Why is Canada ignoring starvation in Africa?
DAVE FULLER: It's time that Canada wakes up and does more to recognize that our brothers and sisters are starving
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The U.S. needs to reset its approach to the conflict in Ethiopia
YONAS BIRU: Biden’s approach to the conflict has not only failed, but also risks pushing Ethiopia onto a path of destruction that cannot be reversed
Quebec artist bears witness to Africa’s climate migrants
CYCLING CANADA: Gilbert Desjardins work is frequently exhibited in and around the Montreal-to-Mont-Laurier region (FREE)
Who needs oil and gas in the next 30 years? Africa and Asia
MARK MILKE and VEN VENKATACHALAM: Population and economic growth will continue. Absent a miracle, oil and gas will remain key (FREE)
Canada needs to respond to the use of child soldiers in Ethiopia
ANN FITZ-GERALD and HUGH SEGAL: Contrary to what the New York Times and AP claim, these children are not “highly motivated young recruits” (FREE)
Diseases don’t care about our nationality or wealth
GERRY CHIDIAC: If we continue to value Canadian lives more than we value Congolese or Yemini lives, we put our well-being at risk (PREMIUM)
Shaking off colonial shackles no easy task
GERRY CHIDIAC: Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Congo, may have been an idealist but he clearly understood the pain of colonialism
The Congo’s great liberation turned into abject failure
PAT MURPHY: How great plans quickly descended into decades of dictatorship, corruption, kleptocracy and violence
Are electric cars really a solution to the climate crisis?
GERRY CHIDIAC: There are serious social, economic and environmental costs to driving any kind of vehicle. We must consider the implications of every choice (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $16)
The essential values of having courage and being kind
GERRY CHIDIAC: Instinct says to fight or flee, yet often neither is possible. Examining the story of Cinderella shows us that being kind and having courage can be enough
The echoing calls for reconciliation and sound social architecture
In Ireland, in South Africa, in Canada the desire for stability, resolution and trust runs deep (FREE)
