Monday, October 27, 2014

Thoughts on Canada China FIPA

Harper OKs potentially unconstitutional China-Canada FIPA ...

https://www.vancouverobserver.com/ Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:28:25 -0700

It's official: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has approved the controversial Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) today.In a short, two-paragraph news release, International Trade ...

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Did Hupacasath First Nation just toss a monkey wrench into ...

http://citizenactionmonitor.wordpress.com/ Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:06:22 -0700

Hupacasath's FIPA challenge rooted in recent Supreme Court of Canada decision No 1167 Posted by fw, October 16, 2014 “The Hupacasath First Nation put the Chinese government on notice today, stating it does not ...

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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Negligence re Climate Change in Canada




Harper Named World's 'Worst Climate Villain' After Damning Report - Huffington Post Canada

http://news.google.com Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:47:27 GMT
Harper Named World's 'Worst Climate Villain' After Damning ReportHuffington Post CanadaAnd while the authors say that "no single country is yet on track to prevent dangerous climate change," they are especially tough on Canada, saying it "still shows ...
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How the effects of climate change in Arctic Canada are shrinking polar bears - The Globe and Mail

http://news.google.com Fri, 03 Oct 2014 03:57:07 GMT
How the effects of climate change in Arctic Canada are shrinking polar bearsThe Globe and MailPolar bears are an international symbol of Canada and a barometer for what is happening in the climate-sensitive North. And according to wildlife experts no ...
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Federal government keeping oil and gas regulations secret: report - Ottawa Citizen

http://news.google.com Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:55:50 GMT
Ottawa CitizenFederal government keeping oil and gas regulations secret: reportOttawa CitizenView of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 25, 2009. Greenpeace is calling for ...
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French envoy says Canada needs to catch up to others on climate change - The Globe and Mail

http://news.google.com Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:43:54 GMT
CTV NewsFrench envoy says Canada needs to catch up to others on climate changeThe Globe and MailThe man tasked by France's President with building support for a global climate change treaty sees Canada as one of those countries unwilling to face up t ...
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Why climate litigation could soon go global - The Globe and Mail

http://news.google.com Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:00:02 GMT
MetroNews CanadaWhy climate litigation could soon go globalThe Globe and MailAndrew Gage is Staff Counsel and head of the Climate Change program at West Coast Environmental Law. Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and Int ...
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The world's worst climate change villains? Step forward, prime ministers of ... - New Statesman

http://news.google.com Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:18:16 GMT
The world's worst climate change villains? Step forward, prime ministers of ...New StatesmanCanada once had a shot at being the world's leader on climate change. Back in 2002, America's northern neighbours had ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the world's ...

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Canadians Are Losing Out as They Deny Climate Change



Canada's perpetual climate charade - The Globe and Mail

http://news.google.com Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:00:02 GMT
Montreal GazetteCanada's perpetual climate charadeThe Globe and MailWhile the Harper government brazenly brags about its performance, it turns out (as everyone following the issue of climate change has known and said) that provincial actions have acc ...
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Climate change forcing fish stocks north: Study - MetroNews 
Canada

http://news.google.com Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:01:50 GMT
MetroNews CanadaClimate change forcing fish stocks north: StudyMetroNews CanadaA study has produced the strongest evidence yet that climate change is forcing hundreds of valuable fish species toward the poles. The paper, published in the ICES Journal ...
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New Democrats, Liberals should set a better course on climate change: Editorial - Toronto Star

http://news.google.com Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:57:20 GMT
Toronto StarNew Democrats, Liberals should set a better course on climate change: EditorialToronto StarCanadians aren't happy about it. And many want to set a better example. A poll by Canada 2020, a progressive think tank, found that 77 per cent of ...
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Climate and corruption in Canada - The Chronicle Journal

http://news.google.com Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:13:50 GMT
Troy MediaClimate and corruption in CanadaThe Chronicle JournalClimate change, after all, is complex. Scholars call it a “super wicked” problem, the kind of problem that appears to defy resolution because of the “enormous interdependencies, uncertain ...
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Canadian climate neglected - Queen's Journal

http://news.google.com Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:51:06 GMT
Queen's JournalCanadian climate neglectedQueen's JournalThis should be used as motivation to encourage grassroots change and sway the views of current leaders. Canada is running a “sustainability deficit” – a failure to commit to climate change polic ...
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New Report: Who Will Pay for the Costs and Damages of Climate Change? - De Smog Blog (blog)

http://news.google.com Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:30:58 GMT
De Smog Blog (blog)New Report: Who Will Pay for the Costs and Damages of Climate Change?De Smog Blog (blog)Canadian oil and gas companies could be liable for billions of dollars of damages per year for their contribution to climate change caused by t ...

