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Enough with the apologies
NationalPost.com – opinion/editorial: Enough with the apologies
Published: Thursday, June 12, 2008
Yesterday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized for our nation’s long-standing policy of sending native children to residential schools, something he accurately described as “a sad chapter in our history.”
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Why the apology matters to us all
TheStar.com – comment/editorial – Why the apology matters to us all
June 11, 2008
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will rise this afternoon in the House of Commons to apologize on behalf of Canadians for one of the darkest chapters in our history – the forcible removal of generations of aboriginal children from their families to residential schools, which systematically sought to “kill the Indian in the child.”
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Five years ago today, gay marriage became legal in Ontario – and equality has lived more happily ever after
TheGlobeandMail.com – Web-exclusive comment – Five years ago today, gay marriage became legal in Ontario – and equality has lived more happily ever after
June 10, 2008. MARTHA MCCARTHY
Five years ago today, I put on a white suit and my good luck shoes and went to the office of the Ontario Court of Appeal to pick up a judgment.
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‘Sorry’ is the bridge to reconciliation
TheGlobeandMail – opinions – ‘Sorry’ is the bridge to reconciliation: Stephen Harper’s apology to aboriginal Canadians marks a historic turning point in our country, says ERNA PARIS, author of Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History
June 9, 2008. ERNA PARIS
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Race, ethnicity most common hate targets
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Race, ethnicity most common hate targets
June 9, 2008. The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Hate-motivated incidents account for a relatively small proportion of crime in Canada, and those that occur are most commonly related to race or ethnicity, a new study says.
Police services covering 87 per cent of Canada’s population reported 892 hate-motivated crimes in 2006, of which six in 10 were motivated by race or ethnicity, Statistics Canada said Monday.
Another quarter of hate crimes were motivated by religion, and one in 10 by sexual orientation.
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The folly of carbon taxes
NationalPost.com – opinion/editorial – The folly of carbon taxes
Published: Friday, June 06, 2008
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Justice depends on legal aid
TheStar.com – comment/letter – Justice depends on legal aid
June 06, 2008
Re:Province moves to cut criminal court delays – June 4
The Association of Legal Aid Lawyers is pleased to see the initiatives that Attorney General Chris Bentley is taking to reduce criminal court delays. Our association is dedicated to providing the highest possible level of legal representation to lower-income Ontarians. Our members are salaried employees funded by Legal Aid Ontario and include duty counsel who daily advise and represent the criminally accused.
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Residential Schools: Another View
NationalPost.com – comment – Residential Schools: Another View: ‘Most of these students at least learned modern skills that would help them participate more fully in both aboriginal and Canadian society’
Published: Saturday, May 31, 2008. Rodney A. Clifton, National Post
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Payments going askew
TheGlobeandMail.com – opinions/editorial – Payments going askew
May 30, 2008
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