16-year-olds want the vote!
Expand the vote to include ever more people. Lowering the voting age will provide 16-year-olds with a direct, constructive and democratic channel for making their views felt and for giving them a...
View Article2016 Presidential election: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits
U.S. presidential race 2016 is going to be the most expensive in history, costing an estimated $10 billion, when all spending by candidates, the Democratic and Republican parties, other corporate...
View ArticleCanada: Wage hike in Alberta should be welcomed
Raising the minimum wage isn’t only an issue of fairness – there’s also a strong economic case for putting money back in people’s pockets. Low wages weigh down public services, raise the cost of social...
View ArticleIntolerance and exclusion are the new rage in Modi’s India
Edmonton: “Tolerance appears to have little place in the thought process of RSS-BJP. Their core philosophy of strong communalism has no respect for the democratic, secular and inclusive fabric of our...
View ArticleSpread of the ‘Far Right’ is Worrying
Libertarian economic policies, aggressive and nostalgic ‘ethnic nationalism’, fascist designs of the populist politicians, a refugee wave, anti-globalisation and virtually absence of the ‘Left’ has...
View ArticleTrudeau debunks historic electoral reform
“In betraying electoral reform, it’s not just that Trudeau has broken his promise. At an ethical level, he has broken the hope and promise of reform, of moving from the sick old politics to new,...
View ArticleAlberta Budget : ‘Hope is not a Strategy’
‘In 6-7 years Happy Days will be here again’, Believes Alberta FM Joe Ceci The 2017-18 Provincial Budget unveiled Thursday, March 16, by Finance Minister Joe Ceci lacks specific details about how the...
View ArticleMuscular Nationalism’ Must Be Encountered
It is ironical that assault on thought which threatens to undermine the independence of the nation is being justified in the name of “nationalism.” This glorification of “nationalism” after all has the...
View ArticleSolidify Canada’s identity as a Nation!
During World War 1, on April 9, 1917, for the first time Canadian soldiers made history to storm Vimy Ridge. This offensive by Canadian troops against key German positions that commanded the...
View ArticleIs ‘Liberalism’ losing fast!
No doubt a profound embarrassment, however, Donald Trump and some other leaders who have ideological affinity with him didn’t emerge in a vacuum. They often portray their opponents as not merely wrong,...
View ArticleWhy Indigenous People view ‘Canada 150’ with indifference
Tormented history and harrowing experiences of Indigenous nations in Canada is filled with unimaginable pain and sorrow; abuse and rape; a state-sanctioned child abduction; neglect and the attack on...
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