MCGUINTY LIBERALS LOSE IN ALL THREE(3) BYELECTIONS

DALTON MCGUINTYS' ONTARIO LIBERALS FAIL TO ACHIEVE RESULTS IN BY-ELECTIONS.

The Dalton Mcguinty government lost all efforts at gaining another seat in yesterdays byelections held in three ridings.

Ontario Conservatives led by John Tory were successful in their bid to elect 2 new members, and as well, the Ontario NDP, under the leadership of Howard Hampton, maintained their 40 year dynasty in the Toronto-Danforth region.

This sends a message to McGuinty that his job as premier may be coming to an end, unless he rapidly pulls up his boot strings, and starts getting things done.

Many Ontarians have been dissappointed with McGuintys' actions since becoming premier.

Upon election he realized that the prior Conservative government had cooked the books, and that the province was in massive debt.

Mr Mcguinty, rule #1 is: If it came from a conservative set of lips, it is an unabashed lie.

Bush, Harper and Fox have a nice chat, eat some lobster and more

AGAINST A STYLISH CANCUN BACKGROUND, THREE WORLD LEADERS GET FAT

Stephen Harper met with Vicente Fox(who's on his way out in upcoming Mexican elections in July), and George Bush(another one with a couple of years left) in Cancun yesterday.

Harper believes he has made some inroads, but because of the secretive nature of his being, has decidednot to tell anyone.

George Bush seemingly laughed at Harper when he said, "Oh yes, we're going to negotiate fairly, and speedilyu".

Bush must have forgotten that his country has already lost the dispute, so negotiating his loss is well, um,

stupid!

Harper on the other hand, is not much better. Here is our Canadian government leader on an ass kissing mission, trying to get a result for something we have already won.

Get out of free trade if you can't enforce the deal.

There is no point negotiating with a terror state like America as it will never achieve results.

We have spent millions defending our trade deals with an America that believes in no honour, and an America that sees no benefit to following the rule of law.

Harper, fly home and negotiate by applyiong tarriffs and duties to US goods entering Canada.

Or perhaps after the next big hurricane hits the southern US, maybe we should not deliver any lumber to them, and then let them figure out how to rebuild without Canadian product.

IT'S TIME FOR A RENEWED SOCIAL CONTRACT IN CANADA

THE RISE , FALL AND RISE AGAIN OF SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Canada by design, is social in its' viewpoint, politically ideal, and democratically inclined.

Anti-agressive by nature, we offer the world a clear conscience and stand attached to the ideals of standardized social healthcare, educational attainment and financial protections in the shattered moments of our lives.

These are the dreams of the Canada we know, and these small threads combined make us a world class state.

We are under threat, not from terrorists, but from an encroaching Americanism not willing to take any "no" for an answer.

The failure of our leaders to curb these incursions over our sovereignty by the Americans is bewildering to most Canadians. At the very root of this problem stands NAFTA, and its' lack of ability to accomodate these breakdowns in trade and cross-border takeovers.

Our country has won numerous trade disputes, only to be second-handed a judgement designed by the Americans for the Americans, which they believe overshadows any LEGAL judgement made by any world court on trade.

It is not in Canadas' interests to be harangued into a trade agreement by a state that does not believe it needs to follow the same rules.

Sending Michael Wilson(an american butt kisser) to any trade dispute on softwood lumber will not result in anything that we already are entitled to: fair and equal trade. We have won our position in a court of law, it is time for the USA to reconcile, pay up and be done with this bullying process, or it is perhaps time to withdraw our support for this trade agreement.

Free trade has destroyed many Canadian lives. Many people affected by the initial onslaught of open, unfettered trade have never recovered. Huge numbers of Canadian businesses fled Canada for the warm anti-social clime of the southern USA, and some further on done to Mexico.

Yes, Canadians have become familiar with cheap imports resultant of lighter trade rules, but this has not made Canadians live a better life, and in fact, many Canadians have been left out of the paradigm by the federal government which was born out of responsibility to protect those that it elected it.

A majority of Canadians would opt out of this unbalanced trade alliance if the details were made public. Many more would march in protest against the governments that have sold their country off piecemeal.

The financing of many social programs has come to a halt since the inception of free trade. In order to make Canadian companies profitable in an open market, successive governments have reduced corporate Canadas' influx of tax dollars to a mere pittance of what they once were. Now Canada struggles with the burden of finding dollars for a cash-strapped healthcare system, a deteriorating university system and every social institute in the country is up for auction and dismantling.

The high burden of taxing the populace is by nature flawed. The individual person is really the driving force behind all things economic, versus the concept that corporate Canada will drive the economy.

Corporate Canada has no conscience, no family and are shelters for high profit, criminal activity and basically a means to fleece the workers out of labour for scant wages.

