Tim Hudak avoids leadership review

In Ontario we have a minority Liberal government with the PCs the main opposition. Hudak was first elected under Harris in 1995. The policy convention extols American style policies like “Right to Work” which means for less, thus growing inequality at the Provincial level. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-pc-leader-tim-hudak-won-t-face-leadership-review-1.1863351  ...

Toronto Police Officer found guilty of assault

of Adam Nobody; a protester at the Toronto G20 from 2010. It was a suprise given that many officers had trouble recognizing their co workers while committing offences. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/g20-officer-guilty-of-assaulting-protester-with-weapon-1.1700822  ...

Peter Shurman removed as Finance Critic

for not returning his housing allowance which is close to the limit! As critic was looking out for the taxpayer except in his own situation played the rules to get taxpayer funding despite his great salary. He was also critical of Occupy Toronto! As the Fall sitting of the Province continues they will be creating a new financial watch dog position. Whereas the Federal Conservatives have delayed sitting till late October and has made a librarian the new Federal financial watch dog replacing Kevin Page. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/09/08/ontario-peter.html  ...

Aug. Unemployment rate goes down due to part time jobs

which is a problem for anyone wanting to make a reasonable living. The Sept. numbers hopefully will be better as teachers and students go back to school. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2013/09/06/employment-canada.html  ...

Economics Workshops

Our Economics Workshops are back after the summer hiatus. When: Tuesday, Sep, 3rd 6:30 – 8:30. Where: Steel Workers Hall, 25 Cecil St., Toronto. Topic: Stop trade agreements that put profits over people and environment. Harper’s trade policies – undebatted not only by the public but also by parliament – are selling Canada’s sovereign interests to corporate interests, including the highly troubling sell-out of control over our resources to Chinese state corporations that the FIPPA with China will entail. As usual, Harper’s government is steered by the hands of a group of former Reform ideologues with only amateurish understanding of the topics they are able to unaccountably deal with under the power screen of the conservative majority. And, as someone who spent 6 years working in China, I find the naivety with which they have approached the FIPPA with China breathtaking. For others who agree with my assessment, see the link below. Our workshop will discuss both the facts of the matter as well as what strategies we should follow. We, in COMER and Occupy Economics, must link with other Canadian groups opposing this undemocratic sell-out and work to bring this to the Canadian people, who is sure to reject signing these treaties if they were aware of what is going on. Links to the view on FIPPA by Gus Van Harten, a leading Canadian expert on international trade law. His credentials is that he is an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and author of Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law (Oxford University Press, 2007): http://thetyee.ca/Bios/Gus_Van_Harten/ When: Tuesday, Sep, 10rd 6:30 – 8:30. Where: Steel Workers Hall, 25 Cecil St., Toronto. Topic: Stop the spread of Harper’s economic fallacies. As I have predicted for some time, Harper is betting the next election on the economy. This was confirmed by a speech to conservative supporters during his recent ‘Northern Tour’ where he in his usual shrill voice claimed it would be ‘dangerous’ if the opposition parties were to get control of Canada’s economic policies. This from a man whose economic policies are setting Canada on a course to become a second-tier nation increasingly dependent upon export of dirty carbon resources, and a nation in which growing income inequalities translate into stagnant living standards for everyone outside the 1%. However, the conservative spin machine, whose funding Harper with his now well-established disregard for the democratic rules and existing laws supplements with ample public money by parading conservative propaganda as ‘public information’, will continue on full blast, attempting to cement the misconceptions that Canada ‘did better than her peer nations during the crisis’ and ‘without the conservative austerity reining in deficits (in reality mostly created by their own tax cuts), we would become the next Greece’. In Occupy Economics, we have the knowledge tools to expose these fallacies. Our contribution to prevent reelection of Harper’s conservative at the next election must be to develop this into an effective counter-narrative that expose the real conditions of the economy. This, and spreading the counter-narrative through effective information campaigns, must be the focus of our work this fall. As usual, the workshops are free...

Chief Bill Blair

has not been forth coming with information requested by the SIU over a few years. Blair’s “Independent” Justice O’connor had to step down because of a “percieved” conflict; that his law firm works for cases involving police actions and has been replaced. There is a radio spat as Blair continues to protect Toronto Police form the SIU; made up of ex cops… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/08/29/toronto-siu-director-scott-blair.html  ...

James Forcillo has been charged

with 2nd degree murder of Sammy Yatim. The approach was sped up probably due to the video and public protests! There is the SIU and Ombudsman investigation as well as Chief Blair&#8217s &#8220Independent&#8221 one by Justice O&#8217connor. The earlier pattern is that Police get off the charges although in this case there is video of Forcillo not attempting to deescalate the situation as is education and clearly firing 9 shots&#8230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/08/19/toronto-police-shooting-yatim-officer-charged.html &nbsp...

Pamela Wallin to be investigated by the RCMP

since the independent audit that she claimed was flawed would show she had personal travel to Toronto rather than Wadena, Saskatchewan the Province that she represents but barely lives there extended adequate&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/13/pamela_wallin_senate_sends_costs_audit_to_rcmp.html &nbsp...

Conservatives now charging $275

given that July 31to employers to employ temporary foreign workers as they continue their moves towards a low wage economy for the corporations&#8230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/08/07/pol-short-term-foreign-workers-changes-in-effect-july-31.html &nbsp...

Conservative Job Grant Scheme

appears to claw back existing funding to the Provinces who are closer to the folks they serve. The &#822015,000.00&#8243 is exactly where $ five,000.00 comes from the Feds which then has to be matched evenly by the Province AND Private sector all the whilst Jason Kenney who previously got much more migrant workers in now beholden to the Oil Capitalists to find much more workers and now get them the abilities&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/25/premiers_pan_ottawas_canada_job_grant.html &nbsp...

Conservatives suspend EI investigator

for letting public know about the Conservative quota of $ 485,000 fraud quota per investigator. Sylvie Therrien leaked documents that revealed federal strategy which to date has reduced spend outs by more than 2% EI stands for Employment Insurance http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/22/suspension_of_ei_whistleblower_sets_harmful_precedent_critics_say.html &nbsp...

Harper the dictator has an enemies list

that was distributed to the newby  Cabinet members. Which is at present at 39 is the biggest ever acquiring paid higher than the average MP&#8230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/16/pol-cabinet-shuffle-enemy-lists.html &nbsp...

Harper shuffles his cabinet

as some MPs are not standing for election in 2015 OR had been genuinely undesirable at their job&#8230so a few token MPs get the higher spend as they understand their portfolio prior to the Fall parliamentary session&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/15/harper_cabinet_shuffle_eight_new_ministers_to_be_named.html &nbsp...

Conservative MP Vic Toews actions down

these days soon after becoming on the Public payroll given that 2000. He tried to enact an web servaillance bill until a person starting posting specifics of his public divorce on the internet&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/08/conservative_cabinet_minister_vic_toews_resigns.html &nbsp...

Conservative senator Marjorie LeBreton actions down

from the Cabinet following 7 years and will nonetheless remain around till she is 75 collecting a salary. Possessing to lead through a bunch of scandals is tough adequate for this senator initial appointed by Mulroney in 1993&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/04/conservative_senate_leader_marjory_lebreton_leaving_cabinet.html &nbsp...

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