Toronto G20 meetings
By Charlie Smith The news footage of the G20 protests in Toronto made me think about a book I read a couple of years ago. It’s called Generation Debt: How Our Future Was Sold Out for Student Loans, Credit Cards, Bad Jobs, No Benefits, and Tax Cuts for Rich Geezers—and How to Fight Back (Riverhead [...]
India and China on collision course?
By Ramesh Thakur For Pakistan’s ruling elite, the arch-rival is India. But India’s arch-rival is China. The simple distinction is critical for engagement with India. Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited China in December in part because, wanting to exploit the economic opportunities of both rising Asian giants and not offend either, he couldn’t not go [...]
When a big tree fell 26 years ago.
Kanchan Gupta Manmohan Singh and Congress suffer from selective amnesia as they rake up the 2002 Gujarat violence to malign the BJP. But even if they choose to forget the 1984 pogrom that left more than 4,000 Sikhs dead, the story remains fresh in the minds of many, among them survivors waiting for justice for [...]
Dire need for gun control
By Dr. Wendy Cukier In Canada, 85% of female homicide victims are murdered by their partners and in Ontario, possession or access to firearms is the fifth leading risk factor for femicide. These reasons are just two among many that led me to work for stronger gun control in Canada. The Coalition for Gun Control [...]