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Canada’s cultural sector, long a champion of rights and social justice, now finds itself despite Monday’s government pullback in the awkward position of having inspired the mugging of free speech and expression on the internet.
To say this is a unique position for this group, which has successfully lobbied the federal government to “get money from web giants,” is an understatement. Whether through courageous historic battles on behalf of artistic freedom or leading the vanguard on behalf of women’s rights, gay rights, trans rights, Indigenous rights, workers’ rights, the battle against racism and more, no single group can claim more success in the virtuous use of its profile to advance progressive causes.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Canada’s overall response to the Covid pandemic has been a blow to the country’s national prestige. Canadians are asking themselves why America will get back to normal months before Canada.
They’re supposed to have a superior health care system. They’re supposed to have a more competent and civilized government. They’re supposed to be
better than the U.S.
Canada’s leaders used this fantasy to explain away their own failings. “You think it’s bad here, just look at what’s happening in America!”
By Patrick Goodenough | May 4, 2021 | 4:38am EDT
Demonstrators in the Netherlands rally outside the Iranian embassy in support of Nasrin Sotudeh, an Iranian lawyer who represented women charged for protesting the mandatory wearing of the hijab. She is serving a lengthy prison sentence for ‘security’ offenses. (Photo by Robin Utrecht/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Advocates for Iranian women’s rights on Monday slammed the regime’s recent election onto a U.N. gender equality body, and challenged democracies who took part in the secret ballot vote in New York to make their voting record public.
They said elevating Iran onto the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was an travesty, at a time when women are serving lengthy prison terms for the “crime” of removing their hijab – longer sentences than a man would get for cutting off his daughter’s head in an “honor” killing – and when women on death row are raped by pr
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By Shawn Whatley
“Call for help.” This is one of the first rules in every advanced life-saving course. When you see someone collapse, rush over to assess and call for help. Raise the alarm. Let people know.
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Doctors and nurses do this all the time in Canadian hospitals across Canada. It would be professional misconduct to do otherwise.
What if someone collapses due to “public health orders or recommendations”? Should physicians speak up?
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