What value citizenship?

  “A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian…You devalue the citizenship of every Canadian in this place and in this country when you break down and make it conditional for anybody.” What is the value of citizenship? Is it a right or a privilege or can it be both? I...

Mental illness:Dead Vets and Hanging Children

  We are failing in our care of those with mental illness. How do I know? Because we continue to read about dead vets and hanging children. A continuing Globe and Mail investigation has uncovered that “at least 70 soldiers and veterans died by suicide after...

It’s time for Muslims to apologize.

National War Memorial, Ottawa The time has come for Muslims in Canada to apologize to the rest of Canada for the way we live, now, always on the edge, fearing terrorist attacks at any time, but especially at happy places and events.  We are collectively fearful of...

Let’s Celebrate Canada 150

  Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has shared his belief that one of the most important values we have in Canada, the value we ought to be celebrating on our 150th Birthday, is diversity. So he said on  Eid al-Fitr  at the end of Ramadan “Canada’s...

CBC prostrates itself to Islam

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, supported by all taxpayers, bends over backwards to accommodate Islam. I have lost track of the number of complaints I have lodged with the ombudsman, Esther Enkin. It seems that the CBC does not consider the omission of facts to...