड़नेके लिए चौबीस घंटे तैयार |
कौन है इसकेलिए जिम्मेदार? कभी सोचा है आपने? आप या मै? जरा सोचिये जवाब आपके पास ही है | इसके लिए जिम्मेदार है आपके नेतागण चाहे वह जिस किसी भी पार्टी के हो | इन्होने आपको ६० सालो तक लढाया है | ब्राह्मण, यादव, जाट, राजपूत, अगड़ा, पिछड़ा,...
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