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Economic growth and social rights: the last 100 years

Flemming Holm Posted on March 11, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I highly recommend a fascinating history of how the role of government, attitudes towards social justice and economic development have developed and changed over the last 100 years particularly in the democracies of Europe and North America, given in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, Economic crisis, Government, Human Rights, Social policy, Tommy Douglas, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Income gap and politicians’ salaries

Flemming Holm Posted on February 20, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

Letter to the Editor, Chronicle Herald Dan Leger’s article in the February 9 issue is in my opinion an accurate and most succinct analysis of the causes of the present financial crisis. Were it not for human greed – the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic crisis, income gap, Nova Scotia

Canadian Budget January 2009

Flemming Holm Posted on January 10, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Sent to: The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Ottawa, ON Dear Mr. Flaherty: I hear that you are consulting widely prior to finalizing your budget proposals. I trust that you are giving adequate consideration to two groups of people: … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Denmark, Economic crisis, foodbanks, health care, higher education, homeless, income gap, Native land claims, poverty, Social policy

Coalition and crisis

Flemming Holm Posted on December 3, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

In the present situation in Ottawa, what is the Governor General to do? 1. The Conservative Government has apparently lost the confidence of the House of Commons. We have been told that this will be confirmed next week.  If it … Continue reading →

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Credibility and democracy in Canada

Flemming Holm Posted on November 28, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

What a mess the world is in these days! (or is it just that I’m getting old and can’t keep up with the latest inanities?) The American Republican government has raised free enterprise, rampant capitalism and American exceptionalism to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, Stephen Harper

The Environment and the Economy

Flemming Holm Posted on October 8, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

For me, there are two main issues in this year’s federal election. 1. One is the environment. In recent years we have had ample evidence that the climate is changing. We have seen it in the extreme weather and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, carbon footprint, Economic crisis, Environment, global warming, income gap, poverty, Social policy, taxes

Omar Khadr and the litmus test

Flemming Holm Posted on July 24, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Our Canadian Government holds that our complicity in Guantanamo Bay is the litmus test for our devotion to the American War on Terror. Is our complicity in American treatment of Omar Khadr and Maher Arar the litmus test for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Guantanamo Bay, Justice, Maher Arar, Omar Khadr

Carbon imprint and accountability

Flemming Holm Posted on July 3, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Chronicle Herald The cartoon on your editorial page, June 26 was right on. It showed the oilsands producers polishing their carbon imprint through a PR campaign. Would it not be more beneficial to reduce the carbon imprint? On the … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, carbon footprint, gambling, Nova Scotia

Caesar’s wife and Mme Couillard

Flemming Holm Posted on June 10, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister. Ottawa Dear Sir: “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion” – Plutarch (46-120 A.D.) The ancients knew it. The federal government seems to have forgotten.

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Holm on Homes

Flemming Holm Posted on May 31, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

So, it will cost ten million dollars to renovate the Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive. This, while hundreds of thousands of Canadians would be happy to live in a two hundred thousand dollar house, and thousands more are … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, income gap, Social policy

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