- 14Feb2017
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Is Islamophobia Racist?
This week our Parliament is expected to vote on a motion, M-103. This motion, if passed, would be an official condemnation by our Parliament of Islamophobia.
- February 14, 2017
- Peter Vogel
- 07Feb2017
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Some Are More Equal Than Others
George Orwell’s Animal Farm contained this famous line, memorable for its ludicrous, oxymoronic slogan: “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.” It would be laughable if it weren’t such an accurate picture of...
- February 07, 2017
- Rod Taylor
- 04Feb2017
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Electoral Reform Is Out and So Is Trust
A promise that is worth making is worth keeping, even if it will not benefit the one keeping it.
- February 04, 2017
- Peter Vogel
- 31Jan2017
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Whoever Heard of Fetal Cannabis Syndrome?
This week, I received an email. This is not an unusual occurrence; but this one caught my attention. I not only read the email, but also followed the links. After following the links I sought different...
- January 31, 2017
- Vicki Gunn
- 24Jan2017
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The Unprecedented President
Boisterous and brash, America’s 45th President has been sworn in. He’s also been sworn at and there are those who seem sworn to his destruction.
- January 24, 2017
- Rod Taylor
- 17Jan2017
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Phasing out Prosperity in Four Steps
Our Prime Minister is engaging in a cross-country “town hall” tour; he is speaking to Canadians and answering their questions — I’m not being sarcastic, he really is spending most of the time at these public events answering questions.
- January 17, 2017
- Peter Vogel
- 10Jan2017
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White Sand Beaches and Perpetual Deficits
As 2017 begins fresh and new, taxpayers of the future (some of them not yet even born) are being saddled with a crushing tax burden. It’s called taxation without representation because those future citizens will...
- January 10, 2017
- Rod Taylor
- 03Jan2017
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Celebrating Canada’s Sesquicentennial
Our Queen and our Prime Minister have both mentioned in their New Year’s messages to us, on the eve of 2017, that this year we celebrate 150 years as a nation. This really is momentous!
- January 03, 2017
- Vicki Gunn
- 27Dec2016
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The Year Behind; the Year Before
At the junction of the old year and the new . . . as we flip our calendars from 2016 to 2017, it may be appropriate to reflect for a moment on these spoofy lyrics sung by Scouts around the campfire...
- December 27, 2016
- Rod Taylor
- 20Dec2016
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Don’t Let Herod Spoil Your Christmas
We all know about the “wise men from the East” who followed the star in their search for the Christ Child. They were wise enough to seek Christ and also wise enough to outfox King Herod.
- December 20, 2016
- Rod Taylor
- 13Dec2016
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Rising Stars of Unequal Rights
Was it just me or was anybody else totally turned off by our Prime Minister’s grandstanding over the anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre? Don’t get me wrong; my heart goes out to the families of these ladies . . . as it does for the families of the almost seventy other “real people” killed in other tragic Canadian multiple murders.
- December 13, 2016
- Vicki Gunn
- 08Dec2016
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Deforming Electoral Reform
You probably got a small postcard in the mail this week from the Government of Canada with the headline “Have your say about our democracy”. It announces an online survey which can found at mydemocracy.ca Will this survey really give you a say?
- December 08, 2016
- Peter Vogel
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