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Month: February 2013

Military Personnel Are Not Special

February 23, 2013Jonathan McLeod 2 Comments

Quebec’s Bill 14 is an update to the province’s language laws, Bill 101. The governing Parti Quebecois is receiving a bit of heat for one proposed change: they would remove the exemption for children of francophone members of the Armed… Continue Reading →

Culture, Justice Bill 101, Bill 14, Parti Quebecois, Quebec

Toronto Becomes a Sanctuary City

February 22, 2013Jonathan McLeod 5 Comments

I fully support this: Toronto has made history by affirming itself as a “sanctuary city,” the first Canadian city with a formal policy allowing undocumented migrants to access services regardless of immigration status. On Thursday, City Council passed the motion… Continue Reading →

Justice, Politics Immigration, Sanctuary, Toronto

Religious Discrimination Losing Support in Ontario

February 22, 2013Jonathan McLeod

It’s a quirk of the Canadian constitution that in most provinces Roman Catholic school boards are public boards. Historically, it made sense; Roman Catholic schools provided French language schools, something that Canada’s bilingual nature demanded. A century or so later,… Continue Reading →

Social Issues Education, Ontario, Publicly-Funded Education, Religious Schools, Roman Catholic Schools

Should Canada Raise the Minimum Wage?

February 22, 2013Jonathan McLeod

If your goal is to reduce poverty, Laval University Professor Stephen Gordon says don’t bother: The problem is that the statistical link between “earning minimum wage” and “being in a low-income household” is almost nil. Most of the people in low… Continue Reading →

Economics Maclean's, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Stephen Gordon, Worthwhile Canadian Initiative

Dear Russell, this is why we don’t always trust OBs

February 18, 2013Jonathan McLeod 36 Comments

A study has been released demonstrating that there is no added safety in birthing twins via cesarean section as compared to birthing them vaginally.  In Canada, it has been the preferred practice of most OBs to deliver twins via c-section. Without… Continue Reading →

Social Issues Birth, Breech Birth, Casarean Section, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Twin Birth

It was good enough when we were building the railroad

February 16, 2013Jonathan McLeod 7 Comments

In Linky Firday #12, Will brings to our attention the curious case of HD Mining, a Canadian firm that decided to hire 201 temporary workers from China rather than hire a good ol’ Canadian boy with over 30 years under… Continue Reading →

Economics, Justice, Social Issues China, Free Trade, HD Mining, Labour Law, Unions, Xenophobia

Prostitution!*

February 1, 2013Jonathan McLeod 28 Comments

My recent Sweatshops! post was a respone to Anna’s piece on sweatshops. Anna was kind enough to drop in and join our conversation. As a reward, I have decided to pick a nit with a bit of a throwaway line… Continue Reading →

Social Issues Anna, Prostitution, Sweatshops

Torture Lite?

February 1, 2013Jonathan McLeod 4 Comments

Recently, Ethan has tackled the topic of torture and Zero Dark Thirty, and Kyle has written about the morality of torture. Writing in The Globe and Mail, Margaret Wente takes a bit of a different view of torture: So when I went… Continue Reading →

Culture, Justice Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail, Torture, Zero Dark Thirty

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