I have been privileged to serve my country as a Governor in Council appointee twice – as a full-time Member of the Immigration and Refugee Board in 1996-1998 and part-time Member of the Parole Board in 2013-2016.
His image as a feminist, a progressive, and an authentic liberal has been damaged.
How is it that up until now, only months away from the October election, the Liberals have been sitting on their hands on this issue?
In this new era, if Venezuela is the first test of America’s probity and resolve, America must pass it.
Your data is being mined, abused, and stolen. The internet, now more than ever, is filled with pointless and endless selfies, along with myriads of other digital narcissism.
The unpleasant message for women is that they don’t have to be particularly good to assume a job, they just have to be female. How infantilizing. When I finally start my career, I hope I’m chosen because I’m competent, able, and skilled. NOT because I’m female.
According to UN Special Envoy Stefan de Mistura, the cost to rebuild Syria alone could amount to $250 billion. That huge number has serious long-term international consequences.
Today’s political assassins are hired researchers and aides who are employed to scour newspaper archives and social media accounts in the hope of finding some incriminating piece of information which can then be tactfully employed to instigate a public relations execution.
The most populated province in Canada has a severe debt problem.
Anyone presently wearing a visible symbol of their faith – notably the (visible) cross, the kippa and the hijab – may continue to serve out their tenure, but new candidates must be symbol-free. In addition, face cover in the getting and giving of public services will be banned.
While the Liberals concern themselves with the conspiracy of foreign election interference, seeing Russian bots behind every corner, Canadians should really be worried with how the federal government might stack the 2019 election in their favour.
With so much good news, it may be hard to imagine an area that can seriously harm the chances of the Conservatives. Except the party’s lack of clarity on climate change policy.
Singh, like Trudeau is confronted with a party that is losing members and candidates at an alarming rate, and like the PM his credibility as a leader is under question.
They each come from well to do backgrounds of privilege, with both men’s families well entrenched in politics since their youth.
After the New Zealand attack, it is clear that more must be done to effectively combat bigotry, to fight terrorism, and to facilitate greater dialogue.