Tag: Politics

  • Former Canada Finance Minister’s Thank-You Letter to WEF Suggests More Collaboration Than Disclosed

    Former Canada Finance Minister’s Thank-You Letter to WEF Suggests More Collaboration Than Disclosed

    By our friends at Epoch Times/ Noé Chartier Close interactions between Canadian cabinet ministers and the World Economic Forum are well-documented, but a newly revealed letter suggests forum staff may have been doing more work with the federal government than previously disclosed. In an undated letter to a WEF official, former Finance Minister Bill Morneau praised…

  • How to Avoid a PhD (Penalty for Hardworking Dummies): Debunking the Meritocracy Myth

    How to Avoid a PhD (Penalty for Hardworking Dummies): Debunking the Meritocracy Myth

    To All Who Will Say, “It Has Nothing to Do with Me” This book is a profound research work that exposes corruption, censorship, and corporate tyranny in the purported democratic system of the US. Hammond reveals the subversive role of the mainstream media in deceiving the public and manufacturing consent for perpetual wars, individual responsibility…

  • Quality Over Quantity: How Canada’s Immigration System Can Catch Up

    Quality Over Quantity: How Canada’s Immigration System Can Catch Up

    Canada’s immigration point system is designed to select skilled immigrants who have the potential to contribute to the country’s economic growth and meet its evolving skills needs. However, Canada faces challenges in fully leveraging increased immigration levels to enhance the well-being of Canadians due to weaknesses in capital investment and a quantity/quality trade-off in selecting…

  • Arab Public Opinion Poll About Israeli War On Gaza

    Arab Public Opinion Poll About Israeli War On Gaza

    Doha, January 2024 // The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies announced the results of their public opinion poll regarding the Israeli war on Gaza on Wednesday 10 January 2024. The poll was carried out on a sample of 8000 respondents (men and women) from 16 Arab countries. The survey questions were selected to determine the…

  • 9 Years Since China Landing- NASA Warns They Could Take Over The Moon

    9 Years Since China Landing- NASA Warns They Could Take Over The Moon

    It’s the 9th anniversary of China’s 2014 Moon landing and it deserves special attention. Many Westerners are unaware of their impressive accomplishment because for the most part it was not reported in the mainstream media. Even now, getting information on China’s mission is challenging and the reports that are readily available seem to be from…

  • AI Induced Shifting Subtexts- What Is And What Isn’t Art?

    AI Induced Shifting Subtexts- What Is And What Isn’t Art?

    Let’s go back to 2016 and re-consider how the works highlighted below are more relevant today than ever when asking “What is and isn’t art?”.  The recent surge in AI and chatbot produced ‘art’ has created new challenges in recognition, interpretation and validation. Or has it? [J.Barker Content Producer for The Silo]   It became immediately…

  • Children Worldwide Call For Promises Of Universal Education

    Children Worldwide Call For Promises Of Universal Education

    New York – Through an innovative, children-led campaign delivered by the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), crisis-impacted girls and boys worldwide are sharing “Postcards from the Edge” to call on world leaders and public and private sector donors to make good on promises to ensure education for all by 2030…

  • Christmas Gift Made In China? Historical Long Distance Trade Lead To Modern Global Lives Of Things

    Christmas Gift Made In China? Historical Long Distance Trade Lead To Modern Global Lives Of Things

    Until quite recently, the field of early modern history largely focused on Europe. The overarching narrative of the early modern world began with the European “discoveries,” proceeded to European expansion overseas, and ended with an exploration of the fac-tors that led to the “triumph of Europe.” When the Journal of Early Modern History was established…

  • Christmas Holiday Tipping: Who Do I Tip And How Much?

    Christmas Holiday Tipping: Who Do I Tip And How Much?

    There’s the mailman, mail woman and the doorman, door woman,  the pet sitter and personal trainer, not to forget the housekeeper, home healthcare worker and many others.  So just who do you tip this holiday season and how much? Sharon Schweitzer, an international etiquette expert, author, and the founder of Protocol & Etiquette Worldwide, offers…

  • Your Electronic Goods Recycling Donations Become Bank Deposits

    Your Electronic Goods Recycling Donations Become Bank Deposits

    Used and broken electronics such as computers, cellphones, dvd players, washers and dryers still hold intrinsic value because if you were to peer inside these things you’d notice a lot of wire and circuitry. There is a surprisingly substantial amount of copper, silver and gold waiting for “the recycling”. Consumerism- the acquisition of goods, is…

  • Sci Fi Like Devices Part Of Queen’s Park Security Update

    Sci Fi Like Devices Part Of Queen’s Park Security Update

    Eight years ago at Queen’s Park, the Cross-Border Institute (CBI), part of the University of Windsor, hosted an event to demonstrate advances in security, surveillance and fingerprinting technology. That technology had immediate application for border crossing screening, supply chain security and cybersecurity. The CBI hosted the event as part of its mandate to support ongoing,…

  • Canada’s Truth And Reconciliation Commission

    Canada’s Truth And Reconciliation Commission

    [This article was first published by The Silo on April 22, 2014] On June 10, 2009, the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild were appointed as Commissioners to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), a component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is…

  • How Do Canada Provinces Grade In Taxpayer Fiscal Transparency?

    How Do Canada Provinces Grade In Taxpayer Fiscal Transparency?

