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Harper scare tactics on refugeesReuel S. Amdur
April 21, 2011
"This government has turned into something nasty and mean," Peter Showler told an attentive audience at Ottawa's First Unitarian Congregation on April 18. Showler, a former chairman of the Immigration and Refugee Board and currently a law prof at the University of Ottawa, was wearing a sweatshirt with a picture of Albert Einstein and the inscription "Einstein was a refugee."
Posties stamped on by Canada PostReuel S. Amdur
June 16, 2011
CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) is on strike. The union is resisting Canada Post's efforts to cut beginning pay from $24 per hour to $17.50. Canada Post also wants to switch from a defined-benefit retirement plan to a defined-contribution plan, with no guaranteed amount of pension at the time it is taken.
Canada: Who is an Antisemite?Reuel S. Amdur
July 13, 2011
While the authors of the report of the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism set out to combat the pernicious ideology and its practical outcomes, paradoxically they only help to perpetuate it, if not to exacerbate it.
Who are the terrorists?Reuel S. Amdur
July 29, 2011
A bomb blast in Oslo. The first reaction-it must be Muslim extremists. But no, it turns out that Anders Behring Breivik is anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, and an Evangelical Christian right-wing extremist. Why do Muslims come to mind first?
Harper's HypocrisyReuel S. Amdur
August 10, 2011
Back in 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, "I think the government of Canada, when a Canadian citizen is ill-treated and when the rights of a Canadian citizen need to be defended, I think it's always the obligation of the government of Canada to vocally and publicly stand up for that Canadian citizen. That is what we will continue to do." That was then and this is now. He was talking about the case of Huseyn Celil, a Uyghur from China who is a Canadian citizen and who served as an imam in Hamilton, Ontario.
We lost our war on AfghanistanReuel S. Amdur
August 22, 2011
Canada has gone from success to success in Afghanistan. Too bad that it has lost. It has captured one area after another and defeated the Taliban in all the major encounters. No wonder our military leaders talk of the end of the Taliban being clearly in sight. Yet, the areas have a marked tendency to fall back into enemy hands when Canadian forces leave.
A new school year: Can we educate to prevent rioting?Reuel S. Amdur
September 5, 2011
The recent rioting, involving property destruction, arson, assaults, looting, and robbery, has raised questions about the morals of those involved. To put it simply, one might ask, "Where did these young people learn their behavior?" Or their morals. Alternatively, "How can we teach pro-social attitudes and behavior?"
Britain: Cutting social programs can be very expensiveReuel S. Amdur
September 5, 2011
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democratic deputy prime minister of Britain, told the world that the riots in London, Leeds, and Birmingham had "absolutely nothing to do with the death of Mark Duggan", who was killed by police in circumstances that raised question about police conduct in the situation. Wrong, Nick. The death of Duggan served as a trigger.
Fighting gang violenceReuel S. Amdur
September 14, 2011
The U.S. Embassy recently sponsored a talk in Ottawa by Dr. Garry Slutkin, an epidemiologist who heads an anti-violence project in Chicago called Cease Fire. The program has been replicated in 14 other American cities and five other countries. While the program has garnered attention as the new tool in the struggle to end violence in low-income areas, in fact the approach is not new.
Does the city of Ottawa's new broom sweep clean?Reuel S. Amdur
September 19, 2011
The City of Ottawa is seeing some changes. Jim Watson's mayoralty has been quite a shift in style from the days of Larry O'Brien, whom he defeated. And the comparison is not just to O'Brien.

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