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Homeless hero involved in another river rescue Heart over self?

Why is it that we witness so much difference between socialist parties in Canada and Europe? To take some esamples: Sweden: Though Sweden is generally considered the most socialist country in Europe, it's had a universal school voucher programme in place since the 90s and even the Social...

I was just watching a video of the Oka Crisis (Crise d'Oka : la pinède s'enflamme | Les Archives de Radio-Canada) and learnt that there had in fact been punches exchanged between Mohawk Warriors and soldiers on one occasion, with over 60 soliders and Mohawks mildly injured, a fact I'd somehow...

I've noticed a few videos where US troops refer to Iraqis as 'Hajjis' more or less in an equivalent spirit as when Japabese were referred to as Japs, or the Germans as Krauts, etc. YouTube - Racism in Iraq and the U.S. Military 'Hajj' means 'pilgrimage' in the Arabic language, and -i means...

YouTube - Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex. A man with foresight.

YouTube - Gang Bangers in the US Military Forces Old video (2005), but it seems the US military suffers from a similar recruitment problem as Canada's when I was in, which is that it seems to attract many dangerous individuals.

Considering the exploding US federal debt and its potential consequences for its neighbours, should the Canadian government not be bringint this issue up with its neighbour? Of course I realise the risk of Canada appearing meddlesome in US internal affairs if it doesn't approach the issue with...

What are your ideas?

I've noticed in the last year or so that Harper's sabre rattling in the Arctic has become ever louder, yet it's only recently that he appears to have made barely half-hearted efforts to negotiate a permanent border agreement or take it to international arbitration. The impression I'm getting...

"I believe the conditions are being deliberately created in our residential schools to spread infectious diseases... The mortality rate in the schools often exceeds fifty percent. This is a national crime." Dr. Peter Bryce The Story of a National Crime, 1907 " A Globe and Mail examination of...

This is old news (though stillwithin the year), yet I'd somehow missed it, so I'm posting it here: U.K. backtracks on preventing war crimes charges against IDF - Haaretz - Israel News

YouTube - Sweden - The Swedish Health Care System

We often look at the medicare systems in developed countries outside the US as arguments in favour of adopting comprehensive medicare in the US. I think proponents of comprehensive medicare in the US often miss out on one crucial factor that has made medicare possible abroad but that hinders it...

If find a comparison between Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek to be quite revealing of some basic worldviews. The civilization in Battlestar Galactica is always at war, always on the verge of extinction, and must always be prepared to sacrifice self and others to save the whole. Sure it has...

NB: This thread is about how, not whether, to promote First Nations' languages and cultures. If you wish to discuss whether, please feel free to start your own thread. I'd found the following on-line which I'd found interesting: http://www.afn.ca/misc/nfnls.pdf I'd like to know what you...

I was looking at the following webpage that had given me some ideas: Language tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What if we placed, let's say, a 2 to 3 % tax on all language self-teaching books and bilingual dictionaries, with the exception of those for sign languages, the local...

Some criticize the gun control laws as being ineffective in achieving their primary objective, which is to reduce the occurrence of violent crime. So if gun control is not the way to go, then what would you recommend to be more effective ways of achieving these objectives? Among some ideas...

Inuit Celebrate Nunavut Official Language Act Obtaining Parliamentary Concurrence - Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources

The Ministry of Education of Alberta not only treats all religions equally in its funding practices, but also allows Cree and Blackfoot, among other languages, to fulfil second-language requirements for highschool graduation. The Ontario Ministry of Education officially discriminates on the...