With crucial national elections looming this year in both Canada and the United States, it may be timely to ponder the problem of political prevarication--the tendency of politicians running for election to be less than honest with the voters.
Most of us know that we can’t trust politicians to be truthful. Ask almost anyone what politicians (of all stripes) do, and the answer, almost invariably, is: “They lie.” This mendacity is taken for granted. The term “an honest politician” has become an oxymoron.
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Last May, in an informative article in The Monitor, Lesley Hughes revealed how the U.S. government put pressure on the Canadian government to accept nuclear warheads for Bomarc missiles that were already stationed on Canadian territory--a move the U.S. viewed as more realistically fulfilling Canada’s commitment to the defense of North America.
On March 2nd and 3rd, 2002, the Canadian Labour Congress, with assistance from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, sponsored and organized a two-day seminar on the relationship between the labour movement and parties on the left in Canada and other countries. The seminar brought together a distinguished international group of panelists—union leaders and academics—from Canada, Brazil, Britain, France, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.
Inside this issue:
Waiting for a Miracle - BC Economic and Fiscal Update
Managing the Cost of Olympic Gold