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Once again, the report card is in, and our Great God, Moloch, aka Economic Growth, has failed to deliver on its promise of eliminating poverty. Child poverty that is. Despite a pledge made two decades ago to see that it would come to an end, Statistics Canada recently revealed that 17% of Canadian children live in impoverished conditions, along with just under…

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For those who recall the scene when Neville Chamberlain stepped down on the tarmac of London’s Heston aerodrome on September 30^th of 1938 waving his piece of paper, the announcement by the B. C. government on October 16, 2007 must have seemed like déjà vu. On both occasions, an announcement promising ‘peace in our time’ (for people or wildlife) was met with jubilant relief from people who wanted to believe…

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In response to my sarcastic essay about the Saskatchewan NDP's promotion of "shared" growth, Australian Greg Wood had this to say:

Growth can be presented as a loss not a gain

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NDP Premier Lorne Calvert, in calling an election for November 7, declared that growth was a good thing, so long as it was “shared”.

This fascinating concept is meant to stake out a distinctive position for social democrats on the ideological spectrum.

Whereas the Saskatchewan Party and the Liberals---the “right”---follow the old formula that growth of any kind is to be…

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I should like to make the following

Public Service Announcement

On behalf of the

WOLVES, COUGARS AND BEARS OF QUADRA ISLAND

Re. their OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN

As residents of the island since the last ice age, their voice has never been heard in the formulation…

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