Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   Can we dodge another depression?

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Mar 13, 2009

   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→

2. Columns // Canada Today0

   Can Michael Ignatieff bridge our solitudes?

   By Joe Couto on Mar 1, 2009

   We Canadians like to think of our vast land and small population hugging the U.S. border as a nation distinct from our southern cousins. However most foreigners would be hard-pressed to distinguish between English Canadians and Americans (French-speaking Quebecers are,…Read More→

3. Columns // Canada Today0

   A case of rights versus responsibility

   By Joe Couto on Feb 15, 2009

   What do you get when you pit a Quebec billionaire against his Brazilian-born socialite wife? One nasty divorce that teaches us some critical lessons about “rights” versus “responsibility.” The female spouse in question (who cannot be named because of a…Read More→

4. Columns // Canada Today0

   Polygamy the next step in redefining marriage

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Feb 1, 2009

   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→

5. Columns // Canada Today0

   Bailouts won’t save us from our greed

   By Joe Couto on Jan 15, 2009

   I know a man–I’ll call him Fred–who is entering his 80th year of life. Fred can recall the Great Depression and the war years. He’s worked through the economic booms and busts of several decades. So what is Fred’s reaction…Read More→

6. Columns // Canada Today0

   Betting the House

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Jan 1, 2009

   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→