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Federal Grit leader Michael Ignatieff just visited Nova Scotia and, based on the Halifax Chronicle-Herald report, he had nothing substantive to say. What do you expect from the man of whom Rick Mercer said, “Does he have any opinions on anything? I haven’t heard them.” Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says Rodney MacDonald and his [...]
The Nova Scotia NDP offers another amazingly innocuous ingenious plan to improve health care if it wins the provincial election on 9 June. To reduce chronic disease rates, it will set up two ongoing gabfests—a council and a task force—and it will “work closely” with medical professionals. The sheer genius of NDP leader Darrell Dexter [...]
A British judge went out of his way to denounce “honour” crimes in a case involving three children of Pakistani descent being cared for by a non-Muslim family. The children’s mother is in prison for setting her sister-in-law’s house on fire in a dispute involving alleged violations of family honour. The father was refused care [...]
A report prepared by the Council of Europe reveals that murders of women by family members are more prevalent than previously thought. The report was discussed at a meeting in Istanbul. The draft report calls for immediate action to deal with what it describes as the growing problem of honor killings. British member of parliament [...]
The Malaysian government has forbidden Christians from referring to God as “Allah”, even though the word “Allah” means exactly that in the national language. The Roman Catholic church has gone to court to decide the issue. Muslim leaders insist that “Allah” must be restricted for usage in Islam, else “young or unsuspecting Muslims” might get [...]
My gmail account was hacked yesterday at 12:22 PM (Atlantic time), and a spam e-mail was sent from my address to every e-mail address ever entered at the account. The e-mail advertised the services of a Chinese company that I’ve never heard of. I apologise to everyone who received that e-mail. According to gmail’s activity [...]
“Set your affection on things above.” – Colossians 3:2 This morning’s recessional hymn on The Sunday after Ascension Day at Christ Church, Windsor. Hymn #178 in The Book of Common Praise (1938), official hymn book for the whole of The Church of England in Canada (later Anglican Church of Canada). O Christ, thou hast ascended [...]
The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven; We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, [...]
Many economists believe that legal and institutional arrangements are the decisive factor influencing economic development. In this view, nations with secure property rights and contract laws enforced by a judiciary free of government interference will benefit from substantial private investment and experience long-term economic growth and prosperity. A new paper by Peter Blair Henry and [...]
I know very little about Estonia, but I still found this video hilarious. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUgqXGu_gTQ[/youtube] h/t: Edward Lucas
Marty Van Doren, RCMP officer and human trafficking co-ordinator for Ontario division, says that underage aboriginal girls make up some 90 percent of visible sex trade workers in Canada. And make no mistake about it, most prostitutes are lured or forced into the life, he said. “Are they victims? — yeah, absolutely,” Van Doren said. [...]
Canadian television network Global TV will soon broadcast “Revealed: Hip 2B Holy”, a news documentary about evangelical Christians. Global news anchor Kevin Newman thinks that, for most Canadians, evangelicals represent a foreign sub-culture typically associated with the United States. He hopes the show will correct such misconceptions. Narrated by Global National anchor Kevin Newman, who [...]
Matt Pritchett of the London Telegraph shows us what does the trick in the UK. We find that, around here, Atlantic Frank has the same effect.
A British Muslim mother has been sentenced to three years for forcing her school-age daughters to marry cousins in Pakistan. A Muslim mother who forced her two daughters to marry their cousins in Pakistan has been jailed for three years and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register. She told her elder daughter that if [...]
The place isn’t going to open for another three years, and it’s already millions of dollars in the hole. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, not set to open until 2012, is already running a deficit. The latest corporate report for the museum, currently under construction in Winnipeg, indicates a $5.2-million shortfall in its operating [...]
