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Category Archives: Human Rights

Freedom of Speech and Human Rights

Flemming Holm Posted on June 24, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The debate concerning freedom of speech and the Human Rights Commissions rages on. I worked for the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission for six years and for the Canadian Commission for twelve years, and retired in 1991, so I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Danish cartoons, Freedom of speech, Human Rights, Peace and war

Economic growth and social rights: the last 100 years

Flemming Holm Posted on March 11, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I highly recommend a fascinating history of how the role of government, attitudes towards social justice and economic development have developed and changed over the last 100 years particularly in the democracies of Europe and North America, given in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, Economic crisis, Government, Human Rights, Social policy, Tommy Douglas, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Bible, Homosexuality and Human Rights

Flemming Holm Posted on September 1, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

In the 1970s both the American and the Canadian Psychiatric Associations struck homosexuality from their lists of disorders to be cured. In 1979 a study of the scholarly literature on the subject of sexual orientation was carried out by a … Continue reading →

Posted in gay marriage, homosexuality, Human Rights, The Bible

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

A list of priorities for the Canadian government

Flemming Holm Posted on November 1, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Finance Minister Flaherty has promised us tax cuts. The recent surplus, and projections for the future, make such a promise possible. And many people and corporations are happy. But we would prefer to see more compassionate and progressive use of … Continue reading →

Posted in affordable housing, AIDS, alternative energy, Canada, carbon footprint, carbon tax, global warming, higher education, homeless, Human Rights, Native land claims, Social policy, taxes, water

Israel and Palestine

Flemming Holm Posted on August 1, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I understand that the Palestinian people are suffering enormous deprivation partly because the international embargo is crippling their economy. It is bad enough that Israel is taking over much of the most valuable Palestinian property through the illegal “settlements”, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Human Rights, Israel and Palestine, The Bible

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

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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