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Success often comes through helping others
TheStar.com – Opinion – Success often comes through helping others: It’s people who contribute to the lives of others who can be called model citizens
May 11, 2009. Alan Broadbent, Chair of the Maytree Foundation
For more than 20 years, we’ve had an unbridled celebration of entrepreneurs, innovators and their success. We have made heroes of entrepreneurs and innovators, at least at the level of the public discourse.
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‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction
TheStar.com – Canada – ‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction: In some communities, last children with historic rights will be born as early as 2012
May 10, 2009. Nicholas Keung, IMMIGRATION REPORTER
Leaning against a creamy white war monument on the 1,200-hectare Alderville First Nation reserve north of Cobourg, Wayne Beaver wonders how long his ancestors’ land will remain in his people’s hands.
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Canadian values boil down to liberal democracy
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Special Commentary – Canadian values boil down to liberal democracy
May 9, 2009. CLIFFORD ORWIN
Our Minister for Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, has recently championed a major reform of the government’s programs for immigrants to Canada. He proposes that erstwhile Canadian citizens be better educated in “Canadian values.” And not just the fluffy stuff, like recycling (as in the current manual). But just what are core “Canadian values”?
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How Europe gets the mosaic wrong [cultural tolerance]
TheStar.com – Insight – How Europe gets the mosaic wrong: The fairness and tolerance of newcomers built into our country’s legislative DNA keep bigotry in check
May 09, 2009
In this essay in the latest issue of New Internationalist magazine (www.newint.org), written largely for a European audience, Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star editorial page editor emeritus and columnist, argues that Canada has made a stunning success of multiculturalism, unlike any other nation in the West.
Multiculturalism is being trashed in Europe. My Canadian view is:
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Education our only magic elixir
TheStar.com – Columnist – Education our only magic elixir
May 07, 2009. James Travers. Ottawa
These are peculiar times. Pigs catch swine flu from humans, Canadians who didn’t buy Chryslers (or Fiats) now own a pricey piece of the company and while we struggle to save feudal Afghanistan, nuclear Pakistan is failing.
Connecting those scattered dots is the disturbing common denominator of misunderstanding. A convenient label for a complex virus is so confusing the flu’s cause and effects that consumers are afraid to eat pork.
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Activists strengthen anti-poverty legislation
TheStar.com – Opinion – Activists strengthen anti-poverty legislation
May 07, 2009. Greg deGroot-Magetti, Sarah Blackstock
The historic Poverty Reduction Act passed this week with the support of all three political parties. This important legislation requires the Ontario government, now and for years to come, to create and implement poverty reduction strategies. No longer can poverty be ignored.
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Welcome boost for poverty bill
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Welcome boost for poverty bill
May 07, 2009
It is significant that a bill committing the Ontario government to a plan to reduce poverty was passed with all-party support in the Legislature yesterday. It suggests there is widespread agreement among the politicians that it is no longer acceptable – either morally or economically – to leave more than a million Ontarians in poverty.
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The Soloist actually gets it right – to a point [mental health]
TheGlobeandMail.com – ScienceandHealth – The Soloist actually gets it right – to a point: Welcome to the world of schizophrenia, Hollywood-style. It’s a true story, but sugar-coated
May 7, 2009. ANDRE PICARD
In the new hit movie The Soloist, Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless man making beautiful music on a downtown L.A. street, is asked by journalist Steve Lopez about his hopes and dreams.
“That’s easy,” Mr. Ayers says. “I just need another two strings for my violin.”
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Mental illness affects anyone
TheStar.com – Healthzone.ca – Mental illness affects anyone
May 02, 2009. Elvira Cordileone, Staff reporter
Star reporter Elvira Cordileone asked members of the Parkdale Activity – Recreation Centre, a neighbourhood drop-in centre, for their definitions of mental health. Their responses:
Maynrd Plane, 69 – Cerebral palsy
I can understand when a person’s not feeling well or if he’s dragged down too much he can’t focus on his work or anything he does. And if they don’t take their medication that doesn’t help very much either.
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