The British Government, in court for requiring Gore's movie to be shown in schools, has found that their own expert witness has admitted under oath that the retreating glacier on Kilimanjaro is not evidence of man-made climate change.
This morning the Federal Government announced some significant funding for combating AIDS in Africa - here is the news story:
International Co-operation Minister Josee Verner made the announcement in Montreal on Friday, World AIDS Day, answering impatient activists and health experts who have waited for the past three months for an announcement.
The government also pledged to contribute $450 million over the next 10 years to support country-led AIDS efforts in Africa.
Every year the Canadian Government spends our taxes finding out what people around the world think of us. For 20 years it has not changed.
We are thought of as honest, trustworthy, reliable, friendly -good people. In fact "Canadian" is one of the most attractive brands in the world. But do we have a clear picture of ourselves? Perhaps we think of ice hockey, natural resources, and as the promotion we provided for the world at the Torino Olympics, ice fishing...
Do you wonder why the AIDS epidemic is called the worst epidemic in the history of mankind? Can you grasp the implications of these mind-numbing numbers from the United Nations Report on AIDS dated Dec 2005?
Children that died from AIDS in 2005 - 570,000
Women living with AIDS today - 17,500,000
Number newly infected in 2005 - 4,900,000 - over 500 per hour