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The Varied Costs of Homelessness
Published on 2009-06-06 10:16:00
A couple of issues arising over the last few days have prompted me to write a post reflecting on the problem of homelessness in our society. First, there's an unsurprising amount of unrest in New York over that municipal government's decision to house a small number of homeless people in luxury condos, leased from a developer who wasn't able to sell the site before the housing bubble decimated his investment.Second, this morning's op-ed in the Vancouver Sun is an unusually sympathetic perspectiv
Abdelrazik Coming Home?
Published on 2009-06-04 13:03:00
As I expected, the Federal Court has today ruled that Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik must return home from the Sudan, where he has been exiled by the Government of Canada on illegal and unconstitutional terms for the past five years.The Court's ruling is a direct challenge to the Harper government's blatant pattern of refusing to assist Canadians stuck abroad when there is even a hint of "national security" concerns involved. Since this is only the Federal Court, though, it remains to be
Mintz Meat: The War on EI Continues
Published on 2009-06-03 09:50:00
The war on Employment Insurance continues. Obviously it continues outside the hallowed pages of this blog, too, but I figured it was time for another round here as well. Last week I attempted to strike up a debate with Atlantic Institute director Charles Cirtwill, whose op-ed in the Globe and Mail, I believed, failed to make the case for a half-baked and redundant "reform." Cirtwill actually responded in a plaintive and defensive comment, so I posted again, in the vain hope that he would actuall
