Watch List
Great. US treatment of prisoners has gotten us on the list:
The United States has been listed as a country where prisoners are at risk of torture in a training document produced by the Canadian foreign ministry.
It also classifies some US interrogation techniques as torture.
The manual - part of a training course on torture awareness [...]
Another Weapon Against Activists
America’s criminalization of dissent has many consequences for those who dare to speak out for peace:
Two well-respected US peace activists, CODEPINK and Global Exchange cofounder Medea Benjamin and retired Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright, were denied entry into Canada On October third. The two women were headed to Toronto to discuss peace and security issues [...]
With Skis in July
The number of Americans moving to Canada was greater last year than in the previous thirty, says the Association for Canadian Studies.
The survey found that 10,942 Americans came to Canada in 2006, compared to just over 9,262 in 2005. In 2000, 5,828 came to the country.
While twice as many Canadians went to the States than Americans came [...]
