http://informedvote.ca Informed Vote (informedvote.ca) will keep Canadian voters informed on Canadian Politics such as Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green, as well as foreign issues like the Israel palestine conflict and local issues like the CUPE strike Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:16:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/20/what-do-nov-9-by-elections-yawn-mean-for-child-youth-and-family-advocates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-nov-9-by-elections-yawn-mean-for-child-youth-and-family-advocates http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/20/what-do-nov-9-by-elections-yawn-mean-for-child-youth-and-family-advocates/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:50:14 +0000 Lynne Melcombe http://informedvote.ca/?p=1095

Child Labour: Not in Canada, You Say? Who in Canada is not familiar with the work of...

Activating our Youth; A Healthy Environment for Children As a teenager, I took a trip with my family...

Campaign 2000 Reports 1 in 10 Canadian Children Living in Poverty – But Beware of Holes in the Data On Tuesday, Campaign 2000 released its annual report on child...

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NDP Leader Jack Layton Proposes "Buy Canadian" Strategy It all started when Barack Obama included “Buy American” language...

Feds Sell Provinces to World Trade Organization Under Cover of “Buy American” Seemingly lost amidst the Olympic shuffle last week was an...

The Case for a Careful North American Union The concept of a North American Union in many incarnations...

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Cabinet Shuffle Firstly let us recall that the small government-touting Conservatives have...

Like a Master Cabinet Maker, The Prime Minister Must Use Care and Quality Resources When Crafting a Cabinet Sir John A. MacDonald once inscribed his occupation as cabinet...

How Stephen Harper & Jim Prentice Left the Climate Summit in Copenhagen With George Orwell’s 1984 Terminology from George Orwell’s classic novel 1984 often gets thrown...

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127th Canadian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan One hundred and twenty-seven soldiers dead. That’s the causality count...

Will the real Success in Afghanistan be the Acceptance of a Timely Withdrawal? As Operation Moshtarak continues at this very moment it is...

Is 2011 a Realistic Date for the Withdrawal of Troops in Afghanistan? The last few weeks have seen a flurry of promises,...

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“You Can’t Sink a Howe”: Optimism Among Political Leaders in Canadian History Martin Seligman is a leader in the positive psychology movement....

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Economic Policy of Deficit Reduction is Not What it Seems Let’s get straight to the point. The deficit is an...

Jobless Rate Increases – 34,400 Jobs Lost in December Statistics Canada announced on Friday that 34,400 jobs were lost...

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Obama Administration Unveils Efforts to Limit Excessive Executive Pay On February 5th, I commented on Obama’s plan to impose...

The Obama-Harper Tapes President Obama’s first meeting with Stephen Harper was suppose to...

Challenges Facing Nortel Employees & Canadian Pension Plans Saving money for one’s golden years, when working is no...

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A Re-examination of American Protectionism “Buy American” provisions in the U.S. stimulus package have become...

Jack Layton Warns of “Brown” Economy Threat. In a stunning move this week, Jack Layton, slammed the...

Jack Layton Speaks At Medicinal Marijuana Fundraiser NDP Leader Jack Layton was the guest of honour at...

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Liberals Support Conservative Budget Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced today that he would support...

Harper Bites Liberal Budget Bullet MPs voted 214 to 84 in favour of the Liberal...

Bill to Abolish Long-Gun Registry in Canada Passes Second Reading in the House of Commons Yesterday’s sitting in the House of Commons to scrap the...

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House of Commons Approves Conservative Budget The budget was approved today by a 211 – 91...

Liberals Support Conservative Budget Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced today that he would support...

Ignatieff Blames Harper for Upcoming Budget Deficit Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff lashed out at Harper for the...

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House of Commons Approves Conservative Budget The budget was approved today by a 211 – 91...

Ignatieff Blames Harper for Upcoming Budget Deficit Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff lashed out at Harper for the...

Harper, Flaherty, and their Budget - Can a Coalition Still Be Possible? Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday January 9th, that...

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