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Why I won’t pray for Paris

11/18/2015 By the editor 2 Comments

By Kenneth Brown In the aftermath of the Paris killings, the Facebook world has been, as is only appropriate, afire with opinion, speculation, ire and sympathy. I do not have the kinds of Facebook friends (I’m happy to report) who leap to make bigoted statements about Muslims, or to publicly indulge in revenge fantasy. I […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: bigotry, Christianity, Christians, crime, France, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Judaism, middle east, Muslims, Paris, religion, terrorism, war

A choice between emotion and reason

11/16/2015 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon It seems only too tragic that just 10 days after being sworn in as Prime Minister, after promising to restore our Canadian values, and bring back sunnier days, Justin Trudeau should be hit by the darkness of the Paris massacre. Only too ironic that the son of Pierre should have to choose so soon […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 9/11, Canada, Canadian military, Canadian politics, Conservatives, France, ISIS, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, middle east, NATO, Paris, Rona Ambrose, Saudi Arabia, Stephen Harper, Syria, terrorism, U.S. military

Why I was Charlie Hebdo

01/22/2015 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Mark Leiren-Young I’d just read the news about Charlie Hebdo when CBC Radio contacted me. They wanted me to come on the air the next morning and talk about what happened, share a satirist’s perspective. They did a pre-interview with me. I burst into tears. I’ve had people threaten to kill me for my […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, CBC, CBC Radio, Charlie Hebdo, crime, France, Ian Ferguson, journalism, magazines, Mark Leiren-Young, Paris, religion, terrorism, Victoria, writing

Unintelligence sources

01/11/2015 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher The Prime Minister, in his role as Chief Scarifier, performed as expected on Thursday, once again using an atrocity for political gain, and to serve his government’s agenda to reduce Canadians’ civil liberties. No surprise there. What was surprising — or, if not surprising, then wall-to-wall evident in the 24 hour news […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: 9/11, Canada, CBC, CIA, CNN, crime, CSIS, FBI, France, Globe and Mail, Islam, magazines, Muslims, Paris, parliament, Parliament Hill shootings, RCMP, television, terrorism

Stephen Harper and Mr. Hyde

01/09/2015 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon Even for a man like Stephen Harper with so many screaming voices in his head, it was an astonishing transformation. Something right out of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One moment he was telling a group of young people in B.C. about how he planned to create gazillions of jobs for them. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, crime, France, Michael Harris, Paris, Parliament Hill shootings, RCMP, Stephen Harper, terrorism

On the open road

10/10/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh Last month, I walked 335 kilometers in 16 days, covering a good chunk of the historic, pilgrims’ trail that winds through France and eventually all the way to Santiago de Compestella in Spain. Our party of four was booked into small hotels along the way. The deal also provided breakfast and dinner […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Europe, France, recreation, Spain, travel

John Baird plays Iran Got Nukes!

05/09/2012 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Baird says Iran could build nuclear bomb within months screams the CBC headline over Evan Solomon interviewing John Baird under a giant picture of visiting Israel PM Shimon Peres. Fans of the Iran got nukes! cry-wolf sweepstakes will recall both Peres and Netanyahu predicted in 1992 that Iran would have nuclear warheads by 1999, 1992 also being […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canadian politics, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, John Baird, nuclear power, Shimon Peres, U.S., U.S. military

Is CSIS replaying the Arar card?

08/09/2011 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside A leaked 2004 CSIS report from LaPresse on Thursday purports to be a summary of a conversation between Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui  in 2000 in which they plotted to blow up an airplane enroute between Montreal and France. It has already been enthusiastically repeated across our national press: CBC: CSIS file reveals plot to bomb […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abousfian Abdelrazik, Adil Charkaoui, Canada, Canadian politics, CanWest, CBC, CSIS, CTV, France, Jason Kenney, LaPresse, law, Maher Arar, Ottawa Citizen, terrorism, Toronto Star, U.S.

Canada AWOL at eG8

05/29/2011 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher PARIS – It is a curious thing, to host the lions of the digital world in a series of tents in a public park. But that is what French President Nicolas Sarkozy did this week in Paris, for the so-called eG8 forum, a prelude to the G8 forum 173 km to the […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Bertelsmann, Facebook, France, G8, Google, Nicolas Sarkozy, online media, Paris

Thatcher with pants on?

05/22/2007 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

I am not a big fan of Nicolas Sarkozy. I wish instead the socialist candidate in France had won, as I cannot fathom how a conservative will be able to address the severe social problems that are at the root of France’s current problems. Without spending money, how can France address the unsafe housing and […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: France, Greenpeace, Sarkozy, Thatcher

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