Monthly Archives: June 2009
Leave My Veggies Alone
| 6/23/2009 | Posted by Patti under Environment |
The Globe & Mail is reporting Monsanto & Dole are wanting to tinker with vegetables, and are undertaking a five year project to do so. The objective is to “improve the nutrition, flavour, colour, texture and aroma of these vegetables,” the companies said.
Leave my veggies alone dudes! When is governments going to wake up to the fact that genetically and chemically messing with our food supply is not only killing our environment but it is killing us? Literally.
As long as huge firms like Monsanto and Dole are allowed to mess with our food, our ability to avoid their impact becomes increasingly imposible. Monsanto produces seeds, so growing your own vegetables to avoid the tinkered with versions will become increasingly impossible. (more…)
We Will Remember Him
| 6/14/2009 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians |
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadian:
Cpl Martin Dube – Afghanistan June 14, 2009
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
We Will Remember Him
| 6/8/2009 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians |
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They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadian:
Pte. Alexandre (Pelo) Peloquin – Afghanistan June 8, 2009
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
Canadian Municipalities Show Guts
| 6/7/2009 | Posted by Patti under General |
The Canadian Federation of Municipalities passed a resolution at its meeting in Whistler, BC to shut out US firms from their municipal contracts in response to the Americans doing the same. The resolution is not binding on all municipalities and I personally would have preferred to see a “Buy Canadian” resolution.
The resolution is a response to US municipalities taking on a Buy American approach to their local acquisitions. The Americans do so largely because they have enough confidence in their own abilities and independence to believe they can look inward and thrive. They likely can in reality look inward and manage to survive but not necessarily thrive.
In order for Americans to learn that lesson, other municipalities, especially where their policies have killed jobs and businesses, need to return the favour and refuse to allow American firms to tender on local projects.
Canada needs to have enough guts and confidence in our own business people to support them when they are being denied access to foreign markets.
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