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This is the blog that caused Stephen Harper kicked Garth Turner out of the party:
Families Against Crime and Trauma
Canada's opposition parties just don't get it
Republican add calls Canada Global Freeloader
Fuck the Republicans. We have jobs asshole. You're the freeloader:
[Thanks for the Memories] [Why Iraq was Invaded] [Martin Luther King]
George Bush asks for another $72.4 billion for Iraq war
You're the ones who voted for the dumbass
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Stephen Harper, also known as the muddy mountie, bends over backwards in a minority government to convince David Emerson to turn coat then he kicks out a long time member of the party Garth Turner for speaking out in his blog . Reporter Bill Tieleman for the Vancouver 24 Hours makes a good point. The "New" Conservatives used to be part of Reform who called for free votes within the party. Say hello to the new boss. He's the same as the old boss. It's the same old tory...
Who brought in the GST in the first place?
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Enron's Skilling gets 24 years
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act [The Impact of SOX]
Suzi Rawn - Higher Ground Suzi Rawn - CD Info
Aaron Walpole - You haven't done nothing
Leading by Example:
Hurray for Deborah Bourque!
Shame on Belinda Stronach!
After a Liberal MP asked how the new clean-air rules would affect MacKay's dog, he pointed to Stronach's empty chair and responded: "You already have her." "Mr. Speaker, this is clearly shameful and the minister owes an apology to this House," said Liberal MP Mark Holland. "It is a shameful display that he absolutely must apologize for." Go Peter McKay! Good one!
OK how about this: "I'm sorry BS is a female dog."
MP should refrain from living like a soap-opera queen
Stronach demands an apology? What a farce! Claims Peter McKay's comments are against women? What a farce! David Emerson isn't a woman and we mock him for saying one thing and doing another just like Belinda. Only his long list of sexual promiscuity isn't as well documented as Belinda's. Me thinks the problem isn't that Belinda is a woman. Me thinks it's because she is sexually promiscuous for personal gain. What do they call that again?
How about Peter McKay apolagize when Stronach
apolagizes to Leanne Domi
All I can hear is a rat pissin on cotton
It's time to restore decorum in Parliament: MPs
"She has called for a code of conduct or a sexual harassment policy for MPs."
Can you believe that? Parliament is the only place on earth you can get kicked out of for telling the truth. If you call a liar a liar, you get kicked out because that accusation, even if it is true, is unparliamentary. FYI calling a slut a slut is not sexual harassment! Maybe we should be more worried about the code of conduct outside of the house instead of banning the truth from being spoken inside the house! Freaks.
U.S. mid-term campaigns take bizarre twists
Bush breaks the constitution and creates a Roman state
Judge strikes down part of Anti-Terrorism Act
If it's not broken, Don't privatize it
Bush's denial of wire tap [Wiretapping Man]
Judge Finds Wiretap Actions Violate the Law [NY Times]
[Decision] [Bush Appeals the Decision - Video Clip]
NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
The Psychopath in the Corner Office
Governor Bush's Cocaine Problem
Bush was arrested for cocaine in 1972
[Bush Jr.'s Skeleton Closet] [Bush AWOL]
Supply and Demand: Bell turns into an Income Trust
This move is in response to TELUS' decision to create an income trust to create massive savings on corporate tax. Will privatizing Canada Post see more taxes and dividends go to the government? No. Will the governement have to raise taxes to make up for the drop in revenue? Maybe. Will privatizing Canada Post reduce customer costs and maintain or improve serves to smaller communities? No. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. See page 7 Metro Vancouver
Privatization of power eliminates public accountability
Consumers will pay higher electricity rates due to privatization
CUPW New Vision: 370,000 hits in the past 12 months
Yo Bro, They're still trying to catch me riding dirty
CUPW RSMC Financial Cap Grievance Sustained
Purolator: Where Business is Going - WTF???
Canada Post bought Purolator. Then they started using Purolator to deliver Priority Post Items. Now they've opened up a Postal Outlet at Staples in Whalley advertising Expresspost items with no Canada Post logo at all only a big sign that says: Purolator: Where Business is Going. Sounds like the bargaining unit's business is certainly going to Purolator. Canada Post used to be subtle in it's privatization attempts. Not any more. Now it is bold and blatant. Do you really think that privatizing Canada Post will save or improve postal services, especially to smaller communities? Do you really think that privatizing Canada Post will cap or save money on postage rates? Do you really think eliminating public accountability will reduce scandals and CEO salaries? Not likely. Save the dream! Keep Canada Post Publicly accountable.
