Contestant's flip answer reveals state of nation.
from Family Feud
Dec 082012
Dec 062012
Dec 062012
Famous authors fight over comma placement.
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Dec 062012
Environmental Commissioner's report charges cuts will cripple vital programs.
by SGNews staff
TORONTO, December 4, 2012 — Ontario's Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, says the Ontario government is backing away from its plan to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
Gord Miller today released "A Question of Commitment," the 2012 edition of his annual review of the government's Climate Change Action Plan. The 2007 plan established province-wide targets for reducing GHG emissions, as well as programs for reducing emissions in six sectors: electricity, transportation, industry, buildings, agriculture and waste.
Dec 062012
Carolyn Egan accepts the Constance E Hamilton Award on the Status of Women.
Dec 042012
Dec 032012
An instructive fairy tale.
by SGNews Staff
Tax the rich: An animated fairy tale, is narrated by Ed Asner, with animation by award-winning artist Mike Konopacki, and written and directed by Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers. The 8 minute video shows how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality. Things go downhill in a happy and prosperous land after the rich decide they don't want to pay taxes anymore. They tell the people that there is no alternative, but the people aren't so sure. This land bears a startling resemblance to our land. After you watch this video, click here to share with friends, and send an email to your elected officials to let them know they need to restore higher federal tax rates on the wealthy so that we may once more enjoy properly funded public services.
"Can the people of this land do something to live happily ever after?" 
Dec 032012
NGO challenges Canada's claim bears are not "endangered."
by SGNews staff
MONTRÉAL, November 30 — The Center for Biological Diversity’s petition challenging Canada’s failure to protect polar bears will move forward under the North American Free Trade Agreement’s environmental dispute process. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, an entity established under NAFTA, announced today that the Center’s petition provides sufficient documentation of Canada’s violations of its own laws to warrant an official response from the country’s government.
Nov 302012
Move will force goverment to "fess up" to its own interests – Liberal Rodger Cuzner.
by SGNews staff
OTTAWA, November 30, 2012 (Straight Goods News) — Alexandre Boulerice filibustered the finance committee on Monday in a battle against Bill C-377, Russ Hiebert's private member's bill that claims to be about union accounting but that appears to be more about crippling the labour movement. The filibuster used all committee time and forced it to send the bill — which observers from all sides say is flawed — back to the House unamended.
Boulerice explained his tactic to SGNews: "The bill of Mr Hiebert is so flawed that it cannot be fixed. This is why I took my right to speak full time to explain exactly what are the problems with this bill. The cost for the government, the burden on a lot of organizations, the cost for our economy, the investments, the privacy problems, the constitutional problems. You know, that is so many problems, that I had to take this time to explain everything. I think that it was really, really important in that context. Now they have to explain if this is really, really a private bill — we will see."
Alexandre Boulerice says Bill C-377 is so flawed it cannot be fixed.
Before the bill can reach a vote the NDP has asked to speaker examine aspects of the legislation in hopes of killing it. Private member’s bills aren’t allowed to cost the government money.
When asked if the government is testing the waters and will make this into a government bill, Boulerice agreed. "Yeah, I think so. First I have asked the speaker to rule on a point of order that this bill needs the Royal recommendation because of the cost for the Canada Revenue Agency, so we are waiting for this rule. After that we will see if the government will bring back some amendments. Our position is that if the doctor tells you that you have a cancer, you need a full relief; you don't want a half a cancer. This is why we want this bill to be voted for or against."
Liberal labour critic Rodger Cuzner agreed with Boulerice. He told Straight Goods News, "I don't think there was very much doubt from the outset that this was pushed by the government. Organized labour has been in the crosshairs from the outset. The government has to 'fess up to its own responsibility. They've had 90 days to bring amendments forward, they asked for an extension, they got the extension, and then to have everything jammed up at the end… The government's at fault here."
Liberal labour critic Rodger Cuzner says the government should "fess up" to its own interest in the anti-labour Bill C-377.
Nov 292012
Open letter to HRSD Minister accuses government of "abandoning responsibility" for society's vulnerable.
by SGNews Staff
An open letter penned by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario to Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development accuses the government of abdicating responsibility for the most vulnerable in Canadian society by proposing that "social entrepeneurs" take over responsibility for social programs.