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The attack on the niqab is, quite simply, an attack on Muslims. It is the despicable tactic of a government, in this case the Conservative government of Canada, determined to hold power at any cost.
Alistair MacLeod's name is not a household word everywhere in Canada, but he is one of Canada's great writers. There are many reasons why I grieve over the passing of this man.
How are we to find or recognise truth at a time when television ads turn on actually telling untruths to a husband or wife and even to children? In public speeches, the Prime Minister often seems to distort reality and or to actually misrepresent it.
People often tell me that they do not read science fiction or fantasy. Understandable when they think of sci-fi as full of unlikely robots and suspect fantasy is too far-fetched.
We Canadians carry banknotes around with us all the time, exchange them, handle them, but do we ever look at them?
Otherwise, Farley Mowat, McClelland & Stewart, 2008, 351p, ISBN 9-780771-064906
Yan Li. Lily in the Snow, Women's Press, 2010. 381pp. ISBN 978-0-88961-479-6
A book review by Judith Maclean Miller
A book review by Judith Maclean Miller
A book review by Judith Maclean Miller