SHOULD DR. MORGENTALER HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE ORDER OF CANADA?

On February 15 this year, I posted this question: “Should Henry Morgentaler be awarded the Order of Canada?” It was a short post and, I thought, relatively innocent. To my utter astonishment the post received more comment - 67- than any other post since my blog began in the fall of 2006.
On Canada [...]

CANADA DAY

A new poll from Ipsos Reid - the largest poll of its kind ever taken - reveals the Top 101 things Canadians say best define our country. Here are the top 10:
Maple Leaf
Hockey
Canadian flag
Beaver
Canadarm
Canada Day
Peacekeeping
Pierre Trudeau
Universal Health Care
Niagara Falls
David Suzuki came in at 33, Tim Horton at 58 and Rene Levesque at 64.
Were you surprised [...]

DOES CHILD RAPE DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY?

By a vote of five to four the United States Supreme Court has barred Louisiana and five other states from executing child rapists.
Between 1930 and 1964, 455 people in the United States were put to death by the states for rapes of adults or children. Apparently none of the executed was a white man [...]

WOULD YOU EAT INSECTS?

Did you know that in scores of countries around the world–including Thailand, where food markets are stocked with commercially raised water beetles and bamboo worms — bugs and insects have long been part of a well balanced meal?
Furthermore eating insects could be a far greener way to get protein than eating chicken, cows or pigs. [...]

SHOULD A JUDGE OVER RULE A PARENT?

Many parents across the country are shocked and angered by a judge siding with a 12-year-old girl from the Gatineau against her father.
According to court proceedings, the father had banned his daughter from going on line after she posted photographs of herself on an Internet dating site. Then, after she allegedly fought with her stepmother, [...]

WHAT IS A PET’S HEALTH WORTH?

Recently, a “high doggie tea” was held in Toronto to raise money for a new cancer centre for dogs. One woman paid several thousand dollars for her dog to have cancer therapy to make her elderly dog comfortable for a few more months. Come to think of it, was [...]

ARE SHAREHOLDERS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BONDHOLDERS?

Late this afternoon the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its most important business decision since the court was established in 1875.
The decision related to BCE and its friendly takeover by a consortium of companies headed by the Ontario Teachers Pension Fund for $52 billion dollars - the largest takeover in world history.
More specifically [...]

WHY MUST ALL MILK BE PASTEURIZED?

I am working under the assumption that in Canada all milk for human consumption must be pasteurized. (Am I correct in this assumption?)
So the milk must first be heated to kill off most of the bacteria that might be lurking in the barn or flourishing in the cow.
But a growing number of natural food [...]

CAN CELL PHONES CAUSE CANCER?

Senator Ted Kennedy’s diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor is once again stirring debate ove the safety of cell phones. (Kennedy is an habitual user).
Doctors point to research that indicates a link between cell phones and three types of tumors: cancer of a salivary gland near the ear called the parotid; [...]

WHERE’S THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE?

The up-scale London-based Monocle magazine has just issued their latest list of the world’s 25 most livable cities.
Vancouver placed eighth - higher than any other North American city - while Montreal finished 16th on the list. Toronto didn’t make the cut.
Monocle lauded Vancouver for its role in fighting climate change, increasing building density and [...]