Corporate Canada enjoys some of the lowest tax rates on earth(dividends are taxed at a rate of 3%) while the balance of the population pays for its' misdeeds through high taxes, which are then used to subsidize these faltering shareholder enterprises.

Greed and corporate Canada walk hand in hand while the rest of us pay their way. This is the demise of our social system, and there is no recovery possible as long as we elect people to govern that are responsible to no one, aside from the companies that elect them.

People don't elect governments, money does. Unfortunately for us, it's our money, not theirs to give away!

And Now For The Definitive Videography of G.W. Bush Jr.

http://www.filmstripinternational.com/

Okay Folks..You Have to Check this Out.

George Bush is by and large one of the most despicable primates to ever exist. The practices of his government are disturbing at the least, and the cozying up of Stephen Harper to this guy and Vicente Fox, well, SUCKS!

Ontario Voters return to polls today in three by-elections

BYELECTIONS HELD TODAY IN THREE ONTARIO RIDINGS.

Ontario voters today head to the polls in three ridings, Whitby-Ajax , Toronto-Danforth and Nepean-Carleton .

The Ontario liberal party is hoping to collect 1 more seat, which would help them in the upcoming provincial elections. Most likely though, 2 seats will go to the Conservatives, and 1 will undoubtedly go to the NDP(who have held their seat for 40 years now).

This election is seen as a marker point for the Liberals, and will determine the sway of the next election. Any loss for the Mcguinty government will be a kick in the pants, and will bolster the opposition claims that Ontario wishes change.

(Ever notice that the "change" word is being used everywhere these days?)

Ontario Ombudsman, Andre Marin, investigates MPAC

MPAC, THE MUNICIPAL LAND ASSESMENT UNIT, IS INVESTIGATED FOR IMPROPER OPERATIONS.

Andre Marin, the provincial Ombudsman who is charged with ensuring the correct operation of the government under the law, is now digging through the Municipal Property Assesment unit that is responsible for developing property assesments on Ontario homes and land.

Marin believes that many landowners have been "slaughtered" by MPAC, and that homeowners should not have to be in a position of arguing against assesment increases, when the system used to determine assesed value, has not ryhme or reason to it.

One major problem facing the system is the use of computer generated valuations instead of physical evaluations, which has resulted in the overcharging of 1000's of homeowners on their assesments.

Oddly, MPAC has begun instituting some of Marins' recomendations, even though the investigation is not complete, indicating that MPAC was well aware of the issues before the investigation started.

Marin believes the onus should be on MPAC to prove that their numbers right, not on the homeowner to prove them wrong.

Prime Minister Harper meets with Bush and Fox Today in Cancun

Stephen Harper,U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vincente Fox Meet Today in Cancun.

Stephen Harper, Canadian prime minister, has flown to Mexico to try and twist some arms.

Canada and the US have been in dispute over softwood lumber trade for several years. Recently, Canada was awarded a"win" in the courts, but the US government refuses to recognize the loss.

Apparently, Harper thinks getting Bush down to Mexico might soften him up a bit, but really, the chance of a resolution is minimal.

The world courts have already decided the outcome, now we need to force the US to comply, or perhaps we should change our trade package with them based on their inability to cooperate with the law.

I suppose the warm air and Margueritas will help Harper with the task.

Vicente Fox is expected to raise the issue of Mexican workers being allowed to work in Canada.

CASPAR WEINBERGER DEAD AT 88

Caspar Weinberger , Ronald Reagans' Hawkish Defence Minister Dies at 88

Weinberger, a 20 year veteran of Republican politics, held numerous posts under several Presidents, ending his career in shame(like many others) as Ronald Reagans' defence secretary.

Weinberger was heavily involved in the arms for hostages deal(Iran Contra), and resigned with a full presidential pardon, leaving Oliver North to hold the bag.

North repeatedly throughout his trial, pointed out the need for the military establishment to be able to conduct covert operations at arms length from the whitehouse, and with relative impunity.

He was aptly named, "Cap the Knife" during the Nixon presidency for his ability to smile and just say no to any requests for budget increase, or funding increases of any calibre.

Sady, his decisions resulted in the neglect of the education and health systems in the United States, in favour of a broader role in government for the military establishment of the time.

So long to another cold war era demagogue.

RANDY HILLIER, PRESIDENT OF ONTARIO LANDOWNERS' ASSOCIATION IS INVESTIGATED BY OPP

RANDY HILLIER, A VOCAL PROPONENT OF ONTARIO LANDOWNER RIGHTS, IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR EGG FARM PROTEST

Randy Hillier, of the Lanark Landowners Association and Ontario Landowners Association, says it's no surprise to him that OPP are investigating his group's actions at a Shanly area egg producers farm last week.

when asked if he was concerned about the OPP investigation, Hillier announced"I could really give a shit about those fools and what they're thinking."

