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Davos: All Glamour, No Solutions

Glen Pearson | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Nationalism, Elitism, Davos, Poverty, Wealth, Inequality, Climate Change, Globalism, Davos Forum, Davos World Economic Forum, World Economic Forum, Canada Business News
Glen Pearson

I realize that the beautiful spot in Switzerland is where the supposed brightest and best gather for a few sessions, yet the gathered crowd appears to grow more incapable every year at solving the globe's biggest problems. Perhaps the reason is because those gathered are not only intelligent and connected, but are, in fact, incredibly wealthy -- remote and removed from the everyday problems faced by average citizens in both developing and developed nations. There seem to be no effective solutions for growing unemployment, the decline of democracy, the yawning gap between rich and poor, and a world financial system seemingly out of control.

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Let's Talk About Suicide

Gerald McEachern | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Financial Problems, Mental Illness, Small Communities, Bullying, Suicide, Social Disease, Inequality, Social Misfits, Suicide Statistics Canada, Mental Health Canada, Suicide Prevention, Canada Living News
Gerald McEachern

There have been two recent suicides in our small community, which I find distressing. When a suicide happens we usually learn about it from the local whispering network, but rarely from the news. The reason is obvious: local media still protect surviving families from guilt or shame. Suicide is too common, yet preventable, and the the subject is still taboo.

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Occupy Conservatism

Douglas Anthony Cooper | Posted 01.09.2012 | Canada
Read More: Ows, Civil Rights, Occupy Wall Street, , Zuccotti Park, Capitalism, Tea Party, Wall Street, , Inequality, Canada News
Douglas Anthony Cooper

Occupy Wall Street is, like the Tea Party, a messy populist movement. The concern is real that it refuses to recognize an essential tragic component of human affairs: unfairness is the abiding fact of our condition

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Occupy Movement Cannot Be Ignored

Martin Lukacs | Posted 12.28.2011 | Canada
Read More: Class Warfare, Poverty, Wealth, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, Canada, Inequality, Canada News
Martin Lukacs

The placid surface of Canadian politics has been disturbed by an unprecedented burst of popular discontent. Over the last week and a half, dozens of c...

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The Meaning Behind the Occupy Movement

Sen. Art Eggleton | Posted 12.26.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Oecd, Toronto, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, , Income Gap, Occupy Toronto, Occupy Canada, , Canada, Inequality, Canada Politics News
Sen. Art Eggleton

The question is, why -- until now -- have Canadians not raised the alarm bells? For many, we have been led to believe that we are doing much better economically than the rest of world. Regrettably, that is simply not the case.

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Dolls For Girls, Trucks For Boys: What's Wrong With That?

The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 12.14.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Plan Canada, Gender Equality, Gender Stereotypes, Video, Stereotypes, Gender Inequality, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, Parenting, Inequality, Parenting Advice, Gender Roles, Children-Gender-Stereotypes, Parents, Canada Living News

Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau has a motto in her household: the awkward conversation is way better than the silence. No, she isn't talking about that c...

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