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Category Archives: Justice

Omar Khadr and the litmus test

Flemming Holm Posted on July 24, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Our Canadian Government holds that our complicity in Guantanamo Bay is the litmus test for our devotion to the American War on Terror. Is our complicity in American treatment of Omar Khadr and Maher Arar the litmus test for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Guantanamo Bay, Justice, Maher Arar, Omar Khadr

Impossible things to believe before breakfast

Flemming Holm Posted on May 27, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Someone has written of believing six impossible things before breakfast. It is strange what impossible things we believe when we think it is to our advantage to do so. For example: – that tobacco smoke is harmless; – that global … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Peace and war

Public vs private health care

Flemming Holm Posted on June 17, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Hon. Judy Streatch, M.L.A. Government of Nova Scotia Dear Judy: It was very kind of you to meet with our group at Grace McClung’s on May 25. I hope you got – and continue to get – some satisfaction … Continue reading →

Posted in foodbanks, health care, Human Rights, income gap, Justice, Nova Scotia, poverty, Social policy, taxes, United States

Letter to Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada

Flemming Holm Posted on May 3, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Canada Ottawa, ON. Dear Peter MacKay: I have heard on reliable authority that since 2001 more than 800 social activists in the Philippines have been assassinated in waves of state-sponsored … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, foreign affairs, Human Rights, Justice, Myanmar, Peace and war, Philippines, Zimbabwe

Refugee American soldiers in Canada

Flemming Holm Posted on November 10, 2006 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Hon. Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Government of Canada. Dear Monte Solberg: Just in case you missed it, I am enclosing a copy of a recent article published in the November issue of The United Church Observer, … Continue reading →

Posted in 9/11, Canada, conscientious objectors, Iraq, Justice, refugees, United States

Letter to Stephen Harper on Israel and Palestine

Flemming Holm Posted on July 16, 2006 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Dear Mr. Harper: Apparently the Canadian government has allied itself with Israel in its struggle against the Palestinians. I want to remind you of some Biblical and historical facts. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, foreign affairs, George Bush, Israel and Palestine, Justice, Peace and war, Stephen Harper

Canada in the world

Flemming Holm Posted on June 15, 2006 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

Yesterday I saw Jeffrey Sachs on CPAC, and was most impressed. He is Special Advisor to Kofi Annan on the subject of the Millennium Goals, and is with the Earth Institute of Columbia University. He expressed most eloquently some thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in alternative energy, Canada, democracy, equal pay for women, First Nations, foreign affairs, health care, homeless, Human Rights, income gap, Israel and Palestine, Justice, Social policy, United States, water
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