Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   How to deal with a crisis

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Jun 2, 2009

   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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   A Christian and a porn filmmaker agree

   By ChristianWeek on May 19, 2009

   What do a ChristianWeek columnist and a writer for Playgirl Magazine have in common? Here’s the surprising answer: a respect for monogamy. ChristianWeek readers may not be familiar with Jamye Waxman given that her world revolves around sex, not faith….Read More→

3. Columns // Canada Today0

   “Dad, I’ll call my lawyer.”

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on May 8, 2009

   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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   Harper needs a water pistol

   By Joe Couto on Apr 24, 2009

   Prime Minister Stephen Harper must have had parents who deprived him of toy guns during his childhood. How else can we explain his obsession with the federal gun registry? As a dyed-in-the-wool urbanite, I admit that I don’t understand some…Read More→

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   Bill on the table to punish human traffickers

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Apr 10, 2009

   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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   Ugly battles bury good news

   By Joe Couto on Mar 27, 2009

   If there is good news for any sector in our society during a recession, it should be in post-secondary education. During modern economic recessions Canadians tend to flock to publicly-funded colleges and universities. This makes very good sense. Choosing to…Read More→