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The English Spelling Society Fifty per cent of male prisoners are illiterate | Scotland | STV News I found the article in the link above interesting, suggesting that the unnecessarily complicated spelling of English is a contributor to a higher rate of illiteracy among English speakers than...

Should MPs be banned from crossing the floor while in office? - Your Community Your thoughts on this? IMO parties have enough power already without giving them even more. Freedom of association I say. Floor-crossing ban proposed by NDP bill - Canada - CBC News “Members shouldn’t play...

Seeing that it refugees from persecution in other countries not only possess linguistic and cultural knowledge that could be of use to the Canadian military, but are also likely to be far more motivated than most to take down their regime should Canada ever have to go to war with that country...

What questions have you asked your local candidates (regardless of whether it's a local, provincial/territorial or federal election) that they don't always seem to answer during elections? One that I've never had an answer for from any candidate from any political party is: 1. How do you...

How do you think we ought to deal with the CBC in order of preference? 1. cut funding 2. redirect funding towards educational broadcasting only (possibly to teach Canada's official languages, possibly along the lines of broadcasting and an internet presence in VOA Special English, Ogden's...

Let's suppose the US government does not come to an agreement before deadline? Honestly, now that I think about it, it might be a good thing, and here's why: All of a sudden, Republicans wouldn't be so opposed to tax increases anymore, nor would Democrats be opposed to spending cuts. All of...

YouTube - ‪Congressmen Sue Obama In Federal Court Over Libya‬‏ Seems we now have a bipartisan court challenge over Obama's actions in Lybia. Impeachment next? Kucinich: Libya action 'impeachable' - Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO.com There seems to be bipartisan support for discussing the...

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." George Washington. "Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto" Thomas Jefferson "I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government [to be] peace, commerce...

I was wondering how successful you think a Party for the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (PAUDHR) would be in Canada? Of course the specific name of the party could always be changed, so that would be a separate issue. Let's say it had as a mission statement something...

We were discussing the addition of Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in another thread. " Article 17. (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily...

Would the following article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights be a reasonable add-on to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Article 17. (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/07/10/debt-ceiling-us-financial-crisis.html This is worrisome for Canada, seeing how interrelated Canada's economy is to the US one. I say, brace for impact. If the Canadian Federal government were smart, we'd adopt a tax-and-axe policy for the remainder...

I was wondering where you draw the line at private property rights? At one extreme end of the spectrum, some might say we can do whatever we want with our property. For example, if I want to start a chicken farm in my residential neighbourhood or right next to a patio restaurant, that's my...

I've noticed tht whenever a car plant, bank, or other big corporation is in need, the government is so fas to bail it out, which naturally benefits the management and shareholders of the company (not likely to be poor), its workers (who are at least employed and possibly well paid), and its...

We often hear Americans and Frenchmen and how they take such pride in their constitutions(especially Americans and how they always cite it when referring to a particular right), or how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has influenced the bills of rights and constitutions of many nations...

One thing I find ironic about Ontario politics is that the parties we'd think most likely to oppose Ontario's discriminatory separate school system were either mute on the subject last election (i.e. the NDP) or actively defensive of it (i.e. the Liberal Party), while the ones most voally...

Ontario PC Party Already the Progressive Conservatives main page is focussed more on how bad a leader McGuinty is rather than on how good its own candidates are. And then you go to what they sand for, and it's all vague one-liners that are hard to disagree with but with no clear plan of...

Layton nixes cutting NDP ties to labour - Canada - CBC News Too bad. Removing the 'socialist' label and replacing it with 'social democratic' would be a step in the right direction, but as long as labour ties remain, the change will be cosmetic for the most part.

I was watching CBC the other night showing how part of the reason for the Conservative win was its winning over much of the 'ethnic' vote along with an increase in working-class votes (two groups especially the NDp claims to stand for). Clearly someone in the NDP or Liberal Party dropped the...

Considering that the cost of official bilingualism is estimated at at least 1.4 billion dollars per year, that at least some Conservative MPs (e.g. Scott Reid), many Quebec MPs (Quebec's NDP Caucus), and many members of Quebec's National Assembly (e.g. those of the Patri Quebecois) support the...