“On Monday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper brushed off Liberal questions in the House of Commons by saying: “The one difference between the NDP and the Liberal Party is at least the NDP brings bad ideas to this debate, whereas the Liberals bring none.” And on Tuesday, he said: “The NDP, while I disagree with its […]
Month: October 2012
“Everyone dies but not everyone lives.” – A. Sachs Parliaments have not always given into the Will of the People. Between 1787 and 1788, the British Public began to turn against the Slave Trade. In three months, over 100 petitions containing 60,000 signatures were presented to Parliament. Yet the Government did not act. However, Abolitionists […]
I have had the privilege of putting together more than 70 “wonderful” posts. Each of them have been more than 500 words long and each of them have one aim: to develop a new Canadian “Liberal” philosophy. However, every now and again I find myself having a heart. Today, I saw Democracy Prep Public Schools’ […]
“For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, ‘hold office’; everyone of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political […]
“Dr. Suzuki’s remarks on externalities were clarified in an interview given to the magazine Common Ground: ‘I won’t go into a long critique, but currently nature and nature’s services – cleansing, filtering water, creating the atmosphere, taking carbon out of the air, putting oxygen back in, preventing erosion, pollinating flowering plants – perform dozens of […]
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