The Canadian Sikh Association says it will consider whatever legal options remain, if lobbying efforts fail to reverse a decision by Ontario last week to reject a motorcycle helmet exemption for devout Sikhs. The CSA…
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No Hierarchy of Human Rights
An alarming idea has recently been circulating in human resources circles in Canada: when it comes to competing human rights, maybe there should be a “hierarchy of rights,” with the rights of some groups trumping…
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Canada Today: Less Hotel, More Live-in Condo
With Multiculturalism Day (June 27) upon us, we have a good opportunity to reflect on how both government language and programming has changed under the Conservative government, and the legacy of Jason Kenney, the Minister…
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Couillard Pitches Charter Lite
New Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has stated that an early priority would be to address ongoing concerns regarding reasonable accommodation issues. He promised that his government would focus on three aspects where he believed a…
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Québec’s very problematic Charter proposal
I grew up in Québec. We saw nuns in full habit everywhere: in schools, driving cars, the shopping centre. That Québec … steeped in religion, where penitents mounted the stairs to Montréal’s Oratoire St. Joseph…
View More Québec’s very problematic Charter proposal“If you are a guest in my home, there are certain rules of courtesy”
Interfaith dialogue, as we have known it, that peaceful, sanguine and polite discourse, is dead.Yes, dead.The day of treating everyone like equals with equal truths in the marketplace of ideas is… over.The day of fascination…
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