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U.S. soldier kills up to 16 Afghan civilians - Yahoo! News Canada

It Considering that Interpol already has a warrant for his arrest, what is the international community waiting for. Considering what he is doing to those children, I'm sure you could get international agreement on a plan to get him at least.

How not to teach Canadian history - Canada - CBC News Insightful article here. Heck, even now our laws continue to be biassed in favour of English and French Canadians to the detriment of Aboriginal Canadians. What's most shocking is that these forced residential schools were operating right...

BBC News - Canadian government is 'muzzling its scientists' It looks like Canada's getting some embarrassing coverage in the British media. And this: BBC News - Risks of placing scientists 'on message'

BBC News - Argentina to raise Falklands UK 'militarisation' at UN While I can see Argentina's point, it does take two to Tango. Why could Mercosur not allow ships entering their waters to fly the Flakland-Islands' flag? Sure they're free to let anyone in they want, but if they want peace...

Simpsons join Barbie on Iran's list of banned dolls - CBC News Just read this gem from the article: "The Monday report by the independent Shargh daily said the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults took the decision to block the promotion of Western...

NDP leadership bid shows Cullen not afraid to take risks - Politics - CBC News Toning down on the partisanship would be a good thing, though I would say he's not so non-partisan as much as he is anti-partisan specifically against Harper. Instead of showcasing what (or whom) is is against, how...

BBC News - EU report calls for action against Israeli settlements

Russia, China veto UN Syria resolution - World - CBC News The UN needs reform, starting off with removing veto powers.

Should NGOs and international organizations be prohibited from conducting elections on Canadian soil? Of course this question applies to international religious organizations, foreign governments and anything else that could qualify as a foreign organization to Canada. Sorry, I noticed the...

I'd like your opinions on the ethics of quesitoning a Canadian's patriotism. To me patriotism is nothing more and nothing less than love for ones country. In short, if you love your country, however you define it, you're a patriot. It seems to me some confound patiotism with nationalism...

Conservatives to change civil marriage law - Canada - CBC News It would seem to me that if we're to be a sovereign country, then marraiges performed in Canada ought to be legally valid in Canada regardless of their legal validity abroad. Now just to be clear, I oppose same-sex marraige...

NDP MP Lise St-Denis jumps to Liberals - Politics - CBC News As far as I'm concenred, it is entirely her right to change parties as she sees fit. Those of her constituents who understand how our parliamentary system works and voted for her as their candidate won't mind one bit as long as she...

How Canada's AAA credit rating hurts workers - Business - CBC News How to solve this problem? One option I could see would be to remove the minimum wage and counterbalance it with German-style co-determination legislation. The lack of a minimum wage would allow workers to negotiate lower...

Kyoto withdrawal causes Quebec firm to lose client - Montreal - CBC News Withdrawing from the protocol was silly and short-sighted IMO. it could have even provided new trade and and professional opportunities for the unemployed via job training programmes in new energy efficient industries...

Attawapiskat a 'deep concern' for UN rights official - Canada - CBC News Embarrassing!

The Conservative Government has angered me many times for various reasons, including on the fiscal side when it cut taxes and extended tax credit while we're still in debt while increasing government spending at the same time. It appears though that the government might actualy be finally...

Nash wants economy to be NDP's strong suit - Politics - CBC News Interesting article here. Should the NDP shift from being focussed on social policy to being focussed on economic policy, I wonder how we will respond to that? Though I really don't know how it will go, I can speculate on a...

Britain lone holdout in new Europe deal - Business - CBC News There are a few things I like about the new deal, among which include: Europe's 'fiscal compact' The key points of Europe's new financial treaty include: Countries must amend their constitutions to include a balanced budget...

I'd been watching CPAC on and off lately, and I'd been finding MPs blasting the opposing party for "internal division". for instance, one CPC MP was blasting the NDP for the fact that some of its MPs support eliminating the long-gun registry. On the other hand, an NDP MP was praising some CPC...