Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Mayoral mischief: Canada’s growing cities face a problem of oversight | FAIR

Mayoral mischief: Canada’s growing cities face a problem of oversight | FAIR



Fifteen percent of Canadian companies said they have been asked to pay bribes, sharply lower than the 28 percent global rate. Fourteen percent said they've lost business for refusing to pay. Knowledge is the tool to stop corruption.








Thursday, March 13, 2014

Business and government: The new age of crony capitalism | The Economist

Business and government: The new age of crony capitalism | The Economist





The last reason for optimism is that the incentives for politicians have changed, too. Growth has slowed sharply, making reforms that open the economy vital. Countries with governments that are reforming and trying to tackle vested interests, such as Mexico, have been better insulated from the jitters in the financial markets.
There is much more to be done. Governments need to be more assiduous in regulating monopolies, in promoting competition, in ensuring that public tenders and asset sales are transparent and in prosecuting bribe-takers. The boom that created a new class of tycoon has also created its nemesis, a new, educated, urban, taxpaying middle class that is pushing for change. That is something autocrats and elected leaders ignore at their peril.

Getting Involved - Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Getting Involved - Legislative Assembly of Ontario


The  silent majority does not have to be silent -speak up and voice your views.( three clicks can make a difference)

Your MPP will help you










Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Michio Kaku - Top Secret Military War Plans - YouTube

Michio Kaku - Top Secret Military War Plans - YouTube



The best way "Old Rome" could control the people was through the Gladiator Games and nationalistic fervour that saw violence as good and criminals as demigods.



Government's have plenty of money, and dish it out to keep the people happy enough to be allowed to work for the global domination driven elite and dumb enough to think that it is a gift given to them by their superiors. 



We have enough money we just spend it badly    ?  The compelling argument for ending the  "Wars on" by government strategy


Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Social " Sucess"bonds program path to privatization, critics say

Social bonds program path to privatization, critics say



The concept originated in the United Kingdom in 2008 and caught on worldwide, including in the United States, where they are known as “pay for success” bonds. seems like a great idea



Why are existing social institutions so afraid of performance programs that work?


Bureaucratic dictatorships : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery

Bureaucratic dictatorships : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery






Monday, March 03, 2014

Q-jumpers-The Health Myth Busters

Q-jumpers-The Health Myth Busters\\Why you should question authority?




Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Veterans lifeline lost as VAC offices close | FAIR

Veterans lifeline lost as VAC offices close | FAIR



The one accusation on many veterans’ minds: why do Laurie Hawn and the rest of the Conservative Caucus allow Treasury Board and VAC senior bureaucracy to run roughshod over veterans’ rights to “be treated with respect, dignity, fairness and courtesy”?
There are two likely answers to this. In spite of Harper’s reputation of stepping all over the bureaucracy, he has been troublingly incapable of standing up to the most senior planners in all departments but especially VAC. The other possibility is an ideologically disturbing one: that the Conservatives believe disabled veterans are milking the system. By making programs increasingly harder to access, as veteran Bruce Moncur laments, government has a policy of “delay, deny and die” for veterans.
On the other  ..... why not use technology to bridge the gap  ?   There are many alternatives to provide better one on one support. Skype and Face time come to mind . Better win wins are available to be fair.

Brant-Knights of Columbus: Tax cheats whistleblower hotline up and running | ...

Brant-Knights of Columbus: Tax cheats whistleblower hotline up and running | ...: Tax cheats whistleblower hotline up and running | FAIR he CRA will enter into a contract with tipsters and pay them between five and 15 ...



Bounty hunter incentive?

The CRA will enter into a contract with tipsters and pay them between five and 15 per cent of the federal tax collected for quality information leading to tax assessments and collection of more than $100,000 in additional federal taxes.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

City OKs online voting | Brantford Expositor

City OKs online voting | Brantford Expositor





Embrace this tech innovation -it is a matter of voter choice. Remember our heritage-Bell's telephone invention scared a lot of people in the beginning of a new age.
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      Sorry Sieg. This paper ballot in person voting has been around over a hundred yrs. It has worked. It is the only way to protect the process.
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        Join the discussion…
        If on line billing is growing and works with billions $ of secure transactions -domestically internationally surely the same process can be used to safeguard the integrity of the voting process.You can have both (paper or online and let the voter chose his preference.






      City OKs online voting | Brantford Expositor

      City OKs online voting | Brantford Expositor





      Embrace this tech innovation -it is a matter of voter choice. Remember our heritage-Bell's telephone invention scared a lot of people in the beginning of a new age.
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          Sorry Sieg. This paper ballot in person voting has been around over a hundred yrs. It has worked. It is the only way to protect the process.
            ×The thread you are attempting to post on is closed
            Join the discussion…
            If on line billing is growing and works with billions $ of secure transactions -domestically internationally surely the same process can be used to safeguard the integrity of the voting process.You can have both (paper or online and let the voter chose his preference.






          Sunday, January 12, 2014

          ▶ John Stossel - Economic Freedom and Prosperity - YouTube

          ▶ John Stossel - Economic Freedom and Prosperity - YouTube
           useful  information why economic freedom leads to the best place to live

          freedom is freedom

          Are you a criminal?  Regulation fascism  makes you one ;;;;;
          http://youtu.be/nBiJB8YuDBQ

          push back rool back government terror programs?

          Saturday, January 04, 2014

          What Drives Us to Do the Right Thing? A Look at New Brain Research - WSJ.com

          What Drives Us to Do the Right Thing? A Look at New Brain Research - WSJ.com

          Why the "By individual choice" works better then " by governance force and dictate "

          It makes sense to reduce the many rules that plague the living and enforce compliance through force  -
          2014

          Friday, August 23, 2013

          China agricultural acheivements

          The food miracle that China has enacted since it began its transformation into an industrial powerhouse in the late 1970s. This 2013 report from the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) brims with data on this feat. The nation slashed its hunger rate — from 20 percent of its population in 1990 to 12 percent today — by quietly turbocharging its farms. China’s total farm output, a broad measure of food churned out, has tripled since 1978. The ramp-up in livestock production in particular is even more dizzying — it rose by a factor of five. Overall, China’s food system represents a magnificent achievement: It feeds nearly a quarter of the globe’s people on just 7 percent of its arable land.
          But now, 35 years since it began reforming its state-dominated economy along market lines, China’s spectacular run as provider of its own food is looking severely strained. Its citizens’ appetite for meat is rising along with incomes, and mass-producing steaks and chops for 1.2 billion people requires tremendous amounts of land and water. Meanwhile, its manufacturing miracle — the very thing that financed its food miracle — has largely fouled up or just plain swallowed those very resources.