The new Liberal government caucus has some representation by MPs of Caribbean heritage. Among them is Trinidad and Tobago-born Hedy Fry, a physician and long-standing MP who represents Vancouver Centre. Fry has held that riding since the 1993 election when she defeated then-prime minister Kim Campbell of the Progressive Conservatives, serving several Liberal leaders and […]
By Gerald V. Paul; As the Eyes Guy is re-reading Getting Back in the Game, a foreign policy playbook for Canada by the brilliant former Canadian ambassador to the UN Paul Heinbecker, I would like to welcome Eyesers to a new Canada: A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. It’s a compelling vision for […]
It is a positive coincidence that both Canada and the United Nations are at a stage in their existence where they are asking themselves some basic questions about their identity, their purpose and aspirations. Who are we? What do we aspire to achieve? What do we want in our relationship with others? These are the […]
By Michael Lashley; As we confront the massive inequality in incomes and lifestyles and as our economy serves up horrible realities on the employment front, we have the additional good fortune of having a new prime minister, belonging to the younger generation, who is willing to listen and who, with our pro-active involvement as unrelenting […]
By Jasminee Sahoye; A former prominent Toronto lawyer, who heads a company that is scientifically developing medical marijuana products, supports the new Liberal government’s plan to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes as it relates to decriminalization. Courtney Betty, president and CEO of Timeless Herbal Care Ltd (THC), a nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, told The […]
Canadians decisively rejected Stephen Harper and a continuation of the policies of his Conservative government in the election last week. The Conservatives were in office for nine years, during which time Canada was one of the few developed economies not to suffer serious economic slowdown and remained immune to the financial crisis which ravaged […]
