And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. – Exodus 21:23 A day in the life of the average Iraqi has been reduced to identifying corpses, avoiding car bombs and [...]
According to an article in today’s Winnipeg Free Press, the projected cost of Canada’s “mission” (i.e., aggression) in Afghanistan will be, by 2009, about $4 billion. To date, the invasion has cost Canada $2.2 billion and 45 lives. Of course, the numbers don’t convey the real magnitude of the tragedy involved– the tens of thousands [...]
How can someone hold both progressive and conservative values at the same time? And how do folks on the Left communicate with them? Trish Hennessy and Keri-Anne Finn address these questions in the December 2006 issue of the CCPA Monitor, in an article entitled Facing Some Hard Truths: Progressives need to relearn how they “frame” [...]
Canada’s national phone-in show, CBC’s Cross Country Checkup, invited listeners, yesterday, to call and write in on the topic of charity. The question: “What motivates you to give charity? What puts you off?” And for two hours, listeners told their stories. We learned that most charitable giving in Canada involves the faithful supporting their churches, [...]
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In Canada it is an unquestioned article of faith that taxes are – at worst, a Satanic invention – at best, a necessary evil that needs to be restrained. Opponents of taxation argue that government taxation restricts economic growth and makes us poor. The sooner taxes are reduced, the better for all, they say. In [...]
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