UN considers sanctions after N. Korea nuke test
Canada and the Darfur Crisis [Video Clip]
American Politics get down and dirty
Clinton Speaks out on Fox News
George Bush's Flailing Economy
Richard Clark Exposes BushPope Squat Revisited 1510 King West
Remember the Woodwards Squat?
Well, due to the homeless crisis they did the dame thing in Toronto. The CAW donated a large sum of money IF 1510 King West was dedicated to social housing and guess what? 4 years later nothing has been done with it! Join the march and revisit the squat.
Find out more about the upcoming Pope Squat March
Memorial for Vasyl Tuesday October 24 2006
Night March on Pope Squat: Thursday November 9 2006
Belinda Stronach Strikes Again!
Remember Belinda's bid for the leadership of the conservative party and her thing with Peter McKay?
New Belinda Stronach Music Video
"Either Paul Martin was part of this shameful mess, or he is incompetent. Either way, he is unfit to be Prime Minister of Canada."Paul Martin wants us to believe that he was a stowaway on the good ship Chretien when he was the first mate."
Sounds like David Emerson to me:
American Politics get down and dirty
Clinton Speaks out on Fox News
Richard Clark Exposes Bush
Volpe to respond to controversy on Monday
Liberal leadership candidate Joe Volpe will respond Monday to allegations his team improperly signed up some new Liberal Party members in Quebec, The Canadian Press is reporting. Joe Volpe does the Gagliano. Remember Gagliano's ties to the mob?
Remember the sponsorship scandal?
Paul Martin was the Liberal's finance minister at the time but they blamed Chretien and Gagliano so Paul Martin could become Prime minister. Chretien's response was "Sponsorship is Good!" Martin referred the Gomery report to the RCMP for possible criminal investigations and ordered the Liberal Party to repay $1.14 million to the public purse. Well, what happened? Did the public get the money back? Wasn't $1.14 million a small token of the money involved? What about the money Canada Post lost though Andre Ouellette? You remember Andre, former CEO of Canada Post. He used to be a Liberal Cabinet minister.
CN and the Sponsorship Scandal
Interesting to note CN Rail's involvement in the sponsorship scandal and a key player there, Jean Pelletier. Pelletier also came under fire for allegedly influencing where sponsorship funds would be channeled from his position within Chretien's PMO. Myriam Bédard publicly disclosed that she had been forced to resign from her marketing department job at Via Rail in 2002 shortly after raising concerns about the company's dealings with advertiser Groupaction. This led to the firings a few days later of Via Rail chairperson Jean Pelletier for sluffing her allegations off as a single mother who deserved pity.
Tellier was the president and chief executive of Canadian National Railway Co., preparing to privatize the federal Crown corporation when he met another Liberal, Transport Canada's senior bureaucrat on the file who oversaw the proceedings. She worked closely with him nine years later in Bombardier, which was unsuccessful.
Two interesting individuals and companies named in the sponsorship scandal are Andre Ouellette with Canada Post and Paul Tellier with CN Rail. Both individuals were Liberals. A third key presents itself from the shadows, Transport Canada's senior bureaucrat on the file who oversaw the privatization of CN, yet another Liberal. Only now she slips over to CEO of Canada Post to take over for Andre Ouellette after working closely with Paul Tellier at Bombardier. I won't name names because I'm still under a gag order. (for now) Nevertheless, let's watch and see what happens because history clearly repeats itself until we learn from it. Perhaps she'll seize the opportunity to cross over like David Emerson.
After all, despite record volumes and despite the fact that Canada Post is making record profits and paying record tax and dividends, a banker from Bombardier is going to restructure the entire organization because she knows the business better than those who have been in the field for years and she anticipates that at some time in the future Canada Post *might* lose money unless it changes tracks. Brace yourself for another derailment! If it's not broken, don't fix it! How is not picking up mail on the weekends going to increase revenue anyways? Since Canada Post is service based industry, won't reducing the products and services reduce the overall revenue and profits? Please advise.
CN Derailments
Members of the public have argued that the reason for all the CN train derailments is because of longer trains and reduced brake maintenance. This is the result of privatization and putting profits ahead of safety and public accountability. Longer trains and reduced brake maintenance saves money. Great ideas coming from bankers who are new to the industry and despise public accountability.