Hillier was commenting in reference to the practice of selling ungraded eggs, and the recent changes to the egg producer marketing board which disallows anyone from raising a chicken, or even eggs for their personal use without liscensce.

OPP officers were sent to the farm with marketing board investigators to seize the offending chickens and eggs but area farmers were ready for them, and prevented them from seizing the birds and eggs.

OPP continue to investigate.

FORMER ONTARIO JUDGE TO HEAD ELECTION PANEL

A Former Ontario Judge Is Chosen To Lead The New Citizens Panel On Electoral Reform In Ontario

Ontario Premier made the announcement for an electoral reform committee several months ago. On Monday, former Ontario Judge George Thomson was appointed to head the comittee of approximately 100 Ontario citizens that will hold the first citizens assembly on electoral reform.

OIntario is hoping to replace it's first past the post election format, with a more palatable proportional representaion system, that would ultimately lead to a wider vote, and a vote that is more reflective of the will of the voter.

Quebec and New Brunswick also are expected to make changes to their electoral format, and will in all liklihood adopt portions of a fair vote system in their respective provinces.

The first assembly will be held in September 2006.

Ontario Farmers Delivered Knock Out Punch In Provincial Budget

PROVINCIAL BUDGET DELIVERS NOTHING TO FARMERS, AND IN FACT, KNOCKS OUT MANY OF THEM.

Ontario farmers hoping for some modest assistance from Ontario's big-city friendly budget, have instead been met with a $244,000,000.00 cut in Agriculture funding.

This budget has been met with ridicule in rural communities by local and provincial agriculture leaders.

Sadly enough, there are less farmers than say voters in the 905, 0r 416 regions so of course the money will go to the cities. Mcguinty's budget has done a disservice to the providers of safe food at the most basic level, and to the rural based communities that rely on their local produce and economic input for survival.

Clearly, Mcguinty believes that the ball should be in Chuck Strahls' hands,(federal ag minister) and by virtue of not assigning dollars to the short-term problem, has added more stress on a clearly stressed CONservative federal government about to release its' first budget.

ONTARIO COLLEGE TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK

ONTARIO COLLEGE TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK, BUT MOST STUDENTS WON'T SEE CLASS YET.

Ontario college teachers and representatives of the Ontario government finally came to terms and formed an agreement in principle, negating the necessity for striking.

Unfortunately though, staff at colleges across the province, WON'T be ready on time..? They'll be open for business Tuesday instead at all but one college.

Students are not impressed and request the reimbursement of lost tuition.

HARGROVE BOOTS THE CHAIR FROM UNDER THE NDP

CAW LEADER BUZZ HARGROVE, HAS ASKED HIS MEMBERSHIP TO REJECT ALL NDP OVERTURES

Although widely viewed as a kick in the gonads to the Ontario NDP, Hargrove insists that the move was not a political tit for tat. (Hargroves membership in the NDP was suspended as a result of his Paul Martin's Liberals endorsement during the 2005-2006 federal election.)

Sadly enough, the Ontario NDP is really in no position to suspend its membership, or to disenfranchise its' working class membership, and the oly real beneficiary to this would be the CAW itself.

Throughout prior elections, the CAW provided cash, and a strong volunteer activist corp to the benefit of the NDP.(generally viewed as a workers socialist party)

Hargrove believes the membership is better served by supporting candidates on an issue by issue, riding by riding basis. The CAW's primary interest is the protection of workers rights, something that won't see any advances from a Harper federal government, hence the siupporting of the possibly electable Liberals during the campaign.

Unhitching the future of the CAW from the NDP might be a fine move that propels the CAW into a position of real political clout. If anything, it will bring the political parties to the table of the worker during the next election, therby increasing the strength of the union.

THE ANTEDILUVIAN ANTICS OF OXFORD AND WOODSTOCK COUNCILS

CORPORATE PUSHOVERS AND ANTIQUIDATED THOUGHT BEHAVIOUR

Perception would have at first sight, that the major announcement of a Toyota manufacturing facility coming into the county of Oxford would be a great thing, but really it should be of concern to all of us here.

Major corporations do not move into strong backboned communities, but generally, into poverty stricken, economically broken and divided communities who are willing to go against most conventional wisdoms by capitulating to the interests of their corporate philosophy.

Some of the major requirements we are facing are increased transportation infrastructure requirements, water requirements, pollution and environmental concerns, and provision of electrical resources at greater cost to local consumers.

