What elements previously associated with Canadian global engagement might have been lost or forgotten?
A time of remembrance, and forgetting
Unfriendly fire: The casualty of war Ottawa would rather forget
“On this Remembrance Day, I am remembering one Canadian peacekeeper in particular — someone the Harper government probably prefers to forget.”
“This Remembrance Day I’ll wear two poppies: one red and one white”
“Why did I wear two poppies, and why will I do it again? For me, the red poppy represents the sacrifice of the fallen; the white poppy represents the hope for a better future where young soldiers, sailors, and air crew do not have to die.”
Ceasefire.ca supporters speak out against Harper’s new “anti-terrorism” legislation
Thank you to everyone who submitted letters to the editors of newspapers across Canada! Here’s what some Ceasefire.ca supporters had to say.
Bill C-622, the CSEC Accountability and Transparency Act, defeated at second reading
Private Member’s Bill C-622, also known as the CSEC Accountability and Transparency Act, was defeated at the second reading stage yesterday, November 5th, in the House of Commons.
Canada’s closed door policy for Syrian refugees
The Canadian government consistently boasts about its “generous refugee system”, saying it welcomes about one in every 10 resettled refugees globally. But in the case of Syria, Ottawa’s resettlement target for 2014 was only half that traditional benchmark.