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Ontario court orders newspaper to hand over sensitive documents
Globe and Mail Update – National
February 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM EST
KIRK MAKIN
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered the National Post newspaper to hand over a document and envelope that could reveal the identity of an individual who tried to “undermine the authority†of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
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Ipperwash chill felt in Caledonia
TheStar.com – comment – Ipperwash chill felt in Caledonia
February 29, 2008
Jim Coyle
It’s the first day of the third year at Caledonia, no end in sight to the Indian occupation there, and Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister Michael Bryant is left to sell a message antithetical to both his high-octane personality and these hurry-up times.
Patience, he counsels. Time. Talk. The only durable result is a negotiated land-claim settlement between the federal government and Six Nations, however long it takes.
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Great savings incentive or just a new way for rich to profit?
TheStar.com – Federal Budget – Great savings incentive or just a new way for rich to profit?
Some activists embrace Flaherty’s tax-free plan while others scorn it
February 28, 2008
Tanya Talaga, Social Policy Reporter
The introduction of a tax-free savings account is hailed by some anti-poverty advocates as a big, first incentive to low-income earners to save money intended to be free of government clawbacks.
Others say the special savings account is just another way for the rich to get richer.
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Artfully clever scheme achieves Tories’ goal
TheStar.com – Federal Budget – Artfully clever scheme achieves Tories’ goal
February 27, 2008
Thomas Walkom, NATIONAL AFFAIRS COLUMNIST
OTTAWA–Politically, this is a brilliant budget. It does not do what is needed to protect the country from the recession building up south of the border. But that is not its aim.
What is so clever – so artfully clever – about Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget is that it satisfies both the short-term tactical needs of the governing Conservatives and their long-term ideological goals.
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Don’t bring back the Court Challenges Program
National Post – opinion
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
John Carpay And Christopher Schafer
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Change politics by taking a stand
TheStar.com – comment – Change politics by taking a stand
February 26, 2008
Chukwoma Okonkwo
It’s a long time coming, but I know a change is going to come.
If the Democratic primaries in the United States are any indication, then it seems that African people are once again spearheading a political revolution.
After years of being politically dormant, African people throughout North America are finally getting re-engaged with politics. This wave of momentum down south has rippled its way northward, inspiring many Canadians.
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Fair policy a long time in coming
TheStar.com – comment – Fair policy a long time in coming
February 20, 2008
Carol Goar
Speed has never been Barbara Hall’s forte. The chief of the Ontario Human Rights Commission is thorough, thoughtful and fair-minded.
All of those qualities were evident in the draft policy released by the commission last week on the disclosure of mental health information held by police.
But it was a long time in coming. Psychiatric survivors had been fighting for six years to shield sensitive medical records from prospective employers and recruiters at voluntary agencies.
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Natives roll the dice on life after casino
National Post – Gambling seems like a tempting solution for many First Nations bands but it can also bring a world of trouble
Friday, February 15, 2008
Kevin Libin,
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We don’t `get’ native despair
TheStar.com – comment – We don’t `get’ native despair
Conditions that led to the deaths of two little girls will persist until mainstream society acts
February 10, 2008
Marie Wadden
The two children, Kaydance and Santana Pauchay, who froze to death on the Yellow Quill reserve in Saskatchewan are not the first to die this horrible way on a First Nation reserve, Métis or Inuit community.
Every winter, someone dies in aboriginal communities from the same deadly combination: extreme cold and excessive alcohol consumption.
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