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Multiculturalism
06 Aug 2012 Good news: Law Planned to Allow Private Property on Reserves
The Globe and Mail is reporting that the federal Conservative government has announced it will introduce legislation making it possible for private property ownership on aboriginal reserves. This is a bold and proactive measure and ARPA Canada is very grateful to see one of the recommendations of our most recent Respectfully Submitted policy report being pursued by our federal government. Earlier this year we sent this report to all MPs and Senators, in both official languages. Many of you followed up with easy-mail letters to your MPs (if you haven't done so yet, it isn't too late). As we explained in our report, property rights are essential for economic productivity and thereby have a direct impact on employment rates, which in turn impacts the living standards, housing conditions, health, and morale of an entire community.31 Jul 2012 Dramatic Fertility Decline in Muslim World
www.mercatornet.com, July 31 2012: In the June 1 issue of Policy Review (Stanford University) Nicholas Eberstadt and Apoorva Shah have revealed the truly remarkable (and indeed historically unprecedented) decline in the fertility rate of the Muslim community worldwide (the Ummah). The report (which can be seen here) is interesting for what it reports – the idea that the world’s Muslim population is undergoing a fertility collapse is not in line with popular perception. As the authors observe: “There remains a widely perceived notion — still commonly held within intellectual, academic,...
16 Jul 2012 The fight for the soul of the AFN
John Ivison, National Post - July 14, 2012 - Only in native politics could securing the Prime Minister’s undivided attention for a day, and hooking hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding at a time of austerity, be considered a sellout. Shawn Atleo, the AFN’s National Chief, persuaded Stephen Harper to attend a Crown-First Nations gathering earlier this year, aimed at making progress toward a goal both men covet — self-sufficient, self-governing native communities. For his troubles, Mr. Atleo, who is facing a tough re-election fight next week, has...
10 Jul 2012 Now Available (free): the Multicultural Challenge
On March 27, 2012, Dr. Cornelis Van Dam (Emeritus Professor of Old Testament, Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary) made a presentation to Members of Parliament and Senators in the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario. This event was organized by the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada and was co-sponsored by Liberal MP John McKay and Conservative MPs Maurice Vellacott and Lawrence Toet. The attached document is a transcript of the presentation from Dr. Van Dam. Printed copies will be available at future ARPA Canada events....
27 Jun 2012 Respectfully Submitted: Aboriginal Affairs
"Respectfully Submitted" is a policy report for MPs and Senators published by ARPA Canada. This issue is devoted to the difficult subject of government policy pertaining to Canada's Aboriginal peoples. Thanks to our donors, we are able to send a complimentary copy, in both official languages, to all of the MPs and Senators. But this is one document among many that gets mailed to them. They are much more likely to read it if you, their constituent, asks them to. We have prepared an EasyMail letter to allow you to...
16 May 2012 Need more immigration? We’ve got a solution!
You may all be familiar with the graphic for ARPA's new website initiative launched in February 2012. It started first in SouthWestern Ontario and is now being advertised across the country. The graphic for that site was designed by the team at CompassCreative for the theTRUTHis.ca website and looks like this: In an ironic sort of twist, the Globe is now publishing a series on immigration and on the need for more and more immigrants to address labour shortages and an aging population. Check out how similar the graphic is that they...
23 Mar 2012 Judges must consider history when sentencing aboriginals: Supreme Court
ARPA Note: The next issue of our "Respectfully Submitted" policy report to Parliament will be about aboriginal affairs. Court decisions like this make it very difficult for legislators to promote true equality beneath the law. Globe and Mail, March 23 2012: Sentencing judges who do not carefully consider lenient or creative sentences for aboriginal offenders are violating the law, the Supreme Court of Canada said in a major aboriginal law decision today. Releasing rulings in a pair of much-anticipated cases that go to the heart of separate...
17 Feb 2012 The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
Newsweek Magazine, Ayaan Hirsi Ali - From one end of the Muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith. We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is underway—an unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke global alarm. Keep reading....
17 Jan 2012 Understanding Attawapiskat: Accountability
Ezra Levant looks at who is directly responsible for the current crisis in Attawapiskat, and those people are not politicians....