Paul Martin has promised $5 billion to various Aboriginal groups following last week’s First Ministers Meeting (FMM) in Kelowna. The Summit included representatives from Aboriginal Canadian populations as well as government officials. On the agenda were four major issues: Native housing, education, health care and relationships. After the two-day summit (November 24-25) National Chief of… Read more »
An alleged CNN report entitled, “What’s the Big Deal, eh?” has enraged Canadians coast-to-coast in its flippant coverage of the softwood lumber dispute. The United States (US) owes Canada $5 billion in taxes that were illegally imposed (according to North American Free Trade Agreement rules), and it looks like Americans just couldn’t care less about… Read more »
Is this a turning point in the fight against the AIDS virus? Medical researchers are too stunned to comment as 25-year-old Andrew Stimpson of the United Kingdom claims to have “beat HIV.” He was tested several times in August of 2002 and doctors confirmed that he was HIV positive. However, a new round of testing… Read more »
Every day we are bombarded with advertisements for everything from breath-mints to house insurance, sneakers to pet medication, all full of colour and at a vibrancy that makes us want to go out and buy the latest weight loss meals even if we look just fine. These items are all products of slick marketing campaigns… Read more »
This week, I, like many other Canadians, received a forwarded email message from a concerned family member. Entitled, ‘Email surcharge for Canada Post for a service they don’t provide?!’, this email warned me that the Post Office was pushing through legislation to place a surcharge of $.05 on every email sent to make up for… Read more »
In 2001, President Bush declared it illegal to spend federal funds on stem cell research, a blow that the American scientific community had been dreading for some time. Stem cells are reputed to have the ability to grow into any bodily tissue, therefore making possible the successful treatment of numerous diseases and disabilities. Bush, however,… Read more »
She’s on our money. She’s at our national celebrations. Her image adorns stamps and government offices and at every public assembly we sing a half-hearted ode to her health and longevity. But what does the Queen and her family actually do for Canada? For years and years, it seems the same argument has raged on…. Read more »
On Paul Martin’s recommendation, Michaelle Jean will become Canada’s 27th Governor General on October 1st, an appointment that comes with widespread dispute. The question at the forefront of most Canadians’ minds is, “Is Jean a Quebec sovereigntist?” Rumour has it that she voted in support for Quebec’s independence during the 1995 sovereignty referendum. The Haitian… Read more »
We must keep up some semblance of normal life. If we were to cancel our plans, hide in our homes and cower in fear, the terrorists will have got what they wanted! So say the British as London was bombed twice in these past weeks. Where other cities and other nations would be erupting with… Read more »
In anticipation of the G8 (Group of Eight) summit in Edinburgh next month, U.K. (United Kingdom) Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Gordon Brown has revealed his grand plan to eliminate African third world debt. He wants to essentially strike all debts from the record, giving struggling nations a chance to build a strong and… Read more »