Editorials

By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky

The Bombing of Civilian Targets

The objective is not to come to the rescue of civilians.

Quite the opposite. Both military as well as civilian targets have been pre-selected. 

Civilian casualties are intentional. They are not the result of "collateral damage".

Early reports confirm that hospitals, civilian airports and government buildings have been bombed.

Americans regard Canada as a quiet and likeable neighbour. But there are gaping holes in their knowledge of Canadian geography, culture and politics.

This ignorance – illustrated in a series of recent polls – should concern this country. As global power dynamics shift, and China and India grow in importance, Canada must work harder to educate Americans about its continuing strategic significance

And, if nothing else, please remember the utter contempt our present Prime Minister expressed for Canada, just over a decade ago.

Under the gavel of Associate Chief Justice Anne MacKenzie of the B.C. Supreme Court the (BC Rail Scandal) Basi, Virk, and Basi trial came to a horrendous, aborted end.  The Gordon Campbell government which effected the corrupt transfer of BC Rail to CNR paid all the costs ($6 million) of the Defence even though two of the three accused were convicted. Who is Anne MacKenzie, and what was the milieu in which she worked?

From Embassy Magazine

The day after a non-partisan parliamentary report said the purchase of 65 F-35 stealth fighter jets would cost $30 billion, or twice what the government had originally projected, Prime Minister Stephen Harper came out swinging.

By Dana Gabriel

There were growing concerns over drug violence prior to the recent U.S.-Mexico summit, along with other issues which have been a source of friction between the two countries. Despite any perceived tension, both leaders showcased their bilateral partnership and vowed to enhance collaboration. They focused on immigration, along with economic issues and took steps to end the long-standing dispute over cross-border trucking. The leaders also agreed to further deepen their cooperation in combating drug cartels. 

by Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Part II

Part I  Insurrection and Military Intervention: The US NATO Attempted Coup d'Etat in Libya?

The geopolitical and economic implications of a US-NATO led military intervention directed against Libya are far-reaching.

Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.

The early death of James Travers, national affairs columnist for the Toronto Star, at the early age of 62, has evoked genuine grief and mourning.  An award winning column Travers wrote in 2009 has been reprinted - and it opens the whole, ugly question of the failure of the Mainstream Press and Media in our time.

By Dana Gabriel

Out of the ashes of the defunct Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), the U.S. has pursued simultaneous bilateral agendas with both Canada and Mexico, in an effort to further deepen North American economic and security integration. While the NAFTA framework remains intact, a recent announcement by Canada and the U.S. to work towards a trade and security perimeter agreement without Mexico, has some questioning the future of the whole trilateral process.

by Colin Perkel

A full-scale public inquiry is needed in light of the widespread and violent trampling of civil rights by police at last summer’s $1-billion G20 summit in Toronto, a new report concludes.

The latest development in the BC Rail Scandal suggests a complete breakdown in BC society.  Social media fight Mainstream Media openly - mirroring a breakdown of confidence in the courts, the RCMP, government probity.