Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   We don’t need tolerance; we need respect.

   By Joe Couto on Dec 15, 2008

   Earlier this year, I delivered a lecture to a group of human resource professionals who work in law enforcement. The lecture was about diversity–specifically about how communities across Canada are changing as new immigrant groups from Africa, Asia, and Latin…Read More→

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   The stakes are high for America’s “Nelson Mendela”

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Dec 1, 2008

   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→

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   The price of democracy? $300 million

   By Joe Couto on Nov 15, 2008

   What is the price of democracy? This is not a question about the sacrifices young men and women make on battlefields to defend Canada, our values or any other noble cause. It’s a question of whether Canadians should accept, with…Read More→

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   Financial crisis is a Christian issue

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Nov 1, 2008

   When I was overseas a few weeks ago, I was startled by magazine headlines asking, “Is this the end of capitalism?” The focus was the global economic meltdown. While Canada has experienced a downturn, the U.S., Asia and Europe have…Read More→

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   A deeply moral issue that we dare not ignore

   By Joe Couto on Oct 15, 2008

   Between 1965 and 1973, Canada sheltered more than 50,000 Americans, mostly so-called “draft dodgers” who objected to the Vietnam War. Many Canadians saw it as an “immoral” war, including then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who said, “[For] those who make…Read More→

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   The death of Bill C-484

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Oct 1, 2008

   The election call has effectively killed Bill C-484, the proposal to create a separate offence for killing the baby when a pregnant woman is assaulted. MP Ken Epp is to be applauded for his courageous stand in the face of…Read More→