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Expert on laws of war says that war crimes may have been committed by Canadian officials

Posted by Scott Tribe on November 20, 2009, at 3:20 pm |

Note that this rather blunt opinion of Canada or Canadian officials possibly being in breach of international law comes from a 3rd party, not an opposition political party. Here’s an excerpt of an article posted at Macleans by Professor Michael Byers, “who holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the [...]

On electoral reform and Instant Run-Off Voting (IRV)

Posted by Scott Tribe on November 19, 2008, at 9:20 am |

David Graham had a detailed article written in the Guelph Mercury that he highlighted at his blog yesterday about how he was in favour of reforming the voting system we have by changing it from what we currently have (First Past The Post) to Instant Run-Off Voting.

David and I have disagreed many times [...]

I guess traders weren’t listening to Flaherty today.

Posted by Scott Tribe on October 9, 2008, at 4:47 pm |

Or maybe they were… as the TSX plunged 456 points (4.5%) today after a bit of a recovery yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Dow fell through the 9000 level – down 678 points (7.3%) today, the first time since 2003

But again, this, according to Stephen Harper, represents another great buying opportunity on the stock markets due to all [...]

Iggy: “If Harper succeeds you will wake up in a country you no longer recognize”

Posted by Scott Tribe on September 29, 2008, at 12:28 pm |

Warren K. made reference to a speech that Deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff made at the Economic Club of Canada this morning that he praises and wishes the Liberals would have made a lot earlier. I don’t think it’s too late yet however to start drilling this message into people’s heads. (It’s not just making [...]

Report: US wishes to have sole command of NATO in Afghanistan?

Posted by Scott Tribe on September 19, 2008, at 10:47 am |

This story caught my attention. A report in the England-based newspaper The Independent from yesterday claims that the US is seeking sole control of the NATO Afghanistan mission against the Taliban:

The Bush administration is pushing for sweeping changes to the military command structure in Afghanistan, so that the head of international forces would report directly [...]

Conservatives to kill meat inspection in western provinces?

Posted by Scott Tribe on September 18, 2008, at 2:15 pm |

Well, this listeriosis/meat inspection story seems to be taking on a life of its own. First the Minister Ritz controversy from last evening, and now we get this press release discussing the elimination of meat inspection programs in Manitoba:

If elected, a federal Conservative government plans to stop delivering provincial meat inspection programs in Manitoba leaving [...]

“Canada is quietly becoming a basket case”

Posted by Scott Tribe on September 13, 2008, at 10:39 am |

Sober reading from Slate Magazine:

Since 2004, a succession of unstable minority governments has led to a constant campaign frenzy, brutalizing Canada’s once-broad political consensus and producing a series of policies at odds with the country’s socially liberal, fiscally conservative identity. Canada is quietly becoming a political basket case, and this latest election may make things [...]

Olympic ramifications

Posted by Scott Tribe on August 13, 2008, at 1:30 pm |

This story in the Globe talks about how after 4 days Canada has no medals yet at the Beijing Olympics, and there are already grumblings amongst Canadian athletes about how little support they get from the government with regards to funding as compared to other countries.

A few thoughts on this:

1) It’s still early in the [...]

Semi-open thread: Do you care about the Olympics?

Posted by Scott Tribe on August 9, 2008, at 8:33 pm |

While watching all this rain and thunder and lightning occur (as Matthew over at Pample the Moose observed, I didn’t know Ontario had a monsoon season), I thought I’d ask if anyone’s interested or excited in watching the Olympics.

For myself personally, I don’t know if it’s the time zone difference, or the bad publicity surrounding [...]

STAND Canada – action wanted on Darfur – a preview.

Posted by Scott Tribe on August 1, 2008, at 1:27 pm |

If you’re not aware of STAND Canada, they are an organization in Canada that is committed to mobilizing “a critical mass of Canadian students, citizens, and decision makers to end the crisis in Darfur, and respond to future threats of genocide.

They give a bit of background on how their organization formed here, what the situation [...]

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