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It is hard for most of us to see how religious freedom and a driver’s licence could be connected. But for certain Hutterian Brethren in Alberta, the absolute requirement to have a digital photo on their driver’s licence contravenes the…Read More→
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It was back-to-back funerals for Prime Minister Stephen Harper the first weekend of July. Each was controversial in its own way. Former Governor General Romeo LeBlanc’s funeral was on July 3 in Memramcook, New Brunswick. LeBlanc was the first Acadian…Read More→
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Parliament Hill is Canada’s ultimate public square. For this reason, the green space in front of Centre Block is frequently the site for rallies and protests on a wide variety of issues. Recently Iranians protested the results of the election…Read More→
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Now that the dust seems to be settling on the swine flu scare, it is a good time to step back and assess how well Canada responded. As of May 2009, swine flu has not become a deadly epidemic. The…Read More→
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Sometimes court cases so defy logic and common sense that they that shake our confidence in the legal system. A little more than a year ago, one of these cases was decided just across the river from Ottawa in Gatineau….Read More→
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Over the past several years, spurred on by the film Amazing Grace, momentum has been building in the Christian community to stop human trafficking, particularly of women and children. In January, MP Joy Smith took an important step in this…Read More→
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There continues to be a great deal of hand-wringing in Ottawa over the economy. In fact, now that President Barack Obama has come and gone, it is all anyone seems to talk about. The budget is wending its way through…Read More→
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After years of inaction, the B.C. government has finally brought charges against two leaders in Bountiful accused of polygamy. The two men are leaders in a fundamentalist, breakaway sect of the Mormon Church. One is accused of having 22 wives….Read More→
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I, along with pretty much everyone in Canada, am angry. I am frustrated and perplexed. The political meltdown in Ottawa seems to have occurred in much the same way that the global economic crisis did. At first there was little…Read More→
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Barak Obama’s election in the U.S. is nothing short of a victory over racism. Commentators worldwide keep using the “historic election” phrase. But it is the outburst of sheer joy from the African and African descended people that really shows…Read More→