So the final word looks to have come down on this issue. Premier Dalton McGuinty of Ontario has said that he rejects the use of Sharia Law in civil courts, and “will move to prohibit all religious-based tribunals to settle family disputes such as divorce.” This is probably the safe choice, certainly politically. As I’ve …
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Sharia Law in Canada Redux
This is in reply to comments posted in the last thread… “The have Sharia in the Sudan, I believe where a woman was sentenced by a judge to be buried up to her neck and then killed by stoning.” This example of course could never happen in Canada or the UK, or France or any …
Canada and China sign “Strategic Alliance”
Big news out of Ottawa today. The Chinese President Hu JinTao and PM PM (Prime Minister Paul Martin) signed a “strategic alliance” today. Details of the alliance seem thin but it is clearly mainly economic in nature. China has been investing heavily in the Canadian resource sector, especially oil and natural gas so this is …
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