With mere weeks remaining before the U.S. presidential election, which could see the victory of a candidate who has vowed to implement “extreme vetting” for…
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‘We Lost Our Way’ in 2015 Campaign, Patrick Brown Says of Niqab and Defending Minorities
Patrick Brown has already taken the Ontario Progressive Conservative party in a new direction since becoming its leader — now he’s encouraging his former federal…
View More ‘We Lost Our Way’ in 2015 Campaign, Patrick Brown Says of Niqab and Defending MinoritiesAmerican Dreams, Canadian Realities: A Night at the Oscars
So then … the Oscars are guilty of being a tad too monochromatic and a chorus of notables from Spike Lee to Michael Moore are…
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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…
View More Enhancing our Multicultural HeritagePolls at Odds with Canadian Pluralism
My dad recently retired from the federal public service after spending over three decades serving this country. His job was to make sure that Canadian-made…
View More Polls at Odds with Canadian PluralismFeds falling short of francophone immigration targets: Senate report
A Senate committee report says the government needs to do more to attract francophone immigrants to communities outside of Quebec if it hopes to meet…
View More Feds falling short of francophone immigration targets: Senate reportNew Video Series Spotlights Immigrant-friendly Projects
A national organization which aims to bring together stakeholders to promote the successful integration of immigrants and minorities has just released a video series highlighting…
View More New Video Series Spotlights Immigrant-friendly ProjectsImmigrants are never “illegal”
The Associated Press (AP) news agency recently announced that it will no longer use the term “illegal immigrant.” While AP suggested alternative phrases like “person…
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Obama remarks bring racial profiling to the fore
U.S. President Barack Obama remarked unexpectedly on the Trayvon Martin case during a recent White House press briefing. His statement was eloquent, empathetic and thoughtful, and was…
View More Obama remarks bring racial profiling to the foreOur Homegrown Pigmentocracy
A couple of years ago, I was interviewed by student Nayani Thiyagarajah at Ryerson University for a video documentary entitled Shadeism. I spoke about shadeism…
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