Cops in school or no cops in school

 QUESTION Dear Adele, The ‘No cops in school’ campaign in Ottawa has me concerned. While I understand the importance of eradicating systemic racism and violence perpetrated by some police officers, I am apprehensive that eliminating police from the schools will put all our children in danger. Our city council has

Turkish-Canadian organizations lobby Trudeau regarding misinformation campaign

 Prime Minister Trudeau recently received a letter signed by 20 local and national Turkish-Canadian organizations representing strong and vibrant Turkish-Canadian communities. The coalition has directed its concerns to Trudeau about what it calls the ongoing disinformation campaign in Canada regarding recent developments in the South Caucasus region where a border conflict

SOS Children’s Villages’ Response to the Refugee Crisis

 Submitted by Boyd McBride, President and CEO, SOS Children’s Villages Canada. Today, we mark World Refugee Day. United, we stand to support refugees – those who must flee their home because of violence, war and natural disasters. There are over 60 million refugees in the world, over half of them

Canada’s Muscular Military: The Throne Speech Façade

 Pity the Canadian Forces. They must surely be suffering from an identity crisis. It was only a month ago that the government strutted the Forces before the public eye so we could see their biceps bulging, their pecs rippling. Just listen to the overflow of machismo in the Throne Speech

Afghanistan and the Polls: Change the Question – Change the Numbers

 Quick media conclusions on polls released regarding Canadian participation in the Afghanistan mission are flawed. Part of the difficulty in interpreting the polls lies in the fact that the two principal polling firms involved with the longest databases use very different questions in their polls. Strategic Counsel, which is the

Sometimes Compensation is the Road to Closure

 For more than 150 years, the Government of Canada attempted to assimilate aboriginal children by placing them in residential —otherwise known as boarding — schools. Since it was too difficult to change adults, they began "Christianizing" children as early as age five. But over the years, tens of thousands of