Canada vs Venezuela
The government of Hugo Chavez has had some harsh words last week to Canada, saying Ottawa is supporting the coup plotters and disrupters in Venezuela is that
that Canada is not a country friend of Chavez, but this is not because the Harper government is ultra-right as stated by some Chavistas
The case is that the Liberal and Conservative governments have openly supported the U.S. campaign to replace the government of Venezuela
In April 2002 the military coup was a prisoner of Chavez to impose a government not elected
While the majority of Latin American leaders have condemned the coup, Canadian diplomats working under the leadership of the Liberal government remained silent
However, a year before, when Summit of the Americas in Quebec, the Liberals under Jean Chretien made a lot of noise with the new democratic clause of the Organization of American States that were supposed to guarantee democracy in the Americas
So Chavez has foiled the coup, and continued his social reforms increased the irritation of Ottawa
Proof, while the NDP called for Chavez to be invited for an official visit to Ottawa, the Liberals have chosen to invite Maria Corina Machado, in January 2005, Ms. Machado was
in charge of Sumate, an organization to meet the anti-Chavez political campaigns
Name Ms. Machado was on a list of people who endorsed the coup
Canada also funded the Sumate, giving the group $ 22 000 in 2005 and 2006
This amount, said Minister of International Cooperation Josée Verner, because Sumate promotes democracy in Venezuela
When Chavez won his election by a majority of 63% in December 2006, 32 members of the Organization of American States had launched a joint resolution to congratulate victory
Ottawa was the only one with Washington to oppose the message ... recall that the elections were supervised and approved by the OAS
Seven months after rééelection, Harper toured South America to Canada to work up and it represents a better model than the
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Since then, the Harper government does not lack opportunity to criticize the Chavez government
The most recent example of support for the opposition in Venezuela took place in January when Peter Kent Minister of state for foreign affairs
said that the democratic space Venezuela shrinks and is concerned for the rights of the population
So, antagonism toward Ottawa Chavez is on one side motivated by a desire to support Washington, but also by certain Canadian
There's some Canadian mining and oil companies, who do not like Chavez's nationalistic approach
shows Chavez's reforms as a threat their ability to make profit
The 1300 mining claims controlled by Canada in Latin America have benefited from the privatization of public companies
openings to foreign investment and control
So the calls for a return to control state, as intended by Chavez, is obviously a threat
Canadian capital, highly concentrated in the resource sector first, is largely dependent on opening of foreign markets, the decline of the state and regulation, in short ... neoliberalism
So it's not a surprise that Ottawa, no matter under a government liberal or conservative
Work so hard to undermine the government of South America that offers more resistance to neoliberalism
The warmest decade
The decade ending in that time has been the warmest since mankind took note of the temperature
The new data unveiled this week at the surface by NASA shows that overall 2009 was the second warmest since ... 1880.
The hottest was 2005 ... all other warmest years have occurred since 1998, says NASA.
All indications are that only warms the Earth, but the phenomenon is accelerating
it was nice to have guys like Al Gore telling us that if greenhouse gas emissions and other sources hydrocarbon continue like that, life on the planet is threatened
but to counter that possibility, Al Gore suggested to recycle and use cars that burn less fuel
Essentially, he said that the end of the world happens, but it should absolutely not change our lifestyles to prevent it happens
No, the real solution is to reduce by 90% of our GHG emissions by 2025 ... essentially, that we get rid of cars and that people stop eating as much meat
In 2009, the powerful of this world have converted to Copenhagen to demonstrate their pathetic timidity and even criminal to succeeding generations
CORPORATE DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
On January 21 will known by historians as a dark day for American democracy and its decline
is the day when the Supreme Court ruled that the government could not prevent companies from spending directly in election campaigns
A decision which deeply affect government policy in all its spheres of action
The decision will allow big companies to invade the political system even more Americans
The court's decision, 5 to 4 against, overturns a century making efforts to control contributions businesses to federal campaigns
Now corporate managers can buy elections directly, no longer need to proceed by indirect means complex
The court therefore gave more power to the tiny minority that dominates economy already
All this was possible because of a court decision that capital in 1886, claimed that these entities have now collective legal rights of someone in flesh and bone At
subsequent years, the rights of businesses experienced even greater expansion, including the pseudo free trade agreements
Since the 19th century, small groups of men owners of the means of production is eventually became the owners of government, as
The decision of January 21 up significant barriers to new deal with major problems of American society, such as reform of the health system, or even more serious crises in energy and climate change
The gap between public opinion - this that people want - and what will be decided and implemented by politicians will expand advantage
damage to American democracy can hardly be overestimated
CANADIAN PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY
Demonstrating a commitment to further integration with our southern neighbor and its foreign policies
The Canadian government approach the final stages to establish a foundation that promotes democracy as we know it
Just type in what you do to the controversial National Endowment for Democracy United States
Last December The Harper government has put forward a project to create the Canadian Centre for Advancement of Democracy
With a proposed budget of between 28 and 65 million per year
Canada already has a variety of organization that promote of democracy abroad
