Top of the agenda for Stephen Harper when he visits Beijing next week will be the sale of Canada's crude oil to China. The Conservative government's enthusiasm for exporting this country's raw resources has come under fire for perpetuating our reputation as hewers of wood and drawers of water.
New Democrats, such as leadership candidate Brian Topp, have called for raw bitumen from Canada's oil sands to be processed at home before being sent south to the United States or to Asia.
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By Dave Coles
Hats off to the Canadian Federation of Students
Hats off to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) for organizing a national day of action today to get the message across to Stephen Harper’s government that “education is a right!”
Our union stands side by side with students across the country, literally and figuratively, because we believe that education is the great leveler. It’s at the core of an equal society.
By Dave Coles
What's with the name-calling?
For those of us who have been targets for awhile, it’s getting kind of old hat. Nevertheless it’s good to see mainstream media columnists and editorialists jumping on the Harper government for demonizing and name-calling its opponents – in this case those who want a voice on the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.
I’ve been thinking about this particular Conservative government tactic. What’s behind it is really quite simple: Like any school-yard bully, the root of these attacks about “foreign money”, “radical groups”, and “extremists”, is fear.
By Dave Coles
The Harperites are at it again, another attack on unions
On December 5th Russ Hiebert, Conservative MP for South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale, B.C. introduced Bill C-377 ![[external link]](http://www.cep.ca/images/xlink/xLink-external.gif)
an act to make union books public.
By Dave Coles
Political points vs women’s lives
Shortly after what has now become known as the “Montreal Massacre”, all federal political parties in Canada’s voted to make its Dec. 6th anniversary date “the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.”CEP IN THE NEWS
Published by Vancouver Sun
on 01 Feb 2012
Catalyst Paper said it is seeking court-ordered creditor protection
Tuesday after workers at its Crofton pulp and paper mill rejected a new
labour contract that was key to a voluntary restructuring plan.
Catalyst, the largest pulp and paper company on the Coast, is seeking an
order through the B.C. Supreme Court to commence proceedings under the
Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
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