With all due respect, there has not been a coercive enough plan in my view, that would provide insight into how we are going to take care of this situation, and provide the basic necesseties to our community.

For several summers now we've been under the threat of rolling blackouts, due to electricity shortages, a result of poor energy planning. Every summer we are ordered to stop using water, lest we run out.

How much water does a Toyota plant require to operate it? How much electricity do they require?

Somewhere in the fray and din of this huge announcement, these questions seem to have been left out of the paradigm.

Considering that for many years the operators of the Blandford Square Mall attempted to have their building hooked up to city services, and the city refused(minor boundary adjustments were required as the mall legally sat in the Blandford-Blenheim township).

Now the city will easily pony up the bucks for the Toyata project without any public consulatation.

My local land assesment went from $223,000 to $303,000 since last year. This translates into a 30% land tax increase, a despicable amount given the fact the property has not gained value in real terms.

(If someone came along and offered me $285,000 for the thing, I'd be impressed, but I doubt they'll ever buy it!)

Then the issue of whether or not the county was aware in advance of the Toyota announcement(which it appears they were...(Don Woolcott was in the know according to his own words), and the issue of shaking some poor ladies' hand during a grand opening at her restaurant, while at the same time, knowing full well the county would move to close her down shortly thereafter.(by virtue of public pressure and hype surrounding the Toyota announcement.

Small town politics generally invite small time thinkers, and I believe this is well demonstrated and documented in the behaviour they have represented to us.

DISSIDENTS: THE TOP 5 TORY FRONT-RUNNERS

AND NOW FOR THE TOP FIVE TORY DISSIDENTS

The fact that there are major problems in the re-formed CONservative party should come as no surprise.

This party, the ruined stump of the former Progressive Conservative Party, and the wildly unsuccessful western based Reform party, is almost certain to dissassemble itself over the stupendous decision of imposed leader/dictator Stephen Harper to invite a few friends and rivals into his government caucus, making many in public and private sector alike believe that there is no difference from the corrupt practices of the former Liberal regime.

A party that campaigned on clear, clean and accessible government has certainly gained itself no momentum in voter confidence building. The layers of fat have wrapped themselves around this governments' heart already, and parliament hasn't even resumed.

In fact, many Canadians do not see that there has been any transformation of fat boy greedy ass politics from past to present. If any changes have come, they are so infinitely small that the failures have overshadowed them.

Harper has impounded himself to the sidelines of leadership, allowing a widened, over- empowered communications director to lead the country by virtue of being the great communicator instead of the actual government leader, that being Stephen Harper himself.

Precipitated by appointing non-party members into cabinet positions, crowning unelected members into major portfolios without benefit of election, thereby reducing responsibility to voters. Bunker style politics, commands issued from the dark recesses of Harpers' fallen intellect.

The list goes well into another page, but a waste of time it would be so lets cut to the business of dissendent Tories.

Garth Turner....Publicly humiliated for anti-Emerson comments, locked away in dungeon somewhere

James Rajotte...former Industry critic, now an outsider as the opposition is on the bosses side

Bill Casey...Highly critical of Emerson appointment, now a toilet cleaner

James Moore...Official mouth for unelected senate/cabinet member, Fortier who has no seat in parliament.

(this poor bastard is about to eat dirt when parliament opens)

Diane Ablonczy...One of the only Conservatives women elected, now a parliamentary secretary to finance minister JimFlaherty(the butcher of Ontario has a new secretary!!)

These five people are the most disenfranchised of the party they represent. It is fair to assess that they will look at opportunity beyond what they have now.

In the case of James Moore, having to defend the action/inaction of his boss(Michael fortier) in parliament, while he's(fortier) sitting somewhere else in that big unelected chamber(a money pit), while directing his Ministry from some unknown backroom is the most unnerving of scenarios for anyone. His job is tantamount to being the official mouth of the Saddam Hussein regime!

Ontario Farmers Demand Action on Government Inaction

Ontario beef farmers are suffering, it's time for our government to kick in and rescue them.

I grew up on a family farm in East Zorra Tavistock. We were lucky I suppose in the fact that none of us chose the life our parents chose.

The farming community is in shambles and many of Canadas' top beef producers are living in poverty, mired in debt with lack of public support for them.

Perhaps it is time for these guys to take action on a different level.

Perhaps protesting at the ONTARIO FOOD TERMINAL instead of at the ONTARIO LEGISLATURE would stop the flow of food to grocery stores, and make people scramble for food.(certainly it would cause the predatory grocery store owners some grief in lost profits and angry customers).

It does little good to protest on the highways of Ontario. Most people here have no idea what a farmer is, and most in Ontario couldn't tell you where their dinner came from.

