Canadian Census Saga
Jeffrey Simpson What Canadians are witnessing in the census saga is the temporary triumph of ideology over reason. Through the collective voices of their civic, religious and political institutions, Canadians apparently understand the threat – which is why they’ve rallied so strongly against the Harper government’s decision to scrap the mandatory long-form census. Whether they’ll [...]
Decision on Census has no sense
By Haroon Siddiqui When governments want to sneak something by you, they slip the announcement in late Friday, hoping the media won’t notice. Or they print it in the Canada Gazette Saturday, especially during summer weekends. The Stephen Harper government did the latter on Saturday, June 26 (during the G20 meeting in Toronto), conveying its [...]
Canada’s Auditor General’s “flack jacket”
By Bob Hughes As the racial discrimination case of Dr. Chander Grover, a Canadian scientist of South Asian ancestry, drags on into it’s 23rd year, questions often arise, “How can such torture and abuse of an esteemed scientist by Canadian officials, on Canadian soil, be allowed to happen?”, and “Why would Canada’s financial watchdog, the [...]
The reluctant giant
Even China doesn’t know how it will play its unaccustomed role as world power This is the second in a four-part series examining how the world will manage a shift in power and influence from west to east. By Ramesh Thakur The China-U.S. relationship will be the pivot of the post-unipolar world order. Western perceptions [...]