Tag: Harper

Anti-pot ad just fear mongering

Health Canada’s anti-marijuana campaign was little more than a poorly disguised political ploy. The Conservative government’s 12-week advertising campaign launched in October and cost over $7 million — significantly more than what Health Canada has spent advertising other health and safety issues. One...

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Watch the watchmen

Last week, Canadian soil became the grounds for two repugnant lone wolf attacks against servicemen. The events gave way to discussion on security measures to identify and monitor threats of homegrown radicalization. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called for the expedition of plans that would bolster...

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“Terror” discourse won’t silence radicalism

Andrea Johancsik, ArtSci ’15 In April, “Toronto 18” member Saad Khalid apologized to Canadians for his role in plotting to bomb Ottawa and behead the Prime Minister in 2006. He’s set to serve another 12 years of a 20 year sentence, behind bars at the taxpayers’ expense. It`s proof of broken judicial...

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Aboriginal communities left behind in development discourse

The term “developed country” shouldn’t imply that countries in the global North have reached a sort of utopia. As Canadians, we generally look at “development” as something we need to assist other countries with. Discussions surrounding poverty alleviation, gender equality and technological advancement...

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QJPolitics: Prorogation is totally democratic – sometimes

When the toaster suddenly starts smoking, generally the response is “oh s**t!” as one rushes to unplug it. That’s one of the philosophies behind proroguing parliament. However, in recent years, the act of prorogation has taken on a negative connotation and some regard it as anti-democratic. Yet,...

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