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Break the standoff [with First Nations ]
NationalPost.com – Opinion/Editorial – Break the standoff
Published: June 13, 2009.
Summer approaches, so it must be time for another annual confrontation with Mohawk “warriors” intent on flaunting their contempt for the law.
And right on time, a group of militants on the Akwesasne reserve near Cornwall, Ont., has appeared to impose their will, and whatever disruption they can manage, on residents of their own reserve and surrounding regions.
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Hate speech: This debate is out of balance
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Hate speech: This debate is out of balance: Freedom of expression is a fundamental right in Canadian society. So is the right to be treated with equality, dignity and respect
June 12, 2009. Jennifer Lynch*
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If we’re so equal, why aren’t we happy? [Women]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – If we’re so equal, why aren’t we happy? For women, the desire to have it all comes with the obligation to do it all
Jun. 12, 2009. Margaret Wente
In 1963, an angry woman named Betty Friedan published a groundbreaking book about “the problem that has no name.” In it, she described the stifled lives of women in North America – talented, creative, and increasingly educated women who were trapped in the suburbs, leading lives of quiet desperation.
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There’s more to life than GDP
TheStar.com – Opinion – There’s more to life than GDP: Canadians need a new, holistic measure of societal progress that goes beyond economics
June 10, 2009. Roy Romanow
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‘Immoral’ treatment of migrants slammed
TheStar.com – Canada – ‘Immoral’ treatment of migrants slammed: Give foreign workers permanent resident benefits, advocates urge
June 10, 2009. Nicholas Keung, IMMIGRATION REPORTER
Advocates for foreign workers are urging Ottawa to grant immigrant status to imported labourers on arrival to avoid exploitation and abuse by unscrupulous employers and job recruiters.
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Forced equality fails
NationalPost.com – Full Comment – Forced equality fails
Posted: June 09, 2009. James B. Wilson
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The inequities in legal aid pay
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – The inequities in legal aid pay
June 07, 2009
In pursuit of safer streets, Ontario has increased police resources for special guns and gangs units, dedicated Crown attorneys to handle these cases and built major crimes courts for large, complex trials.
But our justice system has two sides, and those who represent most of the defendants in these cases – government-funded legal aid lawyers – are being left behind.
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A new approach [partnerships with First Nations communities]
NationalPost.com – Opinion/Editorial – A new approach
June 06, 2009
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but the more the federal government finds itself lacking options on the economic front, the more progress it seems to make in other areas of the Conservative agenda.
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