Let’s take a look at the implications of the Conservative Party’s recent decision to bypass the “consortium approach” to televised election debates during this fall’s…
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Richard Landau
Secular State Doesn’t Mean Erasing Religion from Public Life
For those who have come to Canada from just about any place on the planet other than Western Europe or the United States, you are…
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The Conservative “Balancing Act”
There was a time when the vast plurality of new Canadians voted for the Liberal Party of Canada. With the exception of some of those…
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Enhancing our Multicultural Heritage
Legal prostitution. Assisted suicide. Decriminalized pot. Gay marriage. Our society is undergoing a breathtaking transformation, hurried along by the influence of the Canadian Charter of…
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Head Coverings and Courts: No Simple Solution
So a woman is told she can’t testify in a Quebec court while wearing a hijab. The Prime Minister speaks out against women wanting to…
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Stop Blaming the Media!
I hear it everywhere: “The media lie about us.” “The media don’t tell our story.” “We are invisible to the media.” I attend conferences and…
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Why Some New Canadian Communities are More Prominent in Politics
Why is it that some new Canadian communities appear to achieve prominence, stature and wealth in the fabric of the national community – more readily…
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Nine Takes on Charlie Hebdo: Questions on Free Speech in a Democratic Society
The Charlie Hebdo massacre and subsequent hostage-taking and murders at the Paris kosher supermarket were supposedly in retaliation for the blasphemous manner in which the…
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Angry Second-generation Immigrants
Last year we witnessed surprising riots and fire in the streets of Stockholm, largely perpetrated by young men whose families originated in the Maghreb region…
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Choosing the Moment of Self-Disclosure
Recently, I was listening to a very funny routine that comedienne Wanda Sykes recorded for HBO about her decision to come out. At its core,…
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