Stopping the flow of food into Canadas' largest city would create pandemonium and force local, provincial and federal governments to come to the realization that farmers are in need and not ready to wait. Increased militancy is really the only answer to this problem at this point.

During the 2005-2006 election, the Stephen Harper CONservatives lied their faces off to get elected. Dave Mackenzie(Oxfords' elected idiot MP), stated support for the farmers, said he would help them if he got re-elected...and now where is Dave Mackenzie? He's off doing nothing, like he's done for years.

Smart people don't go to Ottawa. Crooks and ass kissers and lifelong YES men make it to Ottawa.

Farmers of Ontario: don't expect help and you won't be dissappointed.

Harper Spending update

Okay, the spending hit $214.5 million for New Brunswick voters.

As an update to yesterdays report on Harper and Bernard Lord.

Stephen Harper ponied up $214.5 million dollars for some projects on the east coast where the conservative party floundered during the federal election.

For a province with only 757,100 people, this number is huge and translates into some $283.32 per man woman and child.

This is more money than was sent to all of Canadas' farmers(whom we really are dependant upon)

This is more money than was used by the liberals in the sponsorship scandal.

Will this money be accounted for? And what guarantees are there that the money will not be misspent?(as in the past)

Harper Drives a Truckload of cash to the east coast to shore up support.

STEPHEN HARPER AND NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER BERNARD LORD ARE POISED FOR A LARGE SPENDING ANNOUNCEMENT

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in New Brunswick today to blow some cash.

Harper is expected to release some $100 million dollars to the NB government in order to prop up Bernard Lords' sagging political fortunes in the province.

Dollars will be allocated for bridges, roads and clean-up of the St Johns' harbourfront.

This would appear to be a way of financing political fortunes without diverting cash specifically to the parties, but to the constituency instead.

Manitoba Premier, Gary Doer, Begs Harper to stand up for Canadian water

Premier Gary Doer Of Manitoba Applies Pressure to Harper, Requests Intervention on the Devils' Lake Water Diversion Program.

Canadian officials have begun transborder meetings on the issue of water diversion to the Devils' Lake North Dakota reservior.

Officials from Manitoba have requested that the project be halted over concerns with the environment and trans-border pollution. Manitobas' concerns are echoed by the environment ministry, and even American ambassador, David Wilkins has expressed some limited support for the issue, which will increase the chance of some viable solution being presented by both sides to ensure a capable filtration system, and emergency systems remain in place. Stephen Harper(canadian prime minister) has stated that he is determined to see the issue brought to light in meetings with Washington.

And my opinion? Failing to provide anything other than unequivocal support for the issue will only undermine Manitobas' position at these talks.

ASHLEY MACISAAC, THE FIDDLER FROM HELL TAKES A STAB AT LIBERAL LEADERSHIP

Crazy Fiddler, Ashley MacIsaac , Will Take A Stab At The Liberal Leadership.

Ashley MacIsaac has decided to toss his name into the leadership race for the Liberal Party of Canada.

MacIsaac, the crowned prince of punk fiddling(and numerous other things) has electrified audiences with his lightening brand of music and hopes to fire up some interest at the leadership convention to be held later on this year. He says he will sell his prized art collection to raise the $50,000.00 that is necessary to enter the race. Contenders must pay the Liberal party $50,000.00 to run for the leadership.

MacIsaac feels that he will bring a world opinion to the stage of Canadian politics!

Good luck Ashley, you'll need it! But then again, your resume is about as good as anything else we've seen.

CANADIAN HOSTAGE, JAMES LONEY IS RELEASED

JAMES LONEY, A CANADIAN HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ , HAS BEEN RELEASED.

British Special forces were instrumental in the release of the three remaining Christian Peacemakers early this morning after 4 months of captivity.

The release came after weeks of intense planning and research.

American Tom Fox was found murdered, dumped at the side of a Baghdad road 2 weeks ago after the release of footage to Al Jazeera news network.

Christian peacemakers and muslim clerics alike called for the unconditional release of these men, as they were considered to be "soldiers of peace" due to their largely non-political involvement in the rebuilding of average Iraqi lives.

PRIME MINISTER HARPER GIVEN AN ULITMATUM

HARPER RECIEVES A DRESSING DOWN FROM OPPOSITION PARTIES

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been chastised by fellow parliamentarians for failing to follow the course he presented during the federal election.

Bill Graham, interim leader of the opposition Liberals, and Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, met with Harper to outline their concerns over child-care funding, and the funding of aboriginal water treatment programs.

Opposition leaders, in seperate meetings informed Harper that they will defeat his government at the next opportunity if the conservatives don't get their act together, highly unlikely given the depth of the divide between the two parties.

Asked if he was ready to lead the liberals into an election, Bill Graham responded by stating "that was up to Harper, and whether or not he could keep the confidence of parliament".

