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Lies, Lies and Damnable Lies

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The Star has picked up and ran with the ball of shit containing the lie that Jack Layton and Olivia Chow lived in subsidized housing

From time to time [Jack Layton] has been criticized for saying one thing and doing another, including being caught red-handed in 1985 living in subsidized housing in Toronto when his and Olivia Chow, then a Toronto trustee, were raking in a combined $120,000 year.

Anyone familiar with co-op housing is aware that all economic levels live there with those in the lower brackets sometimes being subsidized. There are a few townhouse complexes throughout Hamilton based on that very structure.

This is an old and tired lie and beneath contempt, certainly beneath the The Star. It is time for a retraction and an apology and for this lie to be given a proper burial.

Read more at Dr Dawg’s

“We’re in safe hands with Stephen Harper” and other Conservative lies

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Since Canada’s Conservative Government took power in 2006, significant budget cuts have been made to Canadian gender equality, political justice, social policy and research programs including the virtual elimination of a Canadian government department devoted to Women’s equality and women’s issues.

    2011 Federal Conservative Government Cuts (to date)

    Canadian Teachers’ Federation’s International Programs – FUNDING ELIMINATED

    2007-10 Federal Conservative Government Cuts

    KAIROS – working for 30 years with Women in Dev Countries – FUNDING ELIMINATED

    Alberta Network of Immigrant Women

    Association féminine d’éducation et d’action sociale (AFEAS)

    Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)

    Centre de documentation sur l’éducation des adultes et la condition feminine

    Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA)

    Conseil d’intervention pour l’accès des femmes au travail (CIAFT)

    Feminists for Just and Equitable Public Policy (FemJEPP) in Nova Scotia

    Gay pride parades

    International Planned Parenthood Federation – 31 million women & children helped each year.

    Maternal health agency, Marie Stopes International – which has received only a promise of “conditional funding IF it avoids any & all connection with Abortion.

    MATCH International

    National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL)

    New Brunswick Pay Equity Coalition

    Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)

    Réseau des Tables régionales de groupes de femmes du Québec

    Womenspace Resource Centre – Lethbridge, AB

    Women’s Innovative Justice Initiative – Nova Scota

    2006 Federal Conservative Government Cuts (November 2006)

    Canada Policy Research Networks – ELIMINATED

    Canada School of Public Service – FUNDING REDUCTION

    Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation – FUNDING REDUCTION

    Canada Revenue Agency Visitor Rebate Program – ELIMINATED

    Canadian Heritage Centre for Research and Information on Canada – FUNDING ELIMINATED

    Canadian Heritage Support to Canadian Volunteerism Initiative – ELIMINATED

    Canadian Labour Business Centre – ELIMINATED

    Canadian Policy Research Networks – FUNDING ELIMINATED

    Canadian Volunteerism Initiative – ELIMINATED

    Community Access Program, internet access for communities at libraries, post offices, community centers – ELIMINATED

    Court Challenges Program – ELIMINATED

    Court Commission of Canada – ELIMINATED

    Environment: Youth International Internship Program – ELIMINATED

    First Nations and Inuit Tobacco Control Program – ELIMINATED

    Foreign Affairs and Public Diplomacy Program – ELIMINATED

    Foreign Affairs Youth International Internship Program – ELIMINATED

    Health Canada – $28.1 MILLION REDUCTION

    Health Canada Policy Research Program – ELIMINATED

    Health Canada Medical Marijuana Research Program – ELIMINATED

    Human Resources and Skills Development – SIGNIFICANT FUNDING REDUCTIONS

    HRD Adult Learning and Literacy programs – REDUCED AND ELIMINATED

    HRD Youth Employment Programs – REDUCED AND ELIMINATED

    Indian and Northern Affairs Canada – FUNDING REDUCTION

    Industry Canada Programs including Technology Partnerships Canada – FUNDING REDUCTION

    Industry Industrial Programs including Technology Partnerships Canada – FUNDING REDUCTION

    LAW Commission of Canada – ELIMINATED

    Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative – ELIMINATED

    Museum Assistance Program – FUNDING REDUCTION

    National Defence High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar Project – ELIMINATED

    Natural Resources and Environment Climate Change Programs, including the One Tonne Challenge, 40 public information offices across the country, and several scientific and research programs on climate change – 40% BUDGET CUT

    Natural Resources Programs for Studying Concrete and Other Materials – ELIMINATED

    Public Works and Government Services Canadian Identity Grant and Contribution Program ELIMINATED

    Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drug Impaired Driving Program Training Budget – ELIMINATED

    Statistics Canada – SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS

    Status of Women Canada, SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CUT

    Status of Women Canada mandate CHANGED; EXCLUDES “gender equality and political justice”

    Status of Women, advocating, policy research and lobbying – TOTALLY BANNED

    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – FUNDING REDUCTION

    Workplace Equity/Employment Equity Program – SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION

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