Archive - Sep 4, 2008
Growing gap between rich and poor continues to increase in different parts of Canada
September 4, 2008 - 6:54am | by brianbeatonNew report suggests gap growing between rich and poor in Atlantic region
Canadian Press: September 4, 2008
HALIFAX - A new study on household debt, financial security and the wealth gap in Atlantic Canada suggests things have grown worse for the region's poor over the past decade.
Making climate change instead of war a priority with the Security Council at the United Nations
September 4, 2008 - 6:08am | by brianbeatonNext week, desperate due to accelerating sea level rise, a group of small islands' leaders plan to take the unprecedented step of putting a resolution before the United Nations calling upon the Security Council itself to address climate change. Stand with these threatened people:
Changing the production of status cards by INAC in Ottawa early in 2009 to create "secure" card
September 4, 2008 - 5:50am | by brianbeatonA recent news release from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (see below) highlights some of the changes that First Nations can expect "early in 2009" when a new status card is required. For more information about INAC's plans for producing these new "secure" status cards visit the INAC web site at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/pub/ywtk/ifk-eng.asp.