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Category Archives: democracy

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

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 Divine Right of Kings and Stephen Harper

Flemming Holm Posted on September 20, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I used to think democracy was firmly established in Canada. After all, the Doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings was buried in 1649 when King Charles I lost his head, wasn’t it? But now we hear that our Prime … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, Stephen Harper

Letter to Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada

Flemming Holm Posted on May 3, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Canada Ottawa, ON. Dear Peter MacKay: I have heard on reliable authority that since 2001 more than 800 social activists in the Philippines have been assassinated in waves of state-sponsored … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, foreign affairs, Human Rights, Justice, Myanmar, Peace and war, Philippines, Zimbabwe

To the Conservatives on women’s and social programs

Flemming Holm Posted on November 16, 2006 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I object to the federal government cuts to grants to women’s and social programs. Many people in our society need a hand let down from above before they can stand on their own feet and take their places as contributing … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, Social policy, Stephen Harper

Ethanol, the income gap, and taking the high road

Flemming Holm Posted on October 1, 2006 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

Excerpts of a letter to a Canadian politician There is no question in my mind that we had to divest ourselves of the corrupt Liberal Government. Not that everyone at the top of the Liberal Party was complicit – far … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, alternative energy, Canada, carbon footprint, Danish cartoons, democracy, Denmark, foreign affairs, global warming, Guantanamo Bay, homeless, income gap, Israel and Palestine, Social policy, Stephen Lewis, The Bible

Letter to Stephen Harper on Israel and Palestine

Flemming Holm Posted on July 16, 2006 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Dear Mr. Harper: Apparently the Canadian government has allied itself with Israel in its struggle against the Palestinians. I want to remind you of some Biblical and historical facts. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, foreign affairs, George Bush, Israel and Palestine, Justice, Peace and war, Stephen Harper

Canada in the world

Flemming Holm Posted on June 15, 2006 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

Yesterday I saw Jeffrey Sachs on CPAC, and was most impressed. He is Special Advisor to Kofi Annan on the subject of the Millennium Goals, and is with the Earth Institute of Columbia University. He expressed most eloquently some thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in alternative energy, Canada, democracy, equal pay for women, First Nations, foreign affairs, health care, homeless, Human Rights, income gap, Israel and Palestine, Justice, Social policy, United States, water
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