Harper responded by stating that the opposition is too pushy and they shouldn't be so insistent with their demands!

Well, and what do I think about all this?

Defeating the CONservatives should be a primary issue. Removing the pretend-dictator Harper from office should be the job of his party. There are better leaders in the Conservative party than this guy. Perhaps Garth Turner should take a whack at the leadership the next time it arises. He appears to be one of the only decent minded conservatives that one can hope to imagine. Perhaps he'd be better suited as an independant instead of a basement dweller in Harper government.

OCFA and Oxford farmers head to Queens Park

The Oxford County Federation of Agriculture heads to Quuen Park today.

Good luck OCFA, you'll need it.

Today our Oxford farmers are headed to Queens Park to entice our government into providing adequate assistance to them. Canadian farmers are the top producers of clean, healthy food worldwide. It is a failure of our government not to provide them with assistance in the face of highly subsidized USA product that floods our borders.

The costs of farming have risen dramatically over the past 30 years, but the price of commodites remains at pricing below 1980 levels. It is impossible for these families of farmers to pay their bills, and to feed the population on poverty earnings.

Today in Queens Park, these men and women will seek out assistance, but the government in all liklihood will not make concessions to them, as the government is caught in the rules of free trade, even though the USA government frequently and routinely violates this agreement by providing large subsidies to USA farm familes, and corporate farms. There is no even playing field, and when one side fails to play by the rules, all suffer from inequity.

The next world wars will be for water.

IT'S TIME FOR SOME LEADERSHIP ON WATER PROTECTION MEASURES!

Canada has long been regarded as the worlds' greatest source of freshwater and limited protection measures against the sell-off of our water resources to foreign nations are in place at present.

In many nations, predominantly throughout South America and now Mexico as well, water has become a powerful economic engine for a few corporations, to the demise of the poor.

The heavy reliance on this source of life for all humanity should be regulated widely without borders to ensure a safe and adequate supply for present and future generations. Corporations will not take this task upon themselves, unless forced to through extensive regulation of water source practices.

In Mexico city, host to the Fourth International Water Forum, thousands of protesters rallied and fought police in hopes of gaining entry into the symposium. None entered, all were barred. It was a paid event, only for the wealthiest ,by the wealthiest, designed to keep the poor disenfranchised.

Marco Suastegui, who marched alongside about 10,000 protesters Thursday, stated " Water is worth fighting for, we are in a battle, a battle for our lives, children and families. We poor have been left out of the water forum as a way to keep us silenced. We are being beaten, we’ve been jailed, some of us have even been killed, but we’re not going to give up".

Sadly, these words are about to be echoed around the world in future years, and we will not be left out of this grave situation.

It is up to our government to provide some leadership, and to ban the Corporate takeover of Canadian waterways.

Another Liberal Senator, Speaks Her Mind.

Quebec Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette Raises American Ire.

A Liberal senator is under fire for unleashing an anti-American rant on a U.S. family who cancelled a Canadian vacation because of the seal hunt.
The McLellans of Minnesota wrote to a cluster of senators outlining plans to boycott a planned holiday in Canada to protest what they viewed as a "brutal" practice.

But Quebec Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette shot back with a strongly-worded e-mail response lashing out at American policy.
"What I find 'horrific' about your country is the daily killing of innocent people in Iraq, the execution of mainly black prisoners in the U.S., the massive sale of guns to U.S. citizens every day, the destabilization of the whole world by the aggressive foreign policy of U.S. government, etc.," she wrote.

Liberal leader Bill Graham distanced himself from the comments, insisting they are "personal opinions" that don't reflect the views of his party.
But Hervieux-Payette has no regrets or apologies for her e-mail, insisting she is "really offended" by the family's threats of economic sanction.
"Look in your own backyard and start correcting things that are more horrific than the seal hunting in Canada," she told Sun Media.
"People in Canada are sick and tired of threats and retaliation. We are a good neighbour and a good player, and I said to myself if she wants to improve some policies, she should do that in her own backyard."
Conservative Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn called the tone of the e-mail "deeply disturbing" and said it runs counter to defending the seal hunt.
"His concern is that inflammatory language like this will only upset Americans who are willing to look at the seal hunt with an objective point of view, and discourage them from learning the real facts,"

