Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

If even God ordered a census, without one, non-profits worry about the consequences for charity.

The federal government announced on June 29, 2010 that they would be scrapping the mandatory long-form census, which  20 per cent of Canadians receive in a census year, now making it voluntary only. Read more…

Just two weeks before the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Air India 182 and shortly before the inquiry report is due to be released, a controversial petition is being presented to parliament. Read more…

Indonesia’s constitutional court has upheld a controversial provision that limits religious freedom. The ruling came down while I was in Jakarta.

The provision actually stems from a 1965 Decree by President Sukarno on the Prevention of Blasphemy and Abuse of Religions, the idea behind which was to ban any organization practicing the “deviant interpretation” of religious teachings. And it’s used mainly to persecute and prosecute Islamic sects such as Ahmadiyah and al-Qiyadah. Read more…