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Harper looks beyond the fringe [Court Challenges Program]
TheStar.com – Opinion – Harper looks beyond the fringe
September 11, 2009. Antonia Zerbisias
I’m thinking of making T-shirts: “Proud to be a member of that `left-wing fringe group’ called `Women.'”
They’d be pink, of course, for socialism – and also for the pink triangle, the badge the Nazis made gays and lesbians wear before shipping them off to the camps.
Thanks to Prime Minster Stephen Harper, those T-shirts will make me rich!
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Stop-gap on legal aid
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Stop-gap on legal aid
September 10, 2009
Attorney General Chris Bentley set out to “renew legal aid” and place it on “a strong, sustainable foundation for the future.” But the changes and the boost to annual funding that he announced earlier this week, while welcome, are unlikely to achieve his aim.
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Lagging on indigenous rights
TheStar.com – Opinion – Lagging on indigenous rights
September 10, 2009. Warren Allmand, Former minister of Indian and Northern Affairs
Indigenous peoples around the world, who now number 370 million, have been routinely marginalized, impoverished and victimized. At the United Nations, efforts have been made to affirm and protect the rights that are indispensable to their survival and well-being.
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Tax havens: out of sight, out of mind
TheStar.com – Opinion – Tax havens: out of sight, out of mind
September 08, 2009. Linda McQuaig
At the root of the public fascination with the fate of Michael Bryant is a question that lies at the heart of democracy: Do the rich and powerful get special treatment?
Preventing the public from answering “yes” to that question will be a challenge for authorities, with the spotlight glaring down on every aspect of the prosecution of the former provincial attorney general for his deadly encounter with a cyclist.
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Making the case against universality [child care]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Editorial – Making the case against universality: A new report from the OECD undercuts calls for full-day kindergarten and universal child care
Sep. 08, 2009
On the list of timeless political homilies, none is more popular than the one demanding that we spend more on our country’s children. But which children? When? And how much?
Last week an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report, titled “Doing Better for Children,” attempted to answer these tough questions.
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Marx and his ideas rise from the dustbin of history
TheStar.com – Opinions – Marx and his ideas rise from the dustbin of history: Profound understanding of capitalist dynamics has come to the fore during the current crisis
September 07, 2009. Leo Panitch, RESEARCH CHAIR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT YORK UNIVERSITY
Workers of the world unite! A new message for Labour Day 2009?
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There’s strength amid squalor in the far north
TheStar.com – Opinion – There’s strength amid squalor in the far north
September 04, 2009. Carol Goar
Some Canadians come back from a visit to a remote aboriginal community convinced they know what’s best for the First Nations of the far north. I am not one of them.
Some come back overwhelmed to the point of despair by the deprivation they’ve seen. I don’t fall into that group either.
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Too many young lives cut short [First Nations]
TheStar.com – Opinion – Too many young lives cut short
September 02, 2009. Carol Goar, SANDY LAKE FIRST NATION
For most of his career, Bert Lauwers was an emergency room doctor in one of Ontario’s busiest hospitals. He was the kind of physician anyone would want to encounter at a time of trauma: calm, efficient and conscientious.
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