Posted by Woman at Mile 0 on April 30th, 2007 in Canadian-Politics, Child Care, Children, Federal Conservatives, education
Famous Canadian, early childhood guru, Dr. Fraser Mustard got my attention today with this Hamilton Spectator article where he calls some parents “gawdawful”. I have admired Dr. Mustard’s work since he first published the Early Years Report in 1999. He is a great Canadian researcher and early childhood advocate. Today he announces [...]
Posted by Woman at Mile 0 on April 27th, 2007 in Canadian-Politics, Environment, Federal Conservatives
Suzuki calls the Con greenhouse gas plan a sham.
If your looking for something to do, head on over to CTV and check out their online poll. CTV wants to know if the Con plan is tough enough.
Canada’s newest plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions will be much too little and too late, environmentalists said [...]
Posted by Woman at Mile 0 on April 26th, 2007 in British Columbia, Canadian-Politics, Child Care
I found this article and I was blown away by the numbers waiting for a child care space in Vancouver.
Vancouver’s 9,200 licensed childcare spaces are stretched to the breaking point, with an estimated 62,000 children under the age of 12 battling for access. It is now not unusual for parents to wait years for their [...]
Posted by Woman at Mile 0 on April 24th, 2007 in Afghanistan, Canadian-Politics, Federal Conservatives, Human Rights, World Politics
It is interesting that many of the Con blogging tory guru’s (I say Cons not Tories) appear to think it’s OK to torture the Canadian Taliban prisoners (H/T to Where’d That Bug Go). Is this because we are contracting out the job to the Afghans? Would they have the same opinion if Canadians were [...]
Posted by Woman at Mile 0 on April 23rd, 2007 in Canadian-Politics, Dion, Food, World Politics, bio-fuels
No say it ain’t so! The end of cheap beer in Germany is at hand due to the full-tilt worldwide expansion of using food to produce biofuels for our vehicles.
Germans will have to dig deeper in their pockets to enjoy their beloved beer in the next few months as barley is increasingly displaced [...]
Posted by Woman at Mile 0 on April 22nd, 2007 in Dion, Election Reform, Federal Liberals, Green Party
Ok now I am really excited. Way to go Dion! I think its a huge step forward for the Libs. Canadians will like these progressive moves!
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has agreed to explore reforms to Canada’s electoral system as part of his non-compete agreement with Green Leader Elizabeth May.
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