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Fixing the global economy was one of three thrusts of an event entitled "Climate Change and Poverty: Off the Table?" held April 28 at the University of Ottawa. The others were poverty, inequality and climate change.
In May NDP MP Libby Davies presented a pair of petitions to Parliament related to the Palestine question.
There are two programs for social assistance in Ontario, Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP).
Ouida Loeffelholz summed up a day-long Ottawa conference on Muslim philanthropy, held on June 3, by noting three themes: why Muslims give, what techniques can encourage giving, and what the upcoming generation of Muslims is doing in the field of charity. The conference was one in a series sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a series entitled Diversity to Inclusion.
Terry Colin Holdbrooks was always interested in religion, though he was an agnostic till he began serving at Guantánamo as a military policeman.
A book review. War Crimes in Gaza and the Zionist Fifth Column in America, James Petras, Atlanta, Clear Day Books, 2010.
"All of a sudden, we all turned into war correspondents." That was Hadeel Al-Shalchi's experience in finding herself in the midst of an Arab world suddenly erupting in revolt. She spoke at Carleton University on September 19 about her experience of being a correspondent in a war zone. Al-Shalchi began working overseas for the Associated Press (AP) but now works for Reuters. With budget cuts in the media, she feels fortunate in having the opportunity.
You've heard it said that Israel has a right to defend itself. Well, Dr. Mustapha Barghouti, an MP in the Palestinian Authority, asks, "Why then does Palestine not have a right to defend itself?"
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has imposed a visa requirement on Czechs in order to stop Roma from coming here to claim refugee status.
While there is never a beginning in looking at a situation historically, the British conquest of Egypt in 1882 might be a good place to start. British control and influence continued, until the last British collaborator King Farouk was overthrown in 1952 by the Free Officers Movement, assisted by the CIA. Since that time, Egypt has had a succession of military heads-Naguib, Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak. The short-lived government of Mohamed Morsi is the exception. Now the military is back in the saddle.
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