I have a friend. Fred Konkle. He used to live in St. Catharines and was the power chief at the GM Glendale plant. He is a kinda smart guy more so than I realized when we used to be drinking buddies. He now lives on Vancouver Island and we still keep in touch. Below is …
Month: October 2017
Free and Fair Elections?
We are a country that believes in free and fair elections, at least that is the message our government sends out to the world even while we support regime changes that suppress democracy.
Thinking Universality – Financing and Sustaining Social Programs
It should be recognized that to deny the wealthy from financially benefiting from social programs is a mistake. Applying a means test would be bureaucratic, costly and could be unfair. If the wealthy have to contribute to something they do not benefit from they may limit or withdraw their support resulting in underfunded programs. Better …
North South
When i hear Canadian conservatives say we need a business man for a leader, I say look South
A Distinctive Difference
The fact that the Federal NDP elected a Sikh as its new leader is a remarkable statement. It expresses a faith in the Canadian people being receptive of and voting for a leader from a visible ethnic minority practicing a religion foreign to Canadian tradition. Can’t see this happening in the U.S. which illustrates a …
A Socialist alternative to Capitalism
This is an exert from www.ccfaniagara.ca . This is the web site for CCFA (Canada Cuba Friendship Association) Niagara CUBAN ECONOMY Cuba’s Socialist Economy Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterized by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production. Cuba has a socialist economy wherein the government employs more …
Saving the Planet
Global warning and climate change are real, and our media should be doing far more to create awareness. Governments must with the highest priority show leadership and adopt policies to stave off the pending disaster that will surely occur if we fail to reduce CO2 emissions and curtail environmentally damaging practices. …
Venezuela Thoughts
Venezuelan Thoughts October 5, 2017 Canada has joined the U.S. in placing sanctions against Venezuela lending support for the overthrow of the elected Venezuelan President and his Socialist Government. This is part of the U.S. effort for another regime change to install a U.S. friendly government and get control of the oil. There are two …
Trump does not like Cuba
Unfortunately, Trump is stepping up American aggression against Cuba. In so doing he, once again, is alienating many countries and peoples that have come to respect Cuba for its humanist internationalism. The fact that Cuba has responded to crisis around the world by providing health care workers and setting up hospitals contrasts with the Americans …