Oct 22, 2014 | Politics
During the summer of 2014, Professor Natasha Bakht of the University of Ottawa wrote in Convivium, a magazine to which I contribute, that Muslim women have the religious right to cover up. She describes the Canadian reaction to the niqab as “illogical” and...
Oct 16, 2014 | Ethics
This summer I lodged a complaint with the CBC regarding their biased coverage of the Middle East. Here is the review of my complaint by Esther Enkin, the ombudsman. Below is my response to her review which I found unacceptable. Please read the documents and if you...
Jul 21, 2014 | Politics
I discovered, quite by accident, that there is a Muslim based economy developing in Canada: Halal and Sharia Compliant Investments, with their own laws specific to Sharia law. It has been developing rather quietly for several years. I found a reference to the Canadian...
May 17, 2013 | Politics
When Pierre Trudeau introduced multi-culturalism rather than multi-ethnicism into western culture he opened the door to left-wing ideologues and their embrace of moral and cultural and relativism during the turbulent 1970’s. This love of relativism has made it...
Jan 31, 2013 | Politics
Perhaps immigrants’ children find multiculturalism obsolete because they are the ones who understand that there is one culture in Canada to which they belong. Canada, like all Western countries, is founded on ethical monotheism-the Judeo-Christian ethic- which...