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Canadian Values

Abandoning the Stage of Federal Water Stewardship

Francis Scarpaleggia | Posted 02.17.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Fisheries Act, Canadian Values, Ela, Federal Water, Conservative Government, ELA Research, Stewardship, Canada Politics News
Francis Scarpaleggia

The Harper government is skilled at paying lip service to deeply-entrenched Canadian values while often de- facto moving public policy away from those values. There is perhaps no better example of this double-sided strategy than in the area of federal water policy.

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The Veil Isn't About A Woman's Right to Choose

Farzana Hassan | Posted 02.12.2012 | Canada
Read More: Canadian Values, Ban, Oath Taking Ceremony, Burka, Patriarchy, Canada News
Farzana Hassan

Regrettably, many third-wave feminists support a woman's right to wear the burka. Women in fact cannot make choices freely when control over their lives is as invasive as it is within the conservative Muslim community.

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The Closing of the Canadian Mind? Readers Respond

Johannes Wheeldon, Ph.D | Posted 10.16.2011 | Canada
Read More: Canada Election, Conservative Party, Coalition, Stephen Harper, Liberalism, Progressivism, Canadian Values, Democracy, Canadian Identity, Canadian Politics, Canada News
Johannes Wheeldon, Ph.D

I do not know the solution to small-mindedness as a part of conservative political strategies, but at least part of the answer requires progressives to ask some rather basic questions about what they believe and why. Here are a few starters.

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On Canadian Values

Alexandre Brassard, Ph.D | Posted 10.15.2011 | Canada
Read More: Conservative Party of Canada, Canada, Steven Harper, Canadian Politics, Canadian Values, Immigration, Canadian Identity, Canada News
Alexandre Brassard, Ph.D

If, like most voters, you didn't vote Conservative in the last election, your values are un-Canadian. At least, that's what our prime minister thinks.

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