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Charity Tax Tools Resources

Earlier this week, Imagine Canada – an organization dedicated to supporting Canada’s charitable sector – launched the Charity Tax Tools website … a site with free information, tools and resources to help small-to-medium sized charities better understand how to meet Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements.
This couldn’t have come at a better time. 
In 2007 – 2008, for instance, over [...]

Wanted: A New Vision for First Nations

“Clearly, the vision of governance and shared community life of First Nations is not working.
Fortunately, some indigenous communities aren’t prepared to wait for Ottawa to provide an alternate vision.”
Joseph Quesnel
An intriguing article by Joseph Quesnel, a policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, where he writes mainly about aboriginal and property rights issues.
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Focus on Creating Value for Local Customers

I’ve heard it said there is no silver bullet to sustainable living, but rather a toolbox to pick and choose your methods from.
One method of mine is to ‘buy local’ as I view sustainable consumerism as intentional consumerism. 
Yet on the flip side, virtually no local economies today are fully self-sustaining.  Cheap manufacturing elsewhere, cheap big box [...]

New Survey Shows Canadians Want Federal Infrastructure Funding Protected

A new survey by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) shows Canadians want the Government of Canada to protect investments in their local infrastructure as it eliminates its budget deficit.
“Canadians have a clear message for the government:  do not balance your books by cutting badly-needed investments in our community infrastructure.”
Basil Stewart, FCM President
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Still A Need for Rural Internet Connections

Following the initial rush of information and communication technologies in rural areas, interest seems to be dying down.  And while mobile phones certainly have had a great impact in many rural spots, there is still a need for high-quality, affordable internet connections to serve rural and niche markets the way larger companies cannot.
This article highlights why.

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