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A Look At Harper Popularity on Twitter




Glenn Greenwald
Sat Oct 25 13:35:40 +0000 2014
Even by the standards set by western leaders, the speed & aggression of PM Harper to exploit these attacks for new powers is impressive.
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Dr. M. H. Rajabally
Sun Oct 26 20:20:52 +0000 2014
#British comedian Russell Brand criticizes Harper's reacton to Ottawa shooting https://t.co/tCE2xFuXfU
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Not Given
Sun Oct 26 20:20:40 +0000 2014
Stephen Harper fails to grasp Canadian values, he endangers the peace and common good, he diminishes #Canada #cdnpoli http://t.co/o0PgkAnUMY
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gindaanis
Sun Oct 26 20:20:31 +0000 2014
Interesting that in the wake of last week the cartoons about Harper are mocking and the ones about the soldiers are respectful. #cdnpoli
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Tauseef Hassan
Sun Oct 26 20:20:29 +0000 2014
RT @01CindyLee: Is Harper a traitor? #cdnpoli http://t.co/aHXb9T0ALR
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David Manderso
Sun Oct 26 20:20:14 +0000 2014
Harper Dictatorship's Self-Serving Anti-Terrorist Agenda http://t.co/Simr0pOdBG

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Some Looks At Climate Change




Terrible Effects Of Climate Change - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/category/google Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:14:00 -0700
As climate change continues, costs will go up. Indeed, the release of a 50-billion-ton reservoir of methane from melting Arctic ice, which may advance global warming by 15-to-35 years, could by itself cost $60 trillion to the ...
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Stanford scientists say drought linked to climate change

http://www.stanford.edu/?q=http://adultfriendfinder.com/go/g1266750 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0700
The atmospheric conditions associated with the unprecedented drought currently afflicting California are "very likely" linked to human-caused climate change, Stanford scientists write in a new research paper. In a new study, ...
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The Department of Defense Must Plan for the National ...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:30:39 -0700
The responsibility of the Department of Defense is the security of our country -- and that requires thinking ahead and planning for a wide range of contingencies. Climate change is a long-term trend, but with wise planning and ...
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Climate Change Could Literally Crack Society's Concrete ...

http://gizmodo.com/ Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:36:00 -0700
But concrete has a weak spot, and climate change could make it even worse. Concrete has been around since ancient times, but the formula we use now is a relatively modern invention. You see, concrete is very strong, but it ...
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The silence on climate change is deafening. It's time for us ...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:43:48 -0700
It is nearly too late, because we've know about climate change for 25 years, but the most informed scientists think that we do have a chance and some choices, if we make them now. To listen to such scientists is an amazing ...

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A Look at The Petrostate





When the Petrodollars Run Out - Foreign Policy

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/ Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:01:47 -0700
What will this mean for the future of the petrostates? In many of them, the governments are dependent on revenues from oil and gas. Two years ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a paper on budgeting with ...
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Despite Redford's Departure, the Petro State Marches On ...

http://thetyee.ca/BCBlogs/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:38:00 -0700
The media seems stunned: why would the premier, who in 2012 beat the odds and won a majority government, only serve half her term? But personal vanities and the difficult political chore of running a petro state ruled by ...
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Andrew Nikiforuk--LNG and Petro State Politics-Video ...

http://richardhughes.ca/ Thu, 02 Oct 2014 13:32:04 -0700
Andrew Nikiforuk–LNG and Petro State Politics-Video. By Richard Hughes, on October 2nd, 2014. Richard Hughes-Political Blogger. Like so many of you my concern about this runaway climate change train wreck that our politicians are ...

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