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If we’re going to talk citizenship, let’s have a principled debate
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Comment – If we’re going to talk citizenship, let’s have a principled debate
April 8, 2009. NATALIE BRENDER
On April 17, a new law comes into effect changing the rules of citizenship. From that date on, when foreign-born Canadians have children born abroad, those children cannot inherit Canadian citizenship. Under the current rules, such children do receive citizenship and can retain it as adults – even if they’ve never stepped foot in this country – by showing knowledge of Canada and ability to speak English or French.
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Newfoundland’s profitable lesson on non-profits
TheStar.com – Opinion – Newfoundland’s profitable lesson on non-profits
April 06, 2009. Carol Goar
Two years ago, relations between the government and voluntary sector in Newfoundland were roughly where they are in Ontario today.
The two sides called themselves partners, but it was a polite fiction. The province’s 23,000 non-profit workers and 187,000 volunteers felt powerless and undervalued. The bureaucrats who doled out grants were weary of their constant pleas for money.
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This isn’t democracy [The Assembly of First Nations]
NationalPost.com – This isn’t democracy: The Assembly of First Nations is supposed to represent rank-and-file aboriginals. It doesn’t
Published: Saturday, April 04, 2009. Joseph Quesnel, National Post
Imagine you wanted to be prime minister, but rather than run for the leadership of your party and then face a general election, you only needed the support of every mayor in Canada.
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The quiet unravelling of Canadian democracy
TheStar.com – Insight – The quiet unravelling of Canadian democracy: Muzzled MPs. A powerless cabinet. Politicized senior bureaucrats. Unaccountable parties. Canada’s democracy is in trouble. To fix it we have to connect the dots
April 04, 2009. James Travers, National Affairs Columnist
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Social Networking and Governance for Sustainable Development
Connect2Canada – Canada Watch/Science&Technology – Social Networking and Governance for Sustainable Development
April 3, 2009.
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Time to invest in aboriginal infrastructure
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Time to invest in aboriginal infrastructure
March 31, 2009. VERA PAWIS TABOBONDUNG
As most Canadians surely know, infrastructure spending is the federal government’s first priority for pulling the country out of recession. The recent federal budget highlighted it, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making announcements about it across the country and every cabinet minister makes a point of stressing how important it is.
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Enough of multiculturalism – bring on the melting pot
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Enough of multiculturalism – bring on the melting pot
March 31, 2009. LAWRENCE MARTIN
Issues don’t get much hotter than immigration. It’s where political correctness abounds, where allegations of intolerance and racism are but a breath away, where ministers had best show finesse with their pronouncements.
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A hand up, not a handout, for Canada’s natives after all
TheGlobendMail.com – Opinions – A hand up, not a handout, for Canada’s natives after all: In better times, Kelowna Accord failed; in crisis, stimulus gives aboriginals some relief
March 30, 2009. ROY MacGREGOR
‘Thank God for the crisis!”
Phil Fontaine is calling from Winnipeg, half tongue in cheek, half pumping his fist in the air in celebration.
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