Category Society
The Slippery Slope
Canada’s Parliament will be returning Dec, 3 and one of the first things on the agenda will be the issue of assisted suicide, something that the Supreme Court has said must be addressed soon. Given that, I thought might be appropriate to re-post some of my thoughts on the subject from earlier this year. Who […]
Euthanasia II – The Price of Death
Canada’s Parliament will be returning Dec, 3 and one of the first things on the agenda will be the issue of assisted suicide, something that the Supreme Court has said must be addressed soon. Given that, I thought might be appropriate to re-post some of my thoughts on the subject from earlier this year. Who […]
Euthanasia I – A Not So Modest Proposal
Canada’s Parliament will be returning Dec. 3 and one of the first things on the agenda will be the issue of assisted suicide, something that the Supreme Court has said must be addressed soon. Given that, I thought might be appropriate to re-post some of my thoughts on the subject from earlier this year. Who […]
Optimism
I can’t remember which of my friends shared this on Facebook, but I still smile when I see it, even after repeated views. I keep hoping for a world in which such admonitions are unnecessary! Some things should just be instinctive.
Canadian Tradition
The boards have been up for a month now. Still no snow on the ground, but everyone knows it is coming. The city can’t wait for the cold weather to put up the skating rink boards in the local park. There are so many parks, they have to start early. This being Canada, a skating […]
Safe, Legal and Rare
Big Brother is watching, but Big Brother doesn’t want you to know what he sees, or at least not in Ontario. The provincial government has refused to release statistical information on publicly funded abortions in the province. Politicians who trumpet the mantra that abortion should be safe, legal and rare don’t want to be transparent […]
Spineless
Sometimes I can be taken by surprise. Just when you think there is nothing new under the sun, there is. Or new to me anyway. Ontario’s public school teachers have proven it actually is possible to have your cake and eat it too. They are currently holding a job action, have been for months, withdrawing […]
The Niqab Debate
It is a discussion that needs to be had, though it is unfortunate that it became an election issue. Political points were being scored over something that is far more fundamental than party politics. The niqab has been much discussed in Canada recently, with the government and the courts taking opposite positions. Strangely, they are […]
Legalizing Pot – II
Back in the 1970s I was convinced it was only a matter of a few years before Canada would make marijuana a legal substance. My thought was that governments wouldn’t be able to resist the tax revenue that could come from making it like alcohol. Why should organized crime get all the income? What was […]
Legalizing Pot – I
In my time in radio I was used to playing listener requests. If someone wanted to hear a song I would do my best to play it, as long as it fit the format of the show. Requests for Led Zeppelin fell on deaf ears when I was doing a classical music show. And yes, […]
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