Georgia Straight
National Grand Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations delivered this statement today (April 29) to Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Today the pope told a delegation of aboriginal Canadians he is sorry for the abuse that took place at Canadian residential schools run by the Catholic Church.
Most Holy Father:
Today is a joyous day for the human spirit. It is a momentous day for our people and for our country, Canada.
It is my highest honour as the (…)
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Phil Fontaine’s Statement to the Pope on Residential Schools
4 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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The University of Calgary must Cancel Condi Rice: a Petition
27 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsOn May 13, the University of Alberta plans to open their new School of Public Policy with an opening gala at which the guest of honour is Condoleezza Rice. Rice has emerged as a central figure in the developing US torture and war crimes scandal. "This is your baby. Go do it," Rice is reported to have said authorizing waterboarding by CIA.
Regrettably there has been little protest from the academic community in Canada, or the national student organizations who have been aware of Rice’s (…) -
Toronto’s Grand Slam World War-Criminal Weekend!
25 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
By now all should be aware not only of Condoleezza Rice’s appearance at a $500 a plate dinner at the University of Calgary on May 13, but also of George Bush and Bill Clinton’s Friday, May 29th engagement at the Toronto Convention Center.
What has not yet been widely reported is the presence of additional Class A, unindicted war criminals in town that weekend.
On Sunday, May 31, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, of which Liberal MP Bob Rae is a director, will be holding a benefit at (…) -
Impeach all those who authorized Torture
23 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
by Habib Siddiqui
"When a nation is complacent about its own crimes that are committed by top ranking government officials, it shows its moral bankruptcy and cannot demand respect or trust from the civilized world."
The subject of an old report by the International Committee of Red Cross and a newly released memo from the Department of Justice has recently become a hot political topic across America. These reports showed how the Bush-Cheney Administration had authorized brutal torture (…) -
My Toronto doesn’t include George Bush and Bill Clinton Mayor Miller!
22 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsUS Presidents George Bush and William Clinton are coming to Toronto May 29th for a big ticket ’moderated conversation’ between these two.
The people of Toronto don’t want these US war criminals in their city. According to strict Canadian law they should be either barred from entering the country or arrested.
Please help all the good people of Toronto who don’t want Bill Clinton and George Bush in their city, by telling our Mayor David Miller, why you wouldn’t want these two where you (…) -
Canada: In Service to the Pentagon and Nato
20 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
by Rick Rozoff
If there has ever been a nation that never truly possessed a foreign policy of its own-particularly in respect to military conflicts-that country is Canada...
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Harper Hires Bush’s Liar Ari Fleischer
19 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
3 comments"Fleischer’s ability to repeat a lie even after it’s been shown, repeatedly, to be false is what separates him from the amateurs" - Tim Noah, Slate Mag
CBC is reporting that Canada’s neocon Prime Minister Stephen Harper has hired George Bush’s press secretary Ari Fleischer as well as a former Clinton lobbyist. "I think it makes a lot of sense, Paul Cellucci, a former US Ambassador to Canada, told CBC News...
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No Galloway No Rice!
31 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
British MP George Galloway gave the first of his talks in Canada via a video feed from New York city. He as barred from entering Canada after a complaint to Canada’s neocon government from the Jewish Defence League. A federal court yesterday upheld the barring.
There was no such barring for war criminal George Bush less than 2 weeks before when he spoke in Calgary. Neither is there any barring expected when Condoleeza Rice visits Calgary May 13.
http://mostlywater.org/no_galloway_... (…) -
Terrorist JDL Advised Canada to bar George Galloway
28 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
by Scott Weinstein
An organization the FBI, the US State Department and US courts have branded a ’terrorist organization’ has given advice to the Harper government that led Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to bar a British MP from Canada.
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Women Warriors Song - Coast Salish Territory-Occupied Canada
23 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
http://mostlywater.org/video_8000_d...