Chief's Urgent Message.. Teachers Contracts Imposed

January 3, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Top Chief Gives Harper Urgent Invitation First Nations leaders are meeting today to clarify the demands of hunger-striker Chief Theresa Spence, in the hopes of getting closer to a resolution of recent unrest. Continue reading... Ontario's Government Imposes Contracts On Teachers, With A Catch Evil Unions Or Evil Government? Twitter Reacts To Teachers Contracts Judge Orders Rail Blockade Be Taken Down Idle No More Sarnia CN Rail Blockade Ordered Taken Down By Judge Ford Welcomes Torontonians To Annual Levee Ontario Teachers Contracts Imposed Using Controversial Legislation KEITH BEARDSLEY The Idle No More Movement Is More of a Stand-Still As we enter the new year, it is time for Chief Spence and Prime Minister Harper to pause and reflect about their on-going standoff. Both sides need to feel that they have won and both sides need to find a way to declare victory. Only then can the two sides proceed to the next step which should be fresh dialogue and agreed to solutions for key First Nations issues. Continue reading... JULIAN FANTINO Canada's Foreign Aid Is Getting Results The single woman entrepreneur operating a start-up business in a remote village of Bangladesh is just as important as the large multinational company employing hundreds of thousands of people around the globe. CIDA works with both to help alleviate poverty in the developing world. Our government will continue to be there when humanitarian crises strikes the globe's most vulnerable. But our long-term goal is to help people help themselves, so that they can move themselves and their families from poverty to prosperity -- a result I believe all Canadians can take pride in. Continue reading... DARIUSZ DZIEWANSKI Is Canada's Foreign Aid Just About Looking Good? Since 2004, Canada's foreign aid strategy has experienced a noticeable move along a spectrum from morality to national self-interest. Whether you call it a tipping point or a crisis, the shift in Canada's aid policy poses some fundamental questions of us as Canadians; for instance: why do we give foreign aid? Continue reading... MICHAEL QAQISH Trudeau Ends 2012 With a Photo Finish As most of us were busy with family and friends over the Christmas break, one Federal Liberal leadership hopeful was occupied with strategically advancing his lead over the rest. Perhaps most surprising was the fact that it was the perceived front runner, Justin Trudeau. Continue reading... LAILA YUILE How Christy Clark Set The Standard For Vulgar Questions, Innuendo I'm still shaking my head at a column by the Times-Colonist's editor-in-chief on the double standard being applied to poor Christy Clark who was asked by a radio DJ if she would rather be a MILF or a cougar. She sure did answer the quickly... with the worst answer a politician could have come up with, male or female. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.