Sunday, June 08, 2008

...Review the human rights commission....................St.Catharines Standard

"If there is any common sense in Ottawa, and that may be asking a lot, then the federal government's Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights will follow Rick Dykstra's advice.

The St. Catharines MP has introduced a motion to have the committee review the controversial section 13.1 of the Canada Human Rights Act that is at the heart of two recent high-profile human rights cases.

Dykstra is also asking for a review of the mandate and operations of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

We have the right to be free of slander and discrimination, but not to not be offended"

"Just 17% of voters nationwide believe that most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of election campaigns." Rasmussen

Oliver North.."Those who landed on the beaches of Normandy sixty-four years ago were American heroes. So are those who serve today."

Ezra Levant

Border

Businessweek- online auctions

London investigation

"INVESTIGATORS ordered in by Boris Johnson, the new mayor of London, have found endemic waste in the way millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money was spent by the former regime of Ken Livingstone......

A separate police investigation, led by John Yates, the Scotland Yard detective who headed the cash for honours inquiry, has uncovered evidence of corruption that it believes will produce criminal prosecutions.

Both inquiries focus mainly on the London Development Agency (LDA), a body overseen by Livingstone, which spent £1.5 billion in four years awarding grants to an array of “community projects”


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Shale oil......... NYPost

"There are only 85 million barrels of oil produced globally every day. I don't think you can increase that 85 million," he said recently. "By the third quarter of this year, demand will probably be 87 million. Eighty-five won't cover 87."

A 2% increase in demand doesn't warrant a 35% increase in price- other than speculation and drop in U.S. dollar.

Expenditures..............Sue-Ann Levy

"Minnan-Wong expects the takedown will be over $500 million, a cost the city can ill-afford especially with no money to address the $300-million backlog in road and bridge repairs (and city officials levying a roster of new taxes to pay for their pet projects)".

Dion's Tax on Everything



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