Amy MacPherson
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Amy MacPherson is a social and rights advocate from Wasaga Beach, Ontario. She writes investigative
journalism, focusing on issues of public and economic policy. Publications include CBC and Open
Government and she’s currently penning a special report on the privatization of health care. Ms.
MacPherson is a spokesperson for the Ontario Association of Social Workers regarding matters of
infrastructure, as well as founder of a community garden and life skills program delivered locally. Please
follow her on Twitter: @MsAmyMacPherson or visit her blog: amymacpherson.wordpress.com.

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David Suzuki Empowers 8,000 Youth to Wake Up Canada!

(1) Comments | Posted May 5, 2013 | 10:16 PM

The saying goes, if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? According to 8,000 Ontario youths it surely does. You just wouldn't know from media outside this Windsor community despite their resounding hollers and applause.

On April 25,...

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Has the Liberal Party Jeopardized Recent Gains?

(0) Comments | Posted March 13, 2013 | 5:18 PM

With only two days to go before the deadline, the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) is working feverishly to deal with a communications glitch that could jeopardize recent gains.

It was previously reported that 294,000 individuals signed on to help them choose a new leader. It was a...

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Part II: Where Your CPP Money Really Goes

(38) Comments | Posted January 22, 2013 | 11:30 AM

In part one of this two-part series, we examined the Canada Pension Plan's (CPP) investment in drones, computerized soldiers, land occupation and an infamous prison scandal. Part two is dedicated to the many potential conflicts of interest -- yours, mine, the executives' and the PMO's. Some might be...

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Your CPP Is Funding War Crimes

(40) Comments | Posted January 17, 2013 | 11:09 AM

How would you feel if someone told you that every one of your paycheques was being used to support war crimes and keep the companies accused of these atrocities rolling in lucrative business? And how would you feel if you lived off the avails of torture and bloodshed through the...

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Harry Fear Has a Message for Canadians

(8) Comments | Posted January 8, 2013 | 12:28 PM

He graced our television sets with live reports from the most recent conflict between Palestine and Israel. Now that a ceasefire has been reached, British filmmaker and human rights advocate, Harry Fear, has embarked on a world talking tour to share his knowledge about the social, political and...

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Is This Politician Insulting War Vets?

(10) Comments | Posted November 11, 2012 | 11:00 PM

It all began when Conservative MP Bev Oda resigned her position with the Harper government. The disgraced Minister of International Cooperation was responsible for a series of scandals that including being the first sitting cabinet minister to be found in contempt of Parliament, extravagant use of...

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Why Are the Freemasons Collecting Our Children's DNA?

(222) Comments | Posted September 26, 2012 | 7:31 AM

Conspiracy theorists need theorize no more. In pages from a fiction novel brought to life, the strangest twists in popular folklore have been winding through our government corridors. In this case I wouldn't blame you for being tempted to run it by Snopes.

Fabled as a secret society, Freemasons see...

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Hey Harper, Socialists Were War Heroes Too

(26) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 5:05 PM

Prime Minister Harper is due for a history lesson, regarding remarks he entered during Question Period on Thursday, April 26. At this time he accused the NDP of failing to support the fight against Hitler in WWII. Many Members of Parliament have kindly corrected his error; that the New Democratic...

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