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Defending human rights is not only the right thing to do, it is the right-wing thing. I sense that some people have allowed a purely semantic issue to govern their response to substance. The language of “human rights” has been adapted and interpreted to mean almost anything anyone wants it to mean. The old Soviet Union claimed the [...] In a private submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, I argue that if Parliament wishes to see transaction fees for using credit cards, debit cards and other transaction methods go down there is a very, very simple solution: require that all transaction fees be paid directly by the consumer generating the cost [...] Sunday May 17, 2009 Andrew Bartholomew Chaplin BY E-MAIL: c…@parl.gc.ca RE: Temporary Foreign Workers I write on my own behalf and represent no client or interest other than myself as an individual. I have followed the work of the Committee in some detail. [...] As governments embark on the worthy quest to defeat the recession dragon, it is more important than ever that all of the resources available be used wisely and with due care to the source of those resources: the people. As I write this column there are tens of thousands of government employees also writing. A huge [...] I have remained non-partisan since about 1993. My political baggage includes being an active member of the Liberal Party and later the Conservatives. I have financially supported candidates for the NDP. Ultimately none of the parties is a good fit for my eclectic political outlook. My policy choices tend to be heavily rooted in the concepts [...] The Liberal Party of Canada was known for generations as the “natural governing party.” It won the vast majority of elections and occupied government to the point of dominating Canadian political history. What is missing in the postmortems of the recent electoral defeat of the Liberal Party is any evidence of understanding that history. The Liberal [...] In part 1 I laid out the general case against the industry. In part 2 I set out time-tested public policy responses to address the lack of competition in the oil industry. In this, the final part, I will directly address the question of speculation. Speculation is fueled by the expectation of immediate or very short [...] In part one of this series I demonstrate the inherent lack of competitive forces in the vertically integrated, highly concentrated oil industry. Some have responded that the oil industry is extremely competitive, pointing to junior exploration companies and the like duking it out to find a well. To a great extent and in some countries that observation [...] Gas could fall to $2 if Congress acts, analysts say – MarketWatch Many reports are now coming that over 70% of the trading on energy commodity markets is being conducted by “speculators.” In the above cited MarketWatch story Neal Ryan, manager at Ryan Oil [...] The United States is at the dawn of change for the world. In their presidential election it does not matter which candidate is elected, the world is already a better place for the actions of millions of U.S. citizens in participating in their democracy. Much of the world actively hates Republicans because they see that party [...] |
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