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Every now and then we read of the oppression of Baha'is in Iran less as a means of showing concern for their plight but more as a means to take a cheap shot at Islam. Professing the Baha'i Faith myself, I've actually spoken to a number of Baha'is from Iran, and have heard stories of how...

BBC News - Merkel calls Obama about 'US spying on her phone' What's done is done, but I sure hope there are laws in place in Canada and that there is appropriate oversight to ensure no Canadian government agency participate in espionage, or at least espionage of this kind against allies at the...

I'd been thinking of something recently. I'd been wondering for a while why my bank would give me a no-fee credit card and then even give me cash back for using it to boot. Pretty generous of them eh? It's like cash falling from heaven. But where does this cash from heaven come from? Anyway...

Wold you support a common citizenship and passport between Canada and another nation, even if it is without becoming a common nation?

Since there is no 'culture' forum, I'll put this in the 'Canadian Culture forum even though it's not specificlaly limited to Canadian culture. I'm thinking of eventually buying an electric violin, but would first I'd like to get a good idea of its musical capabilities. I'd been looking up...

Brazil-Canada spying: Harper says officials 'reaching out' - Politics - CBC News Talk about dragging Canada's reputation through the mud. If Canada will be sticking its nose wherever it does not belong, then definitely we need to reign in our spy network. Why are we spying on our friends to...

Crazy fool that I am. There are so many easier instruments to learn! However, the violin has a few things going for it: 1. It's quite portable, 2. It's quite versatile, and 3. Heck, it just sounds good! Anyway, I'd asked ahead of time how long it woudl take to establish a firm foundation...

Yahoo! News Canada - Latest News & Headlines First Manning reveals 'collateral murder', a video of American servicement murdering journalists in cold blood. Then we have Snowden revealing that the US spies on its allies. Now this? How many more skeletons in the closet? This is bound to...

As we see less and less trustworthiness across all strata of our society, different groups have tried different strategies. Within institutional contexts, some jurisdictions have introduced compulsory civics classes, ethics classes, world religions classes, or tried to instill virtues across the...

Yahoo! News Canada - Latest News & Headlines Regardless what side of the debate one is on here, Obama's actions are coming across as a temper tantrum. Also, if Russia's claim is true that it has wanted to negotiate an extradition treaty n the past and that the US turned it down, then clearly...

BBC - Future - Science & Environment - Tianjin Eco-City: Urban living for the future Could Canada not move in this direction?

With the new revelations about more experiments at the residential schools recently, with continued underfunding of indigenous schools in Canada still today, essentially a continued attempt at the cultural genocide of indigenous peoples, I was wondering, what is our place in Canada? I myself...

I was quite shocked a few years back when Harper announced at a G20 Summit (in 2009, after he'd just delivered an official statement of apology in 2008 to the survivors of the residential school system) that 'Canada has no history of colonialism'. I could only wonder how ignorant our PM could...

Yahoo! News Canada - Latest News & Headlines Seems like they were warned!

Conservatives accuse Justin Trudeau of profiting from not-for-profits - Canada - CBC News it would seem to me that on a technicality, Trudeau is under no obligation to pay back. A contract is a contract. That said, considering the whole point of hiring him for the fundraiser, it would have...

I'm not talking about cases of petty theft owing to poverty or lack of education, and maybe some other exceptions. But it would seem that in many cases, to throw the person in prison is punishing society twice (first, he breaks the law, then we have to support him while he makes no...

Yahoo! News Canada - Latest News & Headlines I like independent MPs.

Yahoo! News Canada - Latest News & Headlines Ouch.

Martin on residential schools - The National - CBC Player I'm surprised this even made the news. It's been acknowledged to ahve been attempted cultural genocide long ago by the strictest definition of the word. Why would people react so negatively to the G-word if that is what it was?

CBC News - Via terror plot suspect says Criminal Code 'not a holy book' Hmmm... he should be thankful for our criminal code right now. does he really want to be tried according to the Qur'an? Does he know what he's asking for? But, you know what, if he wants to be tried according to Shari'a...