I’m not surprised, but I am deeply disturbed that a “free trade” pact with Colombia has been rammed ahead by Harper’s Conservatives despite decades of government-sponsored human rights abuse and civil war. And while Harper is trying to paint this as “all in the past,” let’s recognize that the parliamentary “fact-finding” committee has not [...]
A few links of interest to me this morning:
I don’t care what the Canadian government says about the decline in paramilitarism in Colombia – it just ain’t the truth. The violence against displaced people and trade unionists there continues unabated and you should check out this article. After you’ve done that you might want to [...]
I want to do a comprehensive update with some ranting about recent world events but I find myself without time this morning before our meetings start here at the bargaining table.
In the meantime:
I am livid about this.
Concerned about the timing of this.
Campaigning against this.
Hoping for an investigation into this.
and
At least somewhat amused by this.
More later.
Private Journal – Colombia July 2006 (pdf)
Defending Public Services: From Canada to Colombia (July 2006)
I am making my private journal from Colombia available here for a few days, for those of you who are interested. When I returned in July, I typed up these entries, meaning to send them to a friend and then left [...]
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