Our new Conservative Government has apparently delivered major cuts to Energy Saving programs offered by the Feds. Among the best known is the Energuide program, in which Canadians who have their homes renovated to save energy can qualify for a federal grant of several thousand dollars. About 300,000 people [including me] have used the program …
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Election Updates from Latin America
Latin America is often completely forgotten in the Mass Media, and thus by most people living in Canada and “the West”. Yet as the decades have gone on, Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean to South America, has gained strength, econmically, politically, and even militarily. The BBC has an excellent ongoing series on Latin …
The Dubya-ing of Parliament Hill has officially begun.
Canada just lost 4 more troops in Afghanistan. Since the start of this “War on Terror” (more on that below), every time a Canadian soldier or citizen has been killed in the “Warzone”, the flag above the peacetower has been lowered to half-staff. I found a wonderful picture of the flag atop the Peace Tower …
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