CN Rail has record of poor maintenance, NDP claims [Video Clip]
NDP Transportation critic, David Chudnovsky, claims a safety audit on CN last year shows CN Rail didn't adequately maintain a locomotive that derailed near Lillooet, killing two workers. Chudnovsky said the document shows that on June 15, 2006, two weeks before the accident, the locomotive was almost two months overdue for service and had no brake shoes left. "What happened to that engine between June the 15th and June 29th?" he asked. "And second, how many other engines, pieces of equipment, owned by CN are 59 days late in doing maintenance?"
CN spokesman claims the brakes wear repaired June 16 2006. The solution is simply. Let the public see the safety audit!
BC Rail deaths highlight failures of privatization
“Faulkner and other employees have maintained, ever since BC Rail was sold to CN, that the new owner needed to listen to employees to find out how best to operate the line. However, CN quickly dismissed many of those employees and changed operating patterns.” Sound Familiar?
Question: What happens when you put a banker in charge of a railway?
Answer: Toxic derailments with no public accountability.
Yet another CN train derailment. Still no public accountability
B.C. Federation of Labour Condemns Laughable CN Rail Fine
Latest CN Rail fatalities highlight risks to rail tourists
CN Watch - Watch'n See!
Watch what happens with no public accountability.
How much tax does TELUS pay anyway?
That's why Privatization is the wrong key.
Pelletier and the Sponsorship Scandal
Train fatalities rise in past year
Regulator asked to probe safety at CN Rail
Summer of accidents prompts action by Transport Minister
Sinclair Calls for a Criminal Investigation of 2 Workers' Deaths
Transport Canada Orders CN to use Dynamic Brakes in Lillooet area
CN dumps 40,000 litres of caustic soda into the Cheakamus River
Cheakamus River will take 50 years or more to recover
Transport Canada orders CN to shorten B.C. trains
Alberta Aboriginal band suing CN Rail over oil spill
CN How Do We Sleep Beside an Anaconda?
Bangkok seized in military coup
New Plans for Woodwards in East Van
Quebec Postal Clerk wins Canadian Idol - Go Eva!
| Muslims extremists complain and riot over a cartoon making fun of their beliefs. Yet they commit a worse act of sacrilegious by burning epogies of the Pope for expressing his opinion in opposition to violence. Then they murder a nun. Go figure. Personally, I think Gandhi was a real leader and Muslim extremists should live their religion because they really don't know what they are talking about. Who will defend Islam from the extremists who violate it's laws with violence against the innocent? That is the only holy war. |
"He from whose hand and tongue his neighbor is not safe is not a Muslim." Mohamed
Nun murdered in Somalia after Pope's speech
"I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it I say to myself that hate it too great a burden to bear." Martin Luther King |
Muslim Council of Briton Responds to Pope's Clarification
| "The MCB hopes that the Pope's clarification will now
reassure Muslims across the world and reiterates its stance that any protests should at
all times be peaceful and dignified." "Any damage to Churches or violence against persons or private property in manifestation of anger or hurt is a gross betrayal of the teachings as well as conduct of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) teachings and is wholly unacceptable. The MCB most strongly condemns such acts and calls upon all Muslims to exercise restraint and not give in to provocation or irrationality." |
Canadian Idol Finale - Nelly Furtado September 17th 7:00 PM
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Needs Support
Extra Foods Members at Park Royal Accept New Contract
First anniversary of the B.C. Fed Labour Day Rally
[Loose Yourself] [Mosh]
Wake Me Up When September Ends
The Latest and Greatest on Bruce Almighty
| Bruce Bell goes to the CAW Convention after being fired again and plots the secret CAW merger with his buddy Buzz Hargrove in direct violation of the TWU Executive Motion. Bruce Bell is Unbelievable! |
Remember when we all marched on the Labour Minister's Office?
