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A city such as Ottawa, where the tech sector implosion has undoubtedly scared off human capital, can't afford to chase away well-educated immigrants (or skilled workers of any kind). Yet that is what's happening.
 
 
 
By acknowledging that Dave Batters died as a result of suicide, the former MP's family is turning a personal tragedy into a public good.
 
 
 
About a decade ago the wise elected officials and staff of the then Goulbourn Township decided that Poole Creek, which runs through Stittsville, should be naturalized.
 
 
 
 
 
Ramesh Thakur
Ramesh Thakur

Bringing India and Canada together

For two countries with so much in common, they have a rather weak relationship

Op-Ed
 
By Terry Breese
By Terry Breese

The lasting legacy of Lincoln on July 4th

Today, family and friends of the U.S. Embassy in Canada celebrate the 200th birthday year of one of ...

Op-Ed
 
Daniel Bland
Daniel Bland

Colombia's father of confession

in Colombian human rights circles or more vilified among military hardliners than Jesuit priest Father...

Op-Ed
 
Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband

The time to deal with climate change is now

A make-or-break moment for our planet is now only six months away. In Copenhagen this December, the ...

Op-Ed
 
 
 
 
Leonard Stern

Refusing to multiply

The headlines are swine flu, terrorism and climate change, but economists know that...

 
David Warren

America, the not-so-beautiful

The Dow has been tanking again, and new figures show the U.S. economy shedding jobs...

 
Janice Kennedy

Oh no! Not another Michael Jackson column!

In the code language of my household, Tainted Blood, Sgt. Pepper and Mad Cow all...

 
David Warren

When foreign aid gets in the way

Amid all the doom gloom algal bloom and media zoom spread by professional environmental...

 
Susan Riley

Ill-prepared for the post-oil economy

There was a time when politicians claimed Canada would become a world leader in ...

 
John Robson

Political garbage

Apparently Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake." Rather, "Qu'ils mangent...

 
 
 

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