And, What do I think? Here's a letter to the Winnepeg Sun

What really sucks about this entire issue is that Americans are complaining about a practice that exists in their own country, albeit under a different form, in slaughterhouses around the country. If they were privy to watching pigs, cattle and chickens being bled,butchered and disemboweled in order to feed their population, they too would be disturbed by what's going on. Instead, they see fluffy little seals sliding around on some ice pack being wasted for their fur. These same people probably wouldn't cancel their vacation to Disney world even though Disney feeds animal proteins to people on a regular basis, nor do they crap on their own government by saying they'll not vacation in the US anymore because some animal was eaten or slaughtered or whatever.(Probably because their secret service/cia/fbi terror instruments would be after them is the reason for their domestic silence.) These same people probably feel innocent while eating their burger and fries, not thinking about the blunt trauma assigned to that piece of meat they are gobbling down.(animals just look different when packaged nicely in a burger wrapper)
Canadians should loathe this intrusion on Canadian domestic policy. Americans should keep their opinions at home, lest they take the chance on hearing some negative opinions of themselves.(which yes, frequently populate the airwaves and newspapers and weblogs of our country, with an occassional government person coming out to vent and forthwith canned for their expression of dissatifaction!)
Americans are living in a state of fantasy. We have no need to rose tint anything for them, as they have not the ability to see through the scabs that cover their eyes anyways. The policies they have devised and enforced around the world, are policies they fail to live by themselves. If they wish to perhaps start changing the perception that everyone on earth(excepting themselves) dislikes them, then perhaps changing their opinion of the balance of the human race would be a start. In other words, start dealing with the crap in your own country before expressing your distrusted will around the globe.
Assuming for one instance for example, that because of one man (Osama Bin Laden) all of Afghanistan is Taliban controlled and are terrorists by virtue of birth, race, creed and colour is disarming and flawed in its' concept. Attacking the innocents of Iraq in a quest for oil, power and property is the destabilzation of the Arab world for no other reason than to command and conquer it. Perhaps Saddam was an abysmal failure as a leader and dictator, but, he had the cohesive ability to stabilize his country, although through use of force, which should have been dealt with by his own countrymen through whatever menas necessary.
Waging war because Saddam labelled retired US president George Bush Sr an international terrorist(a pretty tight description of the former CIA boss/Vice-President/Preident) and had his picture put in the floor of the Baghdad hotel, is still not a reason for the invasion of a sovereign nation.
All of the evidence is in on the issue of Iraq, and now the world sees what a phenomenal lie it was, and that the precepts for attacking, invading and murdering its people were flawed by design , character and nature. This is the problem of an advancing Americanist viewpoint being forced upon the world by way of military violence, and organized deception.
Lyndon Johnson acquired the same taste for use of force as did Richard Nixon on domestic grounds. They all used force to knock their own people to the ground, and then began targeting foreign states in order to relax the internal pressure on their domestic policies by way of diversion. Murdered students in the sixties, deserters hunted down(many murdered by military police worldwide) for not agreeing with the idea of killing, end up killed themselves for disagreeing with policy. This is not the American dream we want, and supposing that type of behaviour IS the American dream, then Canadians should be complaining about this type of domestic intrusion.
All U.S. presidents in recent memory have had a pretty big hard on for the Arab world, and have systematically invaded, cajoled and used secondary intrusionary forces to topple or force capitulation on many grounds. They have dropped bombs, killed civilians, and worse, destroyed the envoronment around the world by use of contaminated product in missiles and conventional weaponry. The foreign policy of a government determined to asassinate its' vocal opposition through the use of trained murderers is by definition, a terrorist state. The United States government and diplomatic service fits the bill, to a "T". The people of the United States, blindly unaware how their government acts outside its own border continue to support this blind foreign intervention worldwide.
Just think how many more kids in America could have gone to college, if they wouldn't have spent millions(or the correct number is closer to $73 billion according to research) trying to acquire the target of Fidel Castro in their sights. He's been a target for most of his 45 years as Cuban President, and has survived more close calls with death than any other leader on earth.
Who gave America the right to become the world police, jury and judge? Americans themselves propelled themselves into this position through use of fear tactics(the same ones applied to their own people) and general arm twisting. The inflated threat of nuclear disaster waiting to burst over heads was a threat created by design to intimidate the world into believing that everything un-american was pro-communist, and that all commies should die. The giant red threat that was manufactured by the American media is disturbing and could have easily led the world down a nuclear road to hell at any moment, just because someone didn't want to diffuse the situation, because hell, there's a lot of money to be made in building military junk
Perhaps the seal hunt isn't the prettiest thing on earth, but obviously there is a market for that commodity, otherwise it wouldn't exist in our free market society. As for the anti-american comments, what is anti-american? If we here in Canada even say one word about the Americans, we are sent to the stake for our right to speak, by the pro-american forces that dominate our government.
Complaining about the state of their intrusions into foreign countries, usually against the will of the world population is worth bitching about. At least we don't load up a tank and head to Washington to enforce our opinion. They on the other hand routinely send their Ambassador to our Prime Minister to force capitualtion or else.(Paul Celluci made a powerful plea to not legalize or decriminlize marijuana, while at the same time, Denver, Colorado legalized it, Michigan changed the law, and so did California, which just goes to show you a fine example of talking from both sides of the mouth!)
Perhaps really the problem is that some poor American family has been forced to realize what a terrible lie they are living in this American TVland dream-state of theirs, and that when faced with the reality of looking into a mirror, and realizing that ugliness abounds, have no alternative but to lash out and stomp their feet in child-like anger while the rest of the world watches in horror.

