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Still fighting the Second World War

"These proceedings are closed." General Douglas MacArthur's stentorian voice echoed across the decks of the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, 65 years ago. His seemingly pedestrian words ended the formal Japanese surrender ceremonies. Following Nazi Germany's surrender the previous

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Muslims have nothing to apologize for

Since the events of 9/11, imams and prominent members of the Muslim community have increasingly felt compelled to apologize for and condemn the acts of some Muslims who are arrested under anti-terrorism laws. They have usually done so even before finding out all the facts about the cases in question, an

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The cornerstone of a nation

In 1860, Queen Victoria sent her eldest son, 18-year-old Prince Albert Edward, to tour her North American provinces and lay the cornerstone of the Canadian Parliament. It was the first royal tour in our history. Here is an account of the prince's trip to Ottawa, then a city of 15,000 people, exactly 150

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So Harper thinks he can dance ...

The press accompanying the prime minister on his northern trip seemed to think Stephen Harper's participation in a native dance in Inuvik was either YouTube-hilarious or an intriguing sign of a looser, more relaxed prime minister -- or maybe both.

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The struggle against jihad

No sooner did news of the Ottawa Terror Plot unfold on national TV, than one could predict the response of Canada's Islamists and their organizations.

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Quebec sovereignty threat remains very real

The matter of Quebec's right to secede, legal or otherwise, from Canada has gained new relevance with an International Court of Justice ruling this summer in favour of Kosovo's secession from Serbia. The court stated in part that Kosovo's "declaration of independence of the 17th of February 2008 did not

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A fight for the soul of America

The wholly manufactured controversy over the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" is almost a perfect illustration of William Butler Yeats' lament that the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

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For foreign policy-making, don't look to Foreign Affairs

'Over 25 years, due to the combination of Michael Pitfield's centralization initiatives and my budgets, we have totally destroyed the policy-making capacity of the public service, and nowhere is this more manifest than in the Department of Foreign Affairs." So said former prime minister Paul Martin.

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This is our future

This is your future. That was my wretched thought on behalf of Canadians as I watched Thursday's Project Samossa news conference.

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Faith-based aid succeeds by focusing on the aid

Can faith-based relief agencies work in countries where the local population subscribes to another religion?

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Getting their man

The arrests of terrorism suspects in Ottawa and London, Ont., this week are clear successes for the Canadian security community. What do these successes mean, though, for how safe Canadians can really feel in our cities?

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Your tax dollars, your vote

I have been talking about October's municipal election with neighbours and friends. Most people tell me they are going to vote for mayor. They know who the front runners are and, if they don't yet know who they will vote for, most know who they will not vote for.

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It's time to stand up for them

Since the news conference that I held last week to expose the truth on veterans' issues, the grassroots outpouring of support from veterans and Canadians to fix the problems and provide veterans with the support they need has been overwhelming.

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Why the Aussies can debate the monarchy, but we can't

The future of the monarchy came up as an issue in the Australian election. No surprise there. Australians have few inhibitions in discussing whether to retain the constitutional status quo or make the bold move to establish a republic.

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My country has trampled on its Constitution

Whether or not you sympathize with Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen the U.S. has imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, probably depends on how much faith you have in politicians.

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Whitton deserves a fair shake

I don't want to seem like an apologist for Charlotte Whitton for, as her biographer, I am well aware of her many shortcomings, but I believe that she deserves a fair shake when it comes to recent charges of anti-Semitism.

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In defence of the world's most dangerous idea

Writing in the Citizen last week, Margaret Somerville says the world's most dangerous idea is that there is nothing special about being human ("Preserving humanity," August 19). I've long been a keen advocate of that very idea. I think the world would be a much better place were more people to accept it

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A 'sex worker,' and a human being

Reading the recent revelations in the case of serial killer Robert Pickton, my thoughts turned -- as they always do -- to the lost women.

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My heart aches for Pakistan

Like other ex-patriot Pakistanis, I've been following the immense tragedy of floods in Pakistan. Yesterday my brother called from Karachi and said "Pakistan is finished." I wept. It finally hit me that a fifth of my homeland is under water, and the rest also in peril.

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Atheists have a place in discussions on faith

It's odd there should be contention over the growing role of atheists in public discussions about morals and theology. Those with a naturalistic world view predate Jews, Christians, Muslims and most contemporary religious minorities. Today's religions have a start date. But there have always been skepti

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