Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   Sex clubs in the suburbs

   By Joe Couto on Sep 15, 2008

   Civic leaders in Toronto apparently have a problem with sex in their city. It seems that the civic leaders are uneasy that consenting adults are setting up “swinger clubs” in residential neighbourhoods. It’s apparently fine to license commercial enterprises that…Read More→

2. Columns // Canada Today0

   Let’s reclaim our heritage

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Sep 1, 2008

   I have noticed a small upsurge in interest in Canadian prime ministers recently. At the moment, it seems limited to Sir John A. Macdonald with a new biography, a novel, some newspaper articles and a splashy section on the Library…Read More→

3. Columns // Canada Today0

   Religion on your vanity plate

   By Joe Couto on Aug 15, 2008

   One of the fun road games I’ve always liked to play with my kids on long summer trips is spotting vanity plates. You may or may not be able to tell something about a person by the vehicle they drive,…Read More→

4. Columns // Canada Today0

   Morgentaler award a “slap in the face”

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Aug 1, 2008

   First, the good news: For a two-week period in July, the issue of abortion was front and centre in the national news media. Commentary and editorials poured forth. Newspapers published letters to the editor on both sides of the abortion…Read More→

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   We can’t let the United Church commit suicide

   By Joe Couto on Jul 18, 2008

   There’s something morbid about watching the United Church of Canada (UCC) douse itself with gasoline and prepare to light a match. That’s what Canada’s largest Protestant denomination seems determined to do, judging by a recent conference supposedly looking at the…Read More→

6. Columns // Canada Today0

   Collision of rights no abstraction

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Jul 4, 2008

   Back when the Supreme Court of Canada was holding hearings on the Same-Sex Marriage Reference, lawyer Peter Lauwers argued that it would be “death by a thousand cuts” to churches and religious institutions if the definition of marriage was changed….Read More→