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Pluralism in the Arts in Canada: A Change is Gonna Come captures some of the dialogue happening around critical diversity, social justice, artistic expression and performance in Canada. The experiences and research of the book's contributors give ample evidence about what is being done to demonstrably promote pluralism in the arts, to create forums for expressions from Aboriginal and racialized communities and to build engagement and audiences from these communities.
One of the most significant demographic changes in modern history is on the verge of occurring. Children born during the baby boom of post World War II are coming around full cycle, and we do not appear to have a well thought out plan to deal with this phenomenon. The first of the baby boom generation will be reaching age 65 within the next decade, doubling the current population of seniors by 2036. How does Manitoba intend to prepare for these dramatic changes? Our provincial health care system will be pushed to the limits, as will our ability to provide the services that will be needed.
Over the past five years, exercise of the fundamental freedom of speech in Canada has been curbed and discouraged by a federal government increasingly intolerant of even the mildest criticism or dissent. Particularly affected have been organizations dependent on government funding which advocate for human rights and women’s equality. Their voices have been stifled, some completely silenced, by cuts to their budgets.
Virtually alone in the growing outrage over the federal government’s decision to scrap the long-form mandatory census, the Fraser Institute threw it’s support behind the government’s decision with its chief economist Niels Veldhuis arguing that “voluntary surveys will yield enough accurate information about the country and critics saying otherwise are members of ``vested interest groups.”
June 30, 2010   Open letter to the Honourable Tony Clement, Ministry of Industry and Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada and Munir Sheikh, Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada   Dear Sirs,
In a democratic society it is critical that there be a free exchange of ideas with respect to policies chosen by government. Such a free exchange of ideas must be informed by information that frequently is only produced and held by government. Access to information laws are critical because they establish the public's right to timely access to information. Yet all too frequently, governments do their best to avoid transparency and accountability by denying or delaying requests for information.
Inside this pre-election special edition: BC’s Growing Gap Vanilla, No Sprinkles: A Review of BC Budget 2009 A Closer Look at Single Transferable Vote An STV Primer The Case for STV The Case Against STV Reflections on the Citizens’ Assembly STV is Worth Trying The Ghost of Elections Past: STV in the 1952 and 1953 BC Elections
The Truth about Canada: Some Important, Some Astonishing, and Some Truly Appalling Things All Canadians Should Know About our Our Country, by Mel Hurtig, Douglas Gibson Books at McLelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 360 pages, $34.99. * * * In the first two sentences of the Preface, Mel Hurtig clearly identifies the subject matter of The Truth About Canada: