Ontario NDP Leadership Race - I'm supporting Michael Prue

Straight Goods - Why I'm supporting Michael Prue for leader of the ONDP - Although all the candidates are attractive, Prue is the only one who has actually led a government (as Mayor of East York).

This article pretty much sums up my own reasons.

Conservative cover-up of their fault in the lysteriosis deaths coming back to haunt them

HealthZone.ca - News & Features - Opposition slams Tories over listeriosis secrecy

"What has the prime minister got to hide?"

Civilian deaths on the rise in Afghanistan

globeandmail.com: Afghan civilian deaths up 40 per cent: UN

KABUL — The number of Afghan civilians killed in armed conflict rose 40 per cent last year to a record 2,118 people as the Afghan war turned increasingly bloody, the United Nations said in a new report Tuesday.

The report said insurgents were responsible for 55 per cent of the deaths, but that United States, NATO and Afghan forces killed 829 civilians, or 39 per cent. Of those, 552 deaths were blamed on air strikes.

Support the troops - either bring them home, or set them up keeping the peace. Lets stop killing civilians and be peacekeepers again.

Conservatives don't care about your health safety

HealthZone.ca - Diet & Fitness - Vets target meat inspection plan

During the Conservatives' last term, they began cutting back on inspectors. As a result, we had the lysteriosis outbreak(s). Now, they want to further dismantle the inspection system.
How many people do they have to kill with their negligent policies before they and the public catch on?

Amnesty International asks Harper to bring Khadr home

TheStar.com | Canada | Amnesty asks Harper to bring Khadr home < read full story

OTTAWA — Amnesty International has written an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling for the repatriation of Canadian Omar Khadr from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

"While the responsibility for closing Guantanamo Bay in a manner consistent with international human rights requirements rests with the U.S. administration, other countries should assist and cooperate in that effort," the letter states.

The human rights organization plans to deliver a petition signed by 50,000 Canadians to Harper today, asking the Conservative government to bring Khadr home.

The letter urges Harper to make three Guantanamo-related concerns a topic of discussion with U.S. President Barack Obama when he visits Ottawa Feb. 19 and to tell him that Canada is ready to participate in solving the problems.

"We urge that you immediately make a request to U.S. government officials for the repatriation of Omar Khadr to Canada, where his case will be dealt with under Canadian law in a manner that recognizes his status as a child soldier," the letter says.

Khadr was 15 years old when he was charged in the death of U.S. Sgt. Christopher Speer during a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan. He has been held at Guantanamo ever since.