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Becoming Canadian won’t be that big a change
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
July 14, 2010
… the Canada that welcomed me two decades ago is a much different nation than the Canada that surrounds me now. It was so refreshing to find myself in a country where looking after the well being of your fellow citizens — in your town, in your country, around the world — was intrinsic to the national culture… I had moved to a land of relative economic equality, from a country built on shocking extremes of wealth and poverty… but the fact is, aside from the socialized-medicine thing, y’all have become just like us.
Tags: ideology, immigration, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Debates | No Comments »
Portugal’s experience points to drug solution
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
June 29, 2010
It has become clear that arresting, prosecuting and jailing heroin and crack addicts doesn’t make them stop using drugs. The illegal drug trade continues to fuel crime and gang violence, and the social and health effects of addiction push the cost to $8.2 billion a year across Canada… Until now, debate over the issue has tended toward the extremes: legalize drugs or impose harsher penalties. Both solutions are misguided, and the polarized controversy has obscured the middle ground, where lie the best solutions.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, Health, ideology
Posted in Health Debates | 2 Comments »
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