Students across France protest overnight, burning Cars and generally rioting

French students, enraged over a government plan on employment change, riot, setting cars and buidings ablaze.

French President, Jacque Chirac, has decided to punish the young by making changes to the french employment act that would allow the firing of any worker, under the age of 26, for no reason, or any reason.

The changes in labour law will allow for the mass firing of hundreds of thousands of young people across the country.

The French government claims that the enacting of this law will cut down on unemployment by allowing employers torid themselves of dead wood more easily in the case of non-performance or illness. At present, there must be substantial grounds for dismissal.

And me? I think this guy should retire and go back to growing grapes or something worthwhile, but not enacting laws!

Piercing infection leads to death of St. John's Teen

Body piercing led to teen's death: coroner

(this is an article from CBC, St. John's

CBC News
The province's chief medical examiner has concluded a St. John's high school student died last week from toxic shock syndrome, as a result of a recent piercing.
The 17-year-old girl was a student at Booth Memorial High School in St. John's.

Simon AvisMedical examiner Simon Avis described the death as "an extreme example" of complications from a body piercing.
Avis said the girl's piercing was performed in what he described as a "private setting."
The piercing was done about a week before she died on March 9, after becoming acutely ill from an infection.
FROM MARCH 9, 2006: Infection kills teen; coroner probes piercing connection Before she became sick, she had told friends about discomfort at the piercing site.
"The primary infection site was at the location of a recent breast piercing," Avis said in a statement released Thursday.
Avis said an investigation of the site where the girl's piercing was done "concluded that it conforms to industry standards."
Avis noted, however, there are no government regulations for such an industry.

A letter to the Editors of CBC St. John's

As a retailer of surgical steel body piercing supplies, I feel I must comment on this sad and unfortunate death, resulting from an infection of a home piercing. Canada has long played an important role in the formulation of Health programs and logic around the world. Sadly, this is one area that has been left behind in the quest to ensure public safety. The growing trend of body modification has made it a serious enough issue, and the standardization of the piercing industry is what is required. This is not the first instance of someone dying, or contracting massive infection from improperly maintained or pierced bodies. And sadly, it will not be the last, and even with the advent of strict regulation, it will still remain impossible to protect communities from viral infections, and infections resullting from improper care and procedure. There are no general laws or regulations pertaining to the industry, and if a person chose to, they could pierce your nipple with a broken pop bottle and stick barbed wire into the gaping wound for jewelery! There are no uniform sterilzation or piercing methods in Canada, and really, Health Canada should be directing this issue instead of following it. In the United States, there are lax rules pertaining to this, but not to the extent here in Canada. Some states require an on site autoclave(sterilzer), and some states demand piercing with a gun. In some states the practice of body modification has been regulated to death, resulting in a large underground industry. In Canada we require nothing! There are no uniform practices, many shops open on the streets of Canada and all you need is a vendors permit and GST registration. There is more regulation pertaining to owning a dog, than there is in the entire pierced body industry. There are no uniform codes on what to pierce with. There are no uniform cleaning products.(one piercer may tell you to use peroxide, one may say sea salt, another will tell you those are all wrong and to use Bactine, another says H20 solution. So, the problem lies not in the industry itself, but in a government that refuses to protect its' populace by having mandatory controls on an industry that performs thousands of minor surgeries a day without benefit of medical training, facilities or care. Canadas' tattoo industry is highly regulated, and there are provincial requirements for regular and routine autoclave bacteriolgical tests which when combined with good standards and enforcement through local boards of health, leads to a relatively "risk-free" tattoo experience. Perhaps limiting piercing to this environment may be a start to ensure clean equipment is used. Perhaps instituting a medical training program combined with a piercing course would help to alleviate this concern. Whatever the case is, it is too late for the St. John's high school student who tragically lost her life to this practice. We can only hope that with her passing, more light is shed on this growing practice of body modification, and that our benevolent government sees fit to institute some rules of engagement to protect future people from infection and disease, that could have been prevented with a stroke of a pen.

Condoleezza Rice calls Iran the "Central Bank of Terror"

US National Security Advisor, Dr. Condoleeza Rice begs Iran for mediation wh