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Obama’s digital devotees won’t settle for the old rules [digital influence on politics]
The GlobeandMail.com – Web-exclusive comment – Obama’s digital devotees won’t settle for the old rules
November 26, 2008. DON TAPSCOTT
It’s not just elections, but governing that will never be the same in America. Consider an e-mail I just received, addressed to Don, from David. That’s David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager. “The inauguration is just 62 days away, and as President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden prepare to take office, they’ll need your support more than ever,” it said.
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Considering race-based statistics
TheStar.com – Opinion/letters – Considering race-based statistics
November 22, 2008
Re:Race stats confine black youth, Nov. 17
As a student at Queen’s University in Kingston, I was a constant target of racial profiling by the Kingston police force. I was constantly being followed in my car, trailed while walking home, searched, questioned, singled out and humiliated in front of my peers. My stories were met with suspicion and disbelief by friends and acquaintances. They did not believe the police would target me without just cause.
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Tracking discrimination
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Tracking discrimination
November 18, 2008
The collection of race-based statistics remains controversial, but there are signs that Ontario is increasingly ready to accept this approach to tracking discrimination.
A wide-ranging report on youth violence, released last week, listed “the collection of race-based data in all key domains” as one of its priority recommendations. In response, Premier Dalton McGuinty has indicated he is seriously considering the idea.
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Blaming racism (as usual)
NationalPost.com – Opinion/editorial – Blaming racism (as usual)
Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
Canadians like to think of themselves as more progressive and enlightened than our American neighbours when it comes to the issue of race. But are we? U. S. voters just elected their first black president, who himself has spoken eloquently about the need for black men to take responsibility for many of the problems besetting their communities. Here in Canada, on the other hand, we often seem to be stuck in a politically correct 1980s time warp.
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Focus on the at-risk
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinion/editorial –
November 14, 2008 at 10:30 PM EST
It would be a shame if the useful and groundbreaking elements in a massive new report on youth violence commissioned by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty were dismissed too quickly because that report bears an unfortunate tinge of political correctness.
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Ontario at youth violence crossroad: Report
TheStar.com – Ontario – Ontario at youth violence crossroad: Report
November 14, 2008. Rob Ferguson, Queen’s Park Bureau
Ontario is at a “crossroads” over growing youth violence fuelled by poverty, racism, poor housing and troubles in the school system, says a long-awaited new report.
It makes 30 recommendations to Premier Dalton McGuinty, key among them $200 million in improved mental health care for youth to keep them on the right track.
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