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OP/ED: CTF applauds plan to scrap gun registry

by Contributor on 03 Nov 2011
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OP/ED: CTF applauds plan to scrap gun registry

By: Gregory Thomas, CTF

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded the Harper government for introducing legislation today in the House of Commons to scrap the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry.

Greenpeace returns ocean destruction to Canadian tuna giant Clover Leaf

by Contributor on 28 Oct 2011
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Greenpeace activists visited Clover Leaf Seafoods’ Canadian headquarters this morning to return cases of the company’s canned tuna products and deliver a platter of simulated marine life remains, representing the wasteful fisheries the company sources from.

The ending of the Long-Gun Registry Act

by Contributor on 26 Oct 2011
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The ending of the Long-Gun Registry Act

Wednesday in the House of Commons the ending of the Long-Gun Registry Act was introduced.

The legislation introduced today will:

Are you the 99 per cent?

by Anonymous on 26 Oct 2011
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Are you the 99 per cent?

Macleans magazine has created a great simple online calculator to help Canadians see where they belong on the income inequality scale. 

Click here to plug in your annual income and find out where you belong among in the income spectrum. 

Rank your income

Federal investigation into Infectious Salmon Anaemia virus in BC salmon

by Contributor on 25 Oct 2011
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The recent reports stating that ISA has been found in B.C. salmon have not yet been verified by federal officials through established processes.

After initial investigations, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is concerned proper protocols may not have been followed in the testing and reporting of these findings.

Occupy: What can it teach the left?

by Murray Dobbin on 22 Oct 2011
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Occupy: What can it teach the left?

The occupy movement has been a like a powerful cleansing wind blowing over the political landscape – exposing not just the obscenely rich, and criminally irresponsible political elite, but almost every other political player too: cowardly liberals, cautious social democrats, the strangely silenced churches, social movements stuck in the past, and a moribund labour movement. Indeed, that is what is most striking about this movement: it owes nothing to anyone.

Class action lawsuit filed against CIBC mortgages on prepayment penalties

by Contributor on 13 Oct 2011
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Class action lawsuit filed against CIBC mortgages on prepayment penalties

By: Rob McLister

Consumers hate mortgage prepayment penalties, largely because they don’t understand them.

Now, there is about to be a high-profile challenge of how mortgage penalties are calculated.

CIBC Mortgages Inc., a subsidiary of CIBC bank, has just been named the subject of a pending class action lawsuit.

The intended suit claims that CIBC improperly calculated penalties for customers who broke their mortgages from 2005 to date.

The claim alleges that:

Tories move to end turbulence and block Air Canada strike

by Contributor on 12 Oct 2011
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Tories move to end turbulence and block Air Canada strike

On Tuesday, what was shaping up to be a turbulent week for travellers appeared poised to fade back to normal as the federal government said it was taking its first step in blocking any labour action.

Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt's office confirmed that she will refer the matter to the Canadian Industrial Labour Board on Wednesday.

Travelers brace for Air Canada work stoppage

by Anonymous on 11 Oct 2011
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Travelers brace for Air Canada work stoppage

Air Canada passengers are watching the clock ahead of a strike deadline that could see the airline's flight attendants walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the CBC reports.

The company's 6,800 unionized flight attendants, who are represented by CUPE, served a 72-hour strike notice on the airline on Sunday after 65 per cent of the votes cast were against the latest tentative collective agreement.

Is something happening here?

by Murray Dobbin on 11 Oct 2011
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Is something happening here?

Occupy Wall Street - and now Bay Street? The 99 per cent? Conservatives losing elections all over the country? A Red Tory elected head of the Alberta Conservatives? American billionaires demanding to be taxed at higher rates?

Is something happening here?

Perhaps the first indication was the totally unexpected reaction to Jack Layton’s death. It may be that it was unexpected because so many people had become numbed by the state of the world.

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