Reading Time: 3 minutes But we need to avoid repeating the mistakes so common in western Europe when it comes to immigration
Author: Brian Giesbrecht
Brian Giesbrecht was a Provincial Court Judge in Manitoba from 1976 to 2007. During that time he served as Acting Chief Judge, and Associate Chief Judge. He is now retired and lives in western Manitoba.
A bad rap: one singer’s misplaced perspective on treaty rights
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government now spends approximately $100,000 per year on each First Nations family
Jean Chretien tried to end Canada’s apartheid system
Reading Time: 4 minutes As a cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau, his bold plan would have improved the lives of Indigenous Canadians. It was doomed
We shouldn’t teach ethnic languages in public schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Teaching such languages is better done by parents and ethnic associations. Schools must focus on core subjects
Is intolerance doing permanent damage to artistic integrity?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Special interest groups demanding a say in casting choices flies in the face of diversity and freedom of expression
Waiting for enlightenment in fundamentalist Islamic law
Reading Time: 3 minutes Religious authorities still hold on to their power, insisting that completely outdated concepts must stay
Edmonton Eskimos are being forced to play the name game
Reading Time: 3 minutes The CFL team has carried the name for a long time and it’s not racist or demeaning in any way
Canada’s persistent apartheid system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians passionately denounced South Africa while not noticing that we had an apartheid system of our own. It’s still here
Stop playing the racist card and deal with the real problems
Reading Time: 3 minutes To ignore a safety issue involving alcohol use among Indigenous communities for fear of being labelled a racist is just plain wrong
Canada needs fair but robust immigration policies
Reading Time: 5 minutes We must insist that immigrants don’t become a burden on the public purse, while finding a way to process them all expeditiously