Canada languishes in world rankings for government openness - Politics. As the 30th anniversary of the federal Access to Information Act approaches, Canada finds itself tied for 51st in the world on a list of freedom-of-information rankings, languishing behind Angola, Colombia and Niger.
After some number-crunching to standardize findings, it turns out Canada is even lower on the list — 11 spots to be exact — than when it was first published last September as part of a groundbreaking project by Halifax-based Centre for Law and Democracy and Access Info Europe of Madrid. "As a country that was once among the world's leaders in government openness, it is unfortunate that Canada has dropped so far down the list. Partly, this is the result of global progress, with which Canada has failed to keep pace," says an analysis accompanying the rankings. Montreal protesters vow not to retreat over tuition fees and Bill 78. Thousands of students and their supporters marched through Montreal on Friday in a demonstration against tuition fee hikes and an emergency anti-protest law that led to the mid-May suspension of classes in Quebec.
The protest began at 2pm with a rally at Place du Canada, then wound through downtown and crawled up Avenue du Parc before settling for a closing rally at Parc du Mont-Royal, adjacent to McGill University. Protesters carried signs reading "Nous ne réculerons" – "We shall not retreat" – and sported carré rouges. The small, square pieces of corduroy or felt fastened to clothing with a safety pin – if not painted on arms, faces or abdomens – are the visualization of the wordplay inspired by the French phrase "carrément dans le rouge," or "squarely in the red. " Students say they're being trapped in debt, and instead favor free, well-funded university programmes. Students in Quebec currently pay among the lowest tuition in the country, according to Statistics Canada. Canada falls out of top fifty in global freedom of information rankings. As the 30th anniversary of the federal Access to Information Act approaches, Canada finds itself tied for 51st in the world on a list of freedom-of-information rankings, languishing behind Angola, Colombia and Niger.
After some number-crunching to standardize findings, it turns out Canada is even lower on the list — 11 spots to be exact — than when it was first published last September as part of a ground breaking project by Halifax-based Centre for Law and Democracy and Access Info Europe of Madrid. “As a country that was once among the world’s leaders in government openness, it is unfortunate that Canada has dropped so far down the list. Conservatives have campaigned and governed with no regard for democracy. Michael Harris is a writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker.
He was awarded a Doctor of Laws for his “unceasing pursuit of justice for the less fortunate among us.” His eight books include Justice Denied, Unholy Orders, Rare ambition, Lament for an Ocean, and Con Game. His work has sparked four commissions of inquiry, and three of his books have been made into movies. Aboriginal people file hundreds of human rights complaints - Canada.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has received more than 300 complaints from aboriginal people and First Nations groups since 2008, when legislation was changed to allow the commission to look at issues such as reserve housing and federal funding for reserve services.
Oejr0uzj Shared by 404SystemError. Welcome to "The"Killing Fields" of Canada. "Last year, at a conference of the Manning Institute, founded by the leader of the old Reform Party, Harper’s former communications director,Kory Teneycke, told a student: “If you have a teacher or examples of teachers who are trying to jam lefty philosophy down your throat, please send me an email. . .
I’d love to make them famous.” Yes boys and Girls, this is the same Kory Teneycke who, with Stephen Harper, our Prime Minister, met with the powers that be behind Fox News, The Same Kory Teneycke who advocated for Licensing of Sun TV with the CRTC (the same Sun TV on who's behalf the PMO put pressure on the CRTC president to license), the same Kory Teneycke who left Sun TV because of "tampering" with an on-line petition to discredit an attempt by Avaaz to block licensing of Sun TV, the same Kory Teneycke who is now back with Sun TV (aka, Fox News North). The Same Sun TV that almost weekly submits freedom of information requests regarding the CBC. So are you following the thread thus far? Former Environment Canada Employee on Harper’s Conservative Government - Green Conduct. Here is an open letter written in May by a former employee of Environment Canada.
She describes herself as “a Canadian that cares about science and the environment.” In this letter she gives an insiders perspective on what it is like to work for a government that is systematically dismantling Canada’s environmental protections. Dear Everyone, My name is Naomi. I am Canadian. They have openly and officially denigrated anyone that supports the environment and opposes big-money oil profit as ‘radicals’. While I was working there, scientists were effectively muzzled from speaking to the media without prior confirmation with Harper’s media team – usually denied, and when allowed, totally controlled.