Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. Armistice Day in others. Today, at the 11th hour we will all stand silent to remember those who gave their life for our country. 1 million Canadians fought in WW1. At a time when the population of Canada was only 8 million. 67,000 died. Thousands more died in WWII, …
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Guest speaker: Thoughts on the Riots in Paris
If you’ve been following the news lately you would have seen reports of rioting outside Paris. Unfortunately due to the language barrier it’s harder to get a feel for what the *French* actually think about these events. So I wanted to find someone who could give a better perspective on how the events are being …
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Bad Headlines for Canada: Sponsorship Program has Opposite effect?
Given my (granted limited) attempt to gather International news… I just flipped to cnn.com and was presented with this as the Top Headline on the International Section. New push for separate Quebec If what Chretien wanted to do was truly to promote federalism, it appears he has failed miserably and, at least to outsiders, appeared …
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