Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   Violent G20 protests made “criminals” out of church groups

   By Joe Couto on Jul 2, 2010

   By the time you read this column, the G8/G20 Summits held in Ontario will be over. You are likely going about your day like any other—wondering if you’ll get through all the e-mails on your computer, what you’ll have for…Read More→

2. Columns // Canada Today0

   British coalition a lesson in compromise and sacrifice

   By Joe Couto on May 18, 2010

   People of Canada rejoice! Eighteen months after Canadians sat mesmerized by America’s dazzling new president, we now have a new foreign leader to envy—and a major case of leadership envy to nurse. In fact, Britain’s new coalition government is led…Read More→

3. Columns // Canada Today0

   Controversial initiatives stopped in their tracks

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on May 11, 2010

   It is nice to be able to speak to successes every now and then. Some of us get “bad news” fatigue. But over the last few weeks, two bad initiatives got stopped in their tracks. Bill C-384 would have legalized…Read More→

4. Columns // Canada Today0

   Bungling of abuse scandal weakens the Church’s voice

   By Joe Couto on May 4, 2010

   Churches, especially at the denominational level, encounter the same types of public relations challenges that any large organization faces. Public accountability, building trust with customers (primarily the people in the pews and those they are trying to reach with the…Read More→

5. Columns // Canada Today0

   Veil ban mostly about scoring political points

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Apr 13, 2010

   The government of Quebec caused a furor when it introduced Bill 94 on March 24. This law bans women from wearing the niqab when working in a public office or receiving services from a public office in Quebec. The niqab…Read More→

6. Columns // Canada Today0

   What a “visible majority” could mean for the Church

   By Joe Couto on Apr 6, 2010

   A recent study from Statistics Canada suggests that in 20 years, today’s so-called “visible minorities” will represent a “visible majority” in urban Canada and make up one-third of all Canadians. It predicts big changes ahead for the face of the…Read More→