| That was on November 7, 2005. Well on September
15, 2005 Bruce Bell turned down Fontana's offer for a Special Mediator! That was
the month BEFORE the first ratification
vote. Why? Because he already made the devils deal with Buzz Hargrove. He met
Darren alone with Buzz Hargove September 24, 2005. Then he crammed the vote on the devil's
deal in October 2005. When that vote
failed he revoted it by way of mail order ballot filled with replacement workers. Favorite Quote: If you want a merger you'll have to let the members vote on it. "Not if we're broke first." Bruce Bell Before the lockout. Where does it say in the constitution that you don't have to let the members vote on a merger if you are broke? Why I am Bruce Almighty! As President of the TWU I have supreme authority on how the constitution is interpreted. I see. Why is the TWU still paying so many salaries and benefits to people who are no longer on the payroll? This is Unbelievable! |
[New York] [Encore] [Quick 2 Back Down]
Dear Mr President [Not ready to make nice] [Riverdance]
Join the Rebellion! [Finian joins the troops]
Wallace, Betrayed by the Bruce
We're not going to take it, anymore
We have one chance, just one chance to have something
we've never had before: A Union of our own
The Birth of the Corporation - Video Clip
A Canadian-Iranian writer released after four months in prison
Iran opens nuclear reactor in defiance of UN
This is the group that caused the problem between Israel and Lebanon
Recall David Emerson Campaign [Buzz's Strategic Voting Result]
Video Clip from Buzz Hargrove's Victory Party
The CAW Executive did not allow Carol Wall to speak in their caucus meeting at the CLC Convention. She was a long shot with many valid concerns. Why were they afraid to let her speak? I spoke with one witness who saw some of Buzz Hargrove's Clone Soldiers point at a CAW member with their finger in the shape of a gun as a bold threat because he brought Carol Wall to a CAW party in the Hospitality Suit.
Buzz Hargrove's Star Henchman threatened Willie Lambert's local president that if he didn't rescind his support for Willie in his election against Buzz they would dissolve his local and merge it with 707. Then at the last minute Willie's nominator and seconder backed out because of pressure from the Clone Soldiers. Can politics get any dirtier than that? Willie Lambert was a long shot from the work floor. He was a bus driver. The same group that were strong long before CAW and will remain so long after. Congratulations!
You can have it. I hate that watered down American beer anyways.
Wild Bill discussing the threats on the Taylor Report
Willie Lambert runs against Buzz Hargrove
Give your head a shake! Elect Willie Lambert!
Who Killed the Electric Car trailer
Middle East cease-fire set for Monday
When The Night Feels My Song [New York] [Encore]
President of main union at Telus fired after member complaints
| VANCOUVER -- The president of the main union at Telus has been removed from his post after complaints from his own members. Bruce Bell led the Telecommunications Workers Union through a bitter four-month strike last year at Canada's second-largest telecommunications company. But many workers were unhappy with the final settlement reached with Telus in November, saying their concerns over contracting out hadn't been addressed. [Background News Clip] [Background Rally] |
"Gentlemen may cry Peace, Peace - but there is no peace. The war has actually begun." Patrick Henry
Darren Entwistle was hired as CEO of TELUS in 2000 to break the B.C. Tel contract. TELUS employees were without a contract ever since Darren Entwistle arrived for five years until he selectively locked them out. Before the lockout Darren Entwistle made $6.5 million that year. After breaking the B.C. Tel contract and exporting all those B.C. jobs out of province, Darren Entwistle received a 100% raise and received $14 million the following year. Shipping all the B.C. jobs to Alberta sets a dangerous precedent. There is nothing to stop them from shipping those jobs to Ontario then finally off shore as originally planned. TELUS' definition of job security is that if you don't take a transfer or demotion out of province you lose your job. Eventually all the TELUS jobs in Canada will be lost as will the Canadian economy as other corporate giants follow their precedent. When a company is making record profits, there is no need other than greed to downsize and export Canadian jobs.
The Latest and Greatest on Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty's Appeal Process - Money, money, money
Bush's denial of wire tap [Wiretapping Man]
Judge Finds Wiretap Actions Violate the Law [NY Times]
[Decision] [Bush Appeals the Decision - Video Clip]
NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
The Psychopath in the Corner Office
Ken Georgetti's Letter on Lebanon
It's Hiroshima Day - Don't look away
Forget the Oil. Invest in Hybrid. Save the planet, stop the war.
| "'What do you have against profit? A company’s
got a responsibility to it’s shareholders. That’s our system – the
shareholder.' That’s not our system. Our system’s a democracy. I’ve read the US constitution. The word shareholder does not appear once in that document. I’ve seen the word people. Of, by and for the people. I’ve seen that but not the word shareholder. Shareholder. Profit. 'A company should be able to do whatever it can to make a profit. You can’t stop a company from making a profit.' Yes we can. We have a democracy. We can do whatever we want. We can pass whatever law we want. As long as it fits into that constitution we can pass whatever law we want. We do it all the time. If it’s just about profit… if it’s just about making profits, well why doesn’t General Motors sell crack? They could make a huge profit if they sold crack." Michael Moore
The problem is not profit. A company does have to make a profit. The problem is greed. Downsizing and exporting jobs when a company is making record profits just so the few at the top can make obscene amounts of money and the shareholders continue to make a quick buck while the employees and the economy get turfed. That is the problem. Downsizing at times of record profits - greed.
