Recently added articles from Canada and the World Backgrounder:
Uh oh! "... this House recognizes that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada.".(CITIZENSHIP--INTRODUCTION)
Dec 01, 2006
What a strange country.(CITIZENSHIP--INTRODUCTION)(Canadian)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2006
Group identity: unless you are born in Canada, becoming a Canadian citizen is a long and involved process.(CITIZENSHIP--TYPES)
Dec 01, 2006
Best of both worlds: Canada allows its immigrants to have dual citizenship; they can be Canadian citizens and still retain the citizenship of the country from which they came.(CITIZENSHIP--DUAL)
Dec 01, 2006
Citizenship light: Canadians seem less than enthusiastic about discharging their civic responsibilities but they sure like those rights.(CITIZENSHIP--RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS)
Dec 01, 2006
Through the back door: Canada is such a wonderful country in which to live that many people, from all over the world, sometimes take enormous risks to get here. Many come here illegally to work and contribute to society in every way. When they are found to be here illegally their removal from Canada is usually heart-breaking.(CITIZENSHIP--ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS)
Dec 01, 2006
An identity of many: it was in the 1960s that the Canadian government started to rethink its notion of assimilating immigrants.(CITIZENSHIP--MULTICULTURALISM)
Dec 01, 2006
Underclass: even in countries that traditionally have welcomed immigrants, newcomers often are underprivileged and live isolated lives of hardship.(CITIZEN--BARRIERS)
Dec 01, 2006
Harmless custom or threat? A lot has been made of Muslim women covering their faces with garments. Some think the custom should be banned in Western socities because they believe it hampers integration.(CITIZENSHIP--VEIL)
Dec 01, 2006
Quote ... unquote.
Dec 01, 2006
Anti-social behaviour.(CORPORATIONS--INTRODUCTION)
Oct 01, 2006
Earning distrust: overstated profit and revenue, understated debt, accounting fraud, bribery, theft, insider trading, obstruction of justice, tax evasion, and disregard for human rights and environmental issues all have disgraced the world of business.(CORPORATIONS--BAD BEHAVIOUR)
Oct 01, 2006
Earning kudos: some companies do everything and more to ensure the safety of their workers and the people in the neighbourhoods in which they operate.(CORPORATIONS--GOOD BEHAVIOUR)
Oct 01, 2006
Who pays the piper: given the scandals that have taken place in recent years, the relationship between the people who own corporations and those who run them is showing some strain.(CORPORATIONS--OWNERS)
Oct 01, 2006
Motown misery: the world's biggest car maker, General Motors, is sick--very sick; some have even mentioned the bankruptcy word.(CORPORATIONS--GM)
Oct 01, 2006
Generous inclinations: while some executives are being handcuffed and taken to prison cells for lining their own pockets with great gobs of cash, others are sharing the wealth.(CORPORATIONS--PHILANTHROPY)
Oct 01, 2006
What's for dinner? The food industry displays the best and worst of corporate activity.(CORPORATIONS--FOOD)
Oct 01, 2006
Quote ... unquote.
Oct 01, 2006
Corruption of the faith: many people over the ages have used various religions as a guise for acquiring power, and justifying violence as a means to an "enlightened" end.
Sep 01, 2006
The path of Allah: perhaps, few concepts are more misunderstood in the world than those of Islam, which shares a common heritage with Judaism and Christianity. With about 1.4 billion followers, Islam is the second-largest religion in the world.
Sep 01, 2006