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Turned-off Canadians tuning out
TheStar.com – Canada – Turned-off Canadians tuning out: Political apathy fuelled by diminishing role of our MPs and a lack of transparency
June 21, 2009. Bruce Campion-Smith, OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF
OTTAWA – At the time it was hailed as groundbreaking. Fill out a one-page form, pay a $5 fee and Canadians had the right to ask for any federal government record. The introduction of the Access to Information Act in 1983 put Canada on the cutting edge.
“We were amongst the leaders in the world,” says Robert Marleau, the federal information commissioner.
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Not yet a post-racial society
TheStar.com – Opinion – Not yet a post-racial society
June 17, 2009. Frances Henry, Carol Tator, Authors of Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging The Myth of ‘A Few Bad Apples’
The recent ruling on the Parks question to challenge potential jurors on racial discrimination raises some important issues on the extent and pervasiveness of racism in Canadian society today.
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Get the fees out of high schools
TheStar.com – Opinion – Get the fees out of high schools
June 16, 2009. Jonathan Scott, Director of policy for the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association
It’s the hidden costs that kill. We work so hard to find the deal, finding the best and the cheapest cellphone, only to learn about the system-access fee. We invest in education, making it the best and the cheapest, only to learn about student-activity fees.
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The future of Canada depends on immigrants
NationalPost.com – Opinion – The future of Canada depends on immigrants
Published: June 16, 2009. John Stewart, National Post
My roots are in poor, white, Anglo-Protestant, rural Western Canada. I grew up in a different Canada than this one. I remember how as a child I gawked at the first dark-skinned person I ever saw. I attended one of Preston Manning’s early speeches in Ottawa as Reform party leader 20 years ago. Nearly all my friends are white Anglos. I tend to vote Conservative.
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All-day kindergarten ideal for children, Ontario report says
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – All-day kindergarten ideal for children, Ontario report says: Calling for blanket reforms to early education, policy could become national model
Monday, Jun. 15, 2009. Joe Friesen
All-day kindergarten and seamless, school-centred childcare for four and five-year-olds are the recommendations of a proposed new education policy that could herald a sea change in Ontario’s approach to child development, one that could become a national model.
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Full-day learning starts next year [blending kindergarten and daycare for children aged 4 and 5]
TheStar.com – news/parentcentral.ca – EARLY LEARNING: Full-day learning starts next year: McGuinty to back education blueprint blending kindergarten and daycare for children aged 4 and 5
June 15, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten, Kristin Rushowy
Premier Dalton McGuinty today will announce full-day learning for 4- and 5-year-olds starting next year, based on a provincial adviser’s $1 billion plan that would see elementary schools become year-round hubs for children from birth to age 12.
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Take over daycares, Ontario schools told
TheStar.com – Ontario/ParentCentral – Take over daycares, Ontario schools told:
Major report proposes sweeping changes to meld daycare and kindergarten into full-day program
June 14, 2009. Kristin Rushowy, EDUCATION REPORTER
Ontario parents of 4- and 5-year-olds should be able to leave their children at school from 7:30 in the morning to 6 p.m. as part of sweeping changes bringing daycare and kindergarten under one roof, the Star has learned.
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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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