Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   Egyptian protests could signal real change

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Feb 23, 2011

   In September 1989, I was studying in England. The newspapers reported that East Germans were escaping to Austria through Hungary. We all waited for the Soviet tanks to roll in to stop the defections but they did not come. Instead,…Read More→

2. Columns // Canada Today0

   The end game for public Christianity

   By Joe Couto on Feb 8, 2011

   A decision by Saskatchewan’s top court ruling that the province’s marriage commissioners cannot refuse to wed same-sex couples is a step toward equality rights for all Canadians–or is it? Justice Robert Richards of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that…Read More→

3. Columns // Canada Today0

   Government defeats Roxanne’s Law

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Jan 26, 2011

   It seems like a no-brainer that women should be protected from coerced abortions. Yet the House of Commons recently defeated a bill that would make this act illegal. MP Rod Bruinooge, head of the Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus, introduced Private Member’s…Read More→

4. Columns // Canada Today0

   Government has duty to protect the vulnerable

   By Joe Couto on Dec 21, 2010

   In 2008, Parliament passed legislation to increase Canada’s age of consent law (the age at which a young person can legally consent to sexual activity) from 14 years old to 16. The move was based on a felt need to…Read More→

5. Columns // Canada Today0

   Leaving at the top (or bottom) of your game

   By Janet Epp Buckingham on Nov 23, 2010

   In the space of two days in the first week of November, two high profile politicians resigned—one at the top of his game and one decidedly at the bottom. It raises the question of when leaders should quit. No one…Read More→

6. Columns // Canada Today0

   Let the voices be heard

   By Joe Couto on Nov 9, 2010

   Obscenity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. For most people, looking upon a thing of beauty is much more preferable than something that disgusts them. But sometimes we need to be jolted out of our comfort zones…Read More→