Archive - May 3, 2013
Rapid loss of Arctic sea ice worrying governments, scientists and Indigenous people
May 3, 2013 - 10:20am | by brianbeatonWhite House warned on imminent Arctic ice death spiral
National security officials worried by rapid loss of Arctic summer sea ice overlook threat of permanent global food shortages
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples finally allowed to visit Canada
May 3, 2013 - 9:39am | by brianbeatonFirst Nations groups welcome visit from UN official later this year
BY MICHAEL WOODS, POSTMEDIA NEWS APRIL 29, 2013
OTTAWA - First Nations groups say they are eager to speak with a special UN official who will visit Canada later this year to examine its human rights record toward Aboriginal Peoples.
Research, history, facts and reason being abandoned and changed by Federal government
May 3, 2013 - 9:36am | by brianbeatonFormer Tory strategist Allan Gregg rips Harper Cons' 'systematic attack' on facts and reason
BY DAVID J. CLIMENHAGA | APRIL 30, 2013
Long-time Tory pollster and strategist Allan Gregg ripped into the Harper Government on Saturday for what he termed its "systematic attack on evidence-based research."