Tag: opinion

Censuses During this Pandemic and China’s Demographic Crisis

This article discusses numbers for this is what census is all about – numbers. More importantly, it discusses how these numbers affect people’s lives. So, brace yourself for this number-filled article.

It’s census time in Canada. We are reminded of this daily through ads on tv and on social media like Facebook. I filled up mine online and sent it on the same day that I received the questionnaire. Unlike the 2016 census wherein religion was not asked, this year’s questionnaire saw the re-appearance of this issue.

O que fazemos com os transgressores? Atirem-nos pela janela!

TORONTO – Quando os conselheiros/trustees do Conselho Escolar do Distrito Católico de Toronto (TCDSB) disseram ao Cardeal para “ir pregar a outra freguesia”, eles desencadearam uma tempestade de contestação, tanto  a nível local como além fronteiras.

O público parece objetar que os seus direitos religiosos e legais sejam usurpados por políticos principiantes.

Um blogueiro, no distante Texas, deu início a uma petição online, apelando à expulsão desses “intrusos”.

My Real Israel: A Testimony of an Italian from Central Israel

Article by Lara Baumann

I don’t usually write about politics – especially Italian – and I don’t feel I have what it takes to be able to criticize the choices and votes of the citizens of a country where I haven’t lived for a long time and whose daily reality I no longer know. But these days, Facebook is full of criticisms and judgments towards Israel, also expressed by Jews, non-Jews, Arabs and anyone who thinks they know the facts because they have seen two minutes of the news.

Mi verdadero Israel: Testimonio de una italiana del centro de Israel

Articulo escrito por Lara Baumann – Video: Lisa Picerno

No suelo escribir sobre política, especialmente sobre italiano, y no siento que tenga lo necesario para poder criticar las elecciones y los votos de los ciudadanos de un país en el que no he vivido durante mucho tiempo y cuya realidad diaria que ya no conozco. Pero estos días, Facebook está lleno de críticas y juicios hacia Israel, también expresados ​​por judíos, no judíos, árabes y cualquiera que crea conocer los hechos porque ha visto dos minutos de la noticia.

What do we do with trespassers? Throw them out

TORONTO – When the trustees at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) told the Cardinal to “stick it in his ear” they touched off a firestorm of rejection, local and beyond. The public would seem to object to their religious and legal rights being usurped by entry-level politicos. A blogger from far away Texas has initiated an online petition calling for the ouster of these “pretenders”.