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Who killed Neda? Not us, Iran claims
(National Post Comment) … according to Iran’s Press […]

Wednesday Night #1423


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AECL ; Douglas Lightfoot’s letter of June 7 to Minister Lisa Raitt on Wednesday-Night.com Nuclear Page
Eric McConachie began his aviation career by joining his older brother, Grant, with CP Air. In 1958, McConachie left the company to join Canadair Ltd. During his nine years at Canadair, he was directly involved […]

Wednesday Night #1420


Kimon Valaskakis’ efforts towards the reality of global government are moving forward, not only with progress in establishing the New School of Athens, but reaction to the current financial crisis in which inadequate banking and investment regulation has had a world wide domino-like effect, and is coming from both the political and investor camps. Their […]

The Republicans after the 2008 elections


 
The Republicans could learn a lot from the Democrats
(The Economist) THE Grand Old Party is getting less grand by the day. It failed to return a single congressman from New England in 2008. Republicanism is about as popular as celibacy among 18-30-year-olds. A recent Wall Street Journal-NBC poll revealed that in the party’s heartland, the […]

Ragan lands federal government appointment


Rob Wright, Canada’s Deputy Minister of Finance, announced the appointment of Chris Ragan as the 2009-2010 Clifford Clark Visiting Economist in the Department of Finance, effective Jan. 5, 2009.
The post, established in 1983, honours the late Dr. Clifford Clark, who served as Deputy Minister of Finance from 1932 until his death in 1952. Occupants of […]

Canadian General election


Wednesday-Night.com
Canada Elects: The Alternative North America Goes to the Polls by David T. Jones
(American Diplomacy) In case you hadn’t noticed, the election is over.  To be sure, not the U.S. national federal election that the world has been watching to the extent that it is virtually a global election.
But on Tuesday, October 14, the Canadian […]

Jeremy Searle opens London Bus Café


Former councillor turns to café life in Westmount
(Jeremy) Searle opens London Bus Café
by Martin C. Barry , Westmount Examiner

 

Jeremy Searle hopes to revive the high tea tradition in Westmount.
Photo: Martin C. Barry
Former councillor turns to café life in Westmount
Searle opens London Bus Café
(Westmount Examiner) Tending tables and serving customers […]

Wednesday Night #1382


Following last Wednesday Night’s Canada-focused (healthcare, the NDP and environment) evening, we are looking forward to reviewing matters beyond our borders in the company of Carole and Rodrigue Tremblay. Dr. Tremblay, an economist, is a former Quebec Minister of Industry and Commerce, and  has published 27 books, most of them dealing with finance and economics while […]

Wednesday Night #1376


Last Wednesday will go into the annals as one of the Great Wednesday Nights. Robin Griffiths and Maureen Farrow were a superb dog & pony show, knowledgeable, articulate and dare we say, entertaining… and so was everyone else. Although it was a hard-headed review of many aspects of the global […]

Nationalistic capitalism and the food crisis, Cleo Paskal


More on Wednesday-night.com Food and Cleo Paskal
Agriculture & Food
June 03, 2008
ChinaDialogue.net
Different countries have divergent approaches to international trade, and these are changing the way food is bought and sold. As world leaders meet in Rome this week to discuss soaring prices, C Paskal considers China’s approach.
There is global concern over the security implications of […]

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