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Canadain Soldier missing at UN border post, presumed dead
A Canadian soldier's last report from South Lebanon
The Latest and Greatest on Bruce Almighty
Bruce Bells plays the same old Tune
The Brave 66 take on Bruce Maul
Canada won't join missile defence plan
OK this is dumb. When North Korea continues launching defiant missile tests why would we not support creating a defense system in response? I remember attending a Refuse the Cruise demonstration when I was a kid but the Cruise Missile was an offensive weapon with Nuclear warhead capabilities. Since cruise missiles have been offensively used since World War II, developing a missile defense system would be much wiser than relying on a military invasion if a country starts launching missiles.
Anti-Scab Legislation Reintroduced to Parliament
CLC on Replacement Worker Legislation
TWU Local 32 Political Action Page
Ken Georgetti's Letter on Lebanon
This balanced letter is very fair. It refers to Israel’s disproportionate violence against Lebanon and Gaza and also states: "We denounce, with the same vigour, the attacks on Israeli civilians by the Hezbollah." |
UN observers killed when Israeli bomb hits post
UN observers warned Israel they were shelling too close
Canadian family with four children killed in Lebanon
Lebanon: Hezbollah Attacks Target Civilians
Hezbollah Rockets Rain on Israeli Towns
Hezbollah rocket hits civilian ship
Jimmy Hoffa: The Man, The Legend, The Legacy
Vancouver Local Posts a copy of a 1965 Newsletter
[Can We Overcome?] [Cartoon] [Crackpot Personal Relations]
Canada Labour Code Basic Freedoms
| 8.(1) Every employee is free to join the trade union of their choice and to participate in its lawful activities. |
CUPW Collective Agreement Article 5 Discrimination
| 5.01 There shall be no discrimination, interference, restriction, coercion, harassment, intimidation, or stronger disciplinary action exercised or practiced with respect to an employee by reason of political affiliation, or membership or activity in the Union. |
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
Privatization and closure threaten Canada's rural post offices
What really happened:
Canadain Idol: Chad Doucette Nails it
Historical Retrospect The Suez Crisis: 50 years later
Two more Israeli soldiers captured - Israel Responds harshly
EXTRA FOODS/WESTFAIR FIGHTS BACK WITH COPS AND WATER!
Union Files Grievance Over Conversion Of Save-On To PriceSmart
Dear Brother Hargrove [Mail Order Violations]
Hells Bells: The Bell vs. the TWU Decision
Two dead, one injured in B.C. train derailment
North Korea threatens to continue missile tests
Last British army border post to be removed
Moratorium on Post Office closures
June 24 - Joyeuse Saint Jean-Baptist !
June 21 2006 National Aboriginal Day
Extra Foods in Park Royal shut down due to CILRB Violations
Extra Foods employees who normally make $8.00 - 10.00 an hour were offered in writing $20.00 an hour plus cab fare to cross the picketline. No local member took the offer. They realized that if they took the bribe to break the contract they wouldn't have a job to go back to. How can they afford to pay those wages during a labour dispute but not during the rest of the year anyways? |
17 postal union members arrested in Ottawa
CPC Ordered To Postpone Quebec Closure
Remembering a friend in deed: Sebastian Metz
Hey Ned! This one's for you: Darren Entwistle Revisited
The Return of Ned Flanders: The Rebirth of a Troll
Bruce Bell's Application Suing the Delegates
Bruce Bell's March 2006 Affidavit
Bruce Bell's May 2006 Affidavit
WCG
Wrongful Dismissal Just cause. Reasonable notice or pay in lieu of reasonable notice.
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Minimum Notice Requirements underthe B.C. Employment Standards Act- one week for service from three to 12 months - two weeks, for one to three years - three weeks, for three years' service and one additional week's wages for each additional year of employment, to a maximum of 8 weeks' wages
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[Thanks for the Memories] [Why Iraq was Invaded] [Martin Luther King]
George Bush asks for another $72.4 billion for Iraq war
Support the Troops, Oppose the Policy
Feb 1st 2006 That's Cindy Sheehan, being arrested, in the viewing gallery of the house, minutes before the State of the Union Address. She's being arrested, not for causing a disturbance, or being there without clearance (she was given a ticket by Representative Lynn Woolsey.) Nope - she's being arrested, because of what she's wearing- a t-shirt that stated "2,245 dead- How Many More?" This is her acount
Canada Stands with Libby Davies
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