Category: Politics
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Canada’s next astronaut has just crossed the border and she needs your help
Yesterday, I had the privilege to stand among some very beautiful, bright and generous people who gathered at the Montreal Olympic Stadium to welcome a few dozen men, women and children to Canada. These recent refugees arrived to Canada by way of the U.S. border, near Montreal, after incredibly long and sometimes perilous voyages across the…
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When refugees from North America went South to Haiti
No human being is illegal or “alien” anywhere on planet earth ! Two hundred years ago, Haiti represented a refuge (uniquely so, for a long time!) and a land of opportunity to scores of men, women and children all over the Americas, including refugees from the United States of North-America. Barely days after the creation…
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Has Canada Reached Maturity at 150?
It is raining in Ottawa this July 1, 2017. The forecast calls for rain all day over the long anticipated 150th celebrations. Like most Canadians, I am aware that elaborate festive events are happening from coast to coast to coast. Like many, I am also aware that rain and clouds are not the only uninvited guests…
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What is Canada Doing in Haiti?
The “Ottawa Initiative on Haiti”: Humanist Peacekeeping or…? On Sussex Drive in Ottawa, just a few steps away from the enormous US embassy, stands the Peacekeeping Monument. The structure titled “Reconciliation” was erected to honour the more than 125,000 Canadians who have served in United Nations peacekeeping forces since 1947. The current article documents one…