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Canadians Choose a Clean Start: Bury the Tar Sands Along With Harper's Tenure
2015-10-21
The ousting of the Conservative Government from Ottawa by the Canadian public in Monday's election is also a repudiation of the continued, unrestrained development of the Athabasca tar sands.
Listeria Outbreak Alarms Walkerton Survivors
2008-08-29
Governments should have learned from the mistakes that led to the tragedy in Walkerton. Food security and public safety should never be placed on the chopping block in the name of cost cutting.

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Abandoning the Public Interest
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2000
The neo-liberal drive to cut red tape is costing lives. Exposing the hidden costs of deregulation and privatization.
Bhopal's Fight for Memory
Abraham, Sara
Article
2015
Solidarity
In December, 1984, unknown poisonous gases burst out from a Union Carbide pesticide plant located in a vicinity of the city of Bhopal in central India. The plant, scheduled for possible closure, was u...
Canadians Choose a Clean Start: Bury the Tar Sands Along With Harper's Tenure
Sources News Release
Article
2015
The ousting of the Conservative Government from Ottawa by the Canadian public in Monday's election is also a repudiation of the continued, unrestrained development of the Athabasca tar sands.
Contamination: The Poisonous Legacy of Ontario's Environmental Cutbacks
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2000
Ulli Diemer
The story of Ontario's right-wing Harris government, which gutted health and environmental protection polices, leading to the Walkerton water disaster.
Grenfell Tower fire: anger rising
Allington, Jenny
Article
2017
Counterfire
Four days after the raging inferno that criminally took the innocent lives of so many, survivors and friends and families of the missing are still not only without the support from the authorities tha...
Grenfell Tower Fire: Corporate Manslaughter in London
Vaz, Ricardo
Article
2017
A massive fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in the early hours of June 14th. Grenfell Tower is a 24-storey building of public housing flats in the North Kensington area of London. Over 600 people were beli...
Have you heard the one about the negligent official and the obtuse columnist?
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2008
When people die as a consequence of your failures, joking about it just isn't on.
Listeria Outbreak Alarms Walkerton Survivors
Sources News Release
Article
2008
Governments should have learned from the mistakes that led to the tragedy in Walkerton. Food security and public safety should never be placed on the chopping block in the name of cost cutting.
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter June 26, 2017
Public Safety
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2017
Connexions
The June 26, 2017 issue of Other Voices, the Connexions newsletter is about public safety.
Saudi Royal Family: Protecting VIPs, While Letting Ordinary Pilgrims Die
Prashad, Vijay
Article
2015
CounterPunch
In the wake of a stampede in Mecca which killed close to 1,000 Haj pilgrims, it is being reported that the columns of pilgrims ran into each other because Saudi police had closed off key roads in the ...

Media

Government Ministries & Agencies

Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Protects the national security interests of Canada by investigating and reporting on threats to the security of Canada.
Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission
The HMIRC works with stakeholders - industry, labour and governments - to help safeguard both workers and trade secrets in Canada#s chemical industry.
Health Canada
Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
National Parole Board
Makes independent, conditional release and pardon decisions and clemency recommendations.
Public Safety Canada
Ensure coordination across all federal departments and agencies responsible for national security and the safety of Canadians.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The RCMP works with communities to ensure the safety of Canadians. It enforces federal laws, provides contract policing to most provinces, many municipalities and First Nations communities. The RCMP p...
Standards Council of Canada
Facilitates the development and use of national and international standards and accreditation services.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Created to advance transportation safety through the investigation of occurrences in the marine, pipeline, rail and air modes of transportation.


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