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Entries by Josh D. Scheinert from 01/2012

Are Syrians Worth Less Than Libyans?

| Posted 01.23.2012 | Canada
Read More: Libya, Humanitarian Intervention, Responsibility to Protect, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria Intervention, Syria News, Syria Arab Spring, Syria Protests, Canada News

Is this really all we've got? In 10 months no one has come up with a better plan than evadable sanctions, toothless Arab League monitors and a Barbara Walters special? How much longer will we wait before moved to action by the humanitarian ideals that brought liberation to Libya?

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Harper Gov't Comes Out as (Surprise!) Global Leader in Gay Rights

| Posted 01.30.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Canada Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage Canada, John Baird Gay Rights, Jason Kenney Gay Rights, Gay Rights Canada, Canada Gay Rights, Stephen Harper Gay Rights, Gay Marriage Canada, Canada Politics News

It was never a Conservative campaign promise. But slowly, as events abroad have dictated, Canada has responded and grown bolder. What was at first thought to be an exception has become the norm: Canada's Conservative government is a forceful, credible advocate for international gay rights.

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