in 2005 the Liberal Party government council democracy
Once in power the Conservatives have kept the board in place, and accelerate collaboration with Canadian agency the National Endowment for Democracy
The new foundation's mission is to explain the importance of democracy in emerging countries are emerging from conflict
The Bloc Québécois has commented that the intentions behind the board may perhaps lead to interventions in the domestic affairs of another state
The NDP said that the promotion of democracy often undermines democratic development process unique to this country when promotion is partisan and concerned by a foreign country
The NDP has also found it ironic the project to promote democracy elsewhere alos that the parliament was closed by the first Minister
Instead of opening the parliamentary session as scheduled on Jan. 25, Harper has suspended parliament until March 3, following the conclusion of games vancouver
Several experts in the United States have indicated that a Canadian Foundation for Democracy would welcome
That there would be a role for Canada, because the United States are not loved everywhere ... Canada could go to places where the U.S. can not
Think again, using the promotion of democracy has often been a tool of political warfare
The NED often help eliminate political party, government Washington did not like foreigners
And the new Canadian foundation could operate where the NED can not, even more quietly
And The Obama Administration continues to subsidize the NED to levels never seen before
The problem is that the NED does not decide which group it will support based on would be best placed to serve the interests of ordinary people, but on the basis of which group would best serve the strategic and economic interests of the United States
Should maybe see what Ottawa has to do with our taxes .. . for not only the funds for the war policies out of our pockets and given the
approximation, integration, annexation of our country with the United States, should be careful not to pay for Washington's foreign policy
CONSERVATIVES AND TOBIN TAX
Jim Flaherty recently hosted the Minister of Finance, his counterparts from G7 Iqaluit
But to see the headlines have not been able to see what was really afoot: obstruction of Canada for a global movement for a tax on financial speculation
The idea of slowing down speculation ; Financial ation by imposing a tax on financial transactions has drawn the support of reformers since it has been proposed in the early 1970s by the renowned economist James Tobin
Tobin's idea, ingenious, is to impose a tax so small, such as small as 0.05 percent, it would have no impact serious investment in the long term
but this would affect those committed to the speculative activity of rapid and high volume
like that transform financial markets into a global casino that has severe effects on the real economy
The Tobin tax could generate billions of dollars a year globally by tapping financial speculators, but leaving serious investors
quiet I can not explain why this brilliant idea, simple, elegant, has never been applied
Residence gaining ground since the global economic crisis since the fall
year, governments of the UK, France and Germany have shown interest but the good
Harper government opposes, in part because of his anti-tax ideology
And partly because Canadian banks have not been as reckless as Wall Street banks
But during the 1990s, liberals were even organized a global conference on the Tobin tax
If governments had embarked in it in 1995, there was no economic catastrophe that we are in today
But with government leaders there finally a good board, Ottawa moves to obstacle
Just like with efforts to tackle climate change head
In June, leaders of the G20 countries will meet in Toronto
And the tax on financial transactions should be menu
bad that when this rare opportunity approach, we are handicapped by the small heads of minority government Harper
OLYMPICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
The Olympic Movement has an urgent need to focus on human rights reform,
said Human Rights Watch at the opening of the Games 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Legacy deplorable Beijing Olympics in 2008 was the continued detention in China of people who protested against forced evictions or who uses a human rights improvements.
The next Winter Olympics will take place in the Russian city of Sochi,
or the preparations for the Games Olympics have already raised concerns about the potential human rights violation
Given the killings of human rights defenders and journalists in Russia in 2009,
Human Rights Watch is particularly concerned about possible human rights violations before the Games Winter Olympics 2014.
Human Rights Watch also issued a recent report exposing thousands of extrajudicial killings in Rio
which will host the Summer Olympics in 2016.
"We must ensure that the Olympics take place in an environment where serious human rights abuses are produce "
" The International Olympic Committee and Olympic sponsors have a clear responsibility to anticipate and deal with violations related to the Olympics. "
In 2007 and 2008, Human Rights Watch has documented human rights violations related to the hosting of Beijing Olympics by China in 2008,
including forced evictions, violations of the rights of immigrant workers, the media censorship and repression of civil society.
Despite Chinese government promises to the International Olympic Committee that the Games would improve the rights,
these Olympics have led to an overall deterioration of human rights in China.
rights violations caused by holding the Olympics in China in 2008,
well as concerns about violations of rights by future host countries, including Russia,
prompted Human Rights Watch to submit a proposal reform and human rights monitoring the International Olympic Committee.
Human Rights Watch has raised particular concerns about the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi
on issues of expropriation and claims for workers;
the murders of journalists and human rights in Russia, particularly in the Caucasus region or the Sochi Olympics will take place;
with an update on the subject of expropriation and health problems potential.
"The Olympic Charter describes the Olympics as being based on respect for universal fundamental ethical principles"
"The International Olympic Committee must ensure that future host countries do not violate the charter by hosting rights violations during the preparation of the Games. "
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