    September 15, 2022 – Taxpayers and citizens need greater fiscal transparency from Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments, says the latest report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Right to Know: Grading the Fiscal Transparency of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2022,” William B.P. Robson and Nicholas Dahir graded these governments’ budgets, estimates and financial statements…

  • Quirky Doc About One Man’s Quest For Supreme Tea

    Quirky Doc About One Man’s Quest For Supreme Tea

    Invest a little over an hour watching this documentary about tea and you might find yourself contemplating a new connection between rural farming communities and the tea farmers of China. That’s because All in this Tea deals with all aspects of Chinese tea production, but takes a special interest in how a new demand for…

  • 20th Century Masters: Picasso’s Guernica

    20th Century Masters: Picasso’s Guernica

    “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth” –Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) was one of the most well-known artists of the 20th century. Throughout his long and prolific career, Picasso both innovated and participated in important artistic movements such as realism, cubism and surrealism.  In comparison to Vincent van Gogh, the…

  • Cyber Warfare: How Digital World Became Battlefield

    Cyber Warfare: How Digital World Became Battlefield

    Cybersecurity expert explains how virtual wars are fought With the Russia-Ukraine war in full swing, cybersecurity experts point to a cyber front that had been forming online long before Russian troops crossed the border. Even in the months leading up to the outbreak of war, Ukrainian websites were attacked and altered to display threatening messages…

  • 7000 Words About The Refragmentation Of The Economy

    7000 Words About The Refragmentation Of The Economy

    One advantage of being old is that you can see change happen in your lifetime. A lot of the change I’ve seen is fragmentation. US politics is much more polarized than it used to be. Culturally we have ever less common ground. The creative class flocks to a handful of happy cities, abandoning the rest.…

  • FEDS ADD PLASTIC TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES LIST

    FEDS ADD PLASTIC TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES LIST

    This Plastic Free July The Environmental Defence Canada organization is calling out Canada’s top plastic polluters, also known as Big Plastic—the companies that turn oil and gas into plastics. This spring, the federal government added plastic to the Toxic Substances List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). The listing means Canada can better manage…

  • How Covid Affects Ontario Legislature

    How Covid Affects Ontario Legislature

    The past week has been a whirlwind of activity in Ontario politics.    Some have asked about my absence from the Legislature for the vote on May 31.     With the advent of COVID-19, all political parties decided to divide the sitting members of the Legislature into two groups with equal representation from all parties.  Separate groups in the Legislature are…

  • 5 Ways Conversation Could Get You Punched In The Mouth

    5 Ways Conversation Could Get You Punched In The Mouth

    Take it from the queen of verbal mishaps, there may not be a right way to start a conversation but on the wrong day, a poor choice of words could get your tongue snatched out of your mouth. Believe me when I say, you do not want that problem on your hands. So, to minimize…

  • ‘Paws Off My Waterhole!’ Some Thoughts On The Study Of Hierarchies

    ‘Paws Off My Waterhole!’ Some Thoughts On The Study Of Hierarchies

    Who benefits, and how, from the operation of human social hierarchies? This article from Michael W. Diehl looks at social and economic inequality and the need to asses the costs and benefits that accrue to persons of varying status in social hierarchies. This “behavioral ecology” has historically been concentrated on food selection between classes or…

  • The Strength Of The Past And Its Great Might

    The Strength Of The Past And Its Great Might

    Within the last generation, archaeology has undergone a major transformation, developing from an independent small-scale activity, based upon museums and a few university departments, into a large-scale state organization based upon national legislation. This has entailed an increase in resources on an unprecedented scale, and has drastically changed the profile of archaeology, which is now…

  • Words Are Powerful. Use With Care, Media Expert Warns

    Words Are Powerful. Use With Care, Media Expert Warns

    It’s easy to take words for granted; most of us use them as effortlessly as we breathe. But words hold power that we often overlook at our own peril, says media expert Steve Kayser. “Language is the code that translates ideas so they can be shared. They give us an advantage in the natural world,…

  • Seniors Are Doing What Exactly Online?

    Seniors Are Doing What Exactly Online?

    With 80% of baby boomers using the internet, it is clear that seniors are a lot more adept at using tech than we give them credit for. If you’re not convinced, just have a look at the statistics that MedAlertHelp compiled. You will see that seniors are using the internet and smart devices a lot…

  • Reboot Canadian Content Policy For Digital Age Says C.D. Howe Institute

    Reboot Canadian Content Policy For Digital Age Says C.D. Howe Institute

    Canada should ditch Canadian content tools that are ill-suited for the digital age, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Choosing Canada: Canadian Cultural Policy in the Twenty-first Century” author Daniel Schwanen sets out a plan to bring Canadian content policy into step with developments such as the emergence of digital competitors…

  • Intelligence Squared U.S. Begins Season Debating Saudi Arabia, Iran & Turkey – In NYC & Online September 12

    Intelligence Squared U.S. Begins Season Debating Saudi Arabia, Iran & Turkey – In NYC & Online September 12

    Saudi Arabia and Iran are vying for regional dominance, as the latter pursues nuclear weapons. Turkey is cozying up to Russia and China. Instability, conflict, and proxy wars have engulfed Syria, Yemen, and beyond. How should the United States respond to changing power, proxy wars, terrorism, and human rights issues in the Middle East? On…

  • 5 Tips For Choosing Good Immigration Lawyers

    5 Tips For Choosing Good Immigration Lawyers

    You increase your chances of approval when working with a specialist in immigration law. However, you must be careful when choosing a lawyer in order to avoid falling into the wrong hands. Many fraudsters take advantage of applicants who are doing everything they can to move to Canada or any other country. You may pay…

  • UNESCO Seeks To Open Markets For Global South Cultural Goods

    UNESCO Seeks To Open Markets For Global South Cultural Goods

    Paris, 30 May – Experts, stakeholders and government representatives will examine ways to improve exports of cultural products from the Global South, reinforce cultural entrepreneurship and improve the status of artists during the biennial meeting of the signatories to UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, at the Organization’s…