Tuesday July 15, 2008
Spinks . - 10:06 AM ADT
Any doubt Beverley McLachlin et al on the Order of Canada nominating committee are pushing an agenda when nominating people for the Order of Canada was put to rest when I read this.
Whether you think Henry Morgentaler is a monster, a hero or something inbetween, one would be hard pressed to find someone who thinks he isn't one of the most controversial living Canadians. Yet "too controversial" is apparently a criteria for not getting named.
Frankly I could care less if Morgentaler gets it or doesn't. The controversy has once again brought the abortion issue to the forefront and forced people to talk about it. That's all good.
However it is time for a little more openess about what the criteria for the Order of Canada is. On the surface it is apparently whatever McLachlin and her elitist friends want it to be.
H/T - Burton Front
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Thursday July 10, 2008
Spinks . - 12:57 PM ADT
The media might not be able to attend but Rob at The Independent is live blogging the discussions taking place. Interesting stuff.
Meanwhile what I found to be an interesting article on the issue with some neat ideas is getting pilloried by some commentators.
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Tuesday July 8, 2008
Spinks . - 9:39 PM ADT
I've been laying a bit low lately. Summer I guess. Meanwhile, guest blogger Kit has been holding down the fort at Spink About It.
Early French immersion is the topic du jour. Enjoy. My own thoughts on what the government should perhaps at least consider coming up soon.
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Monday June 30, 2008
Spinks . - 1:00 PM ADT
I couldn't resist joining in on what has N.B. all abuzz.
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Monday June 30, 2008
Spinks . - 8:44 AM ADT
Poof! Too bad.
H/T - Anonymous comment at CanadaEast.
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Tuesday June 24, 2008
Spinks . - 8:00 PM ADT
Education Minister Kelly Lamrock takes to the air of CBC Radio on Wednesday morning (7 to 8am I believe) for a province wide call-in regarding changes to delivering French language instruction to English students. Open houses on the issue start that day around the province and continue on Saturday.
I fully expect the call-in to be an hour of him getting slammed.
Maybe he deserves it but here’s the problem.
He’s been getting slammed for months now. I suspect he gets it that some are unhappy. Initially it served a purpose to let people know that there was opposition. Today, I don’t know what rock you would have to look under to find someone who didn’t know that.
Now’s the time to start presenting some ideas on how to address the problems with the school system. Discuss them here if you want but get those ideas to the government. If the ideas don’t start flowing two things are going to happen without question. One : in the absence of anything else, Lamrock will go ahead with some semblance of Plan A. Two : Those who disagree with that will take the government back to court and we’re going to do this dance for a while. Let’s instead come up with something that may not be what everyone wants but works. I have my own ideas which I’ll throw out in the next little while. In the meantime let’s stop arguing and start thinking up ways to improve the broken system we have now.
Note to CBC’s Terry Seguin. Moderate the call-in so it’s not just a rant for some. Make it useful. We’ll all thank you for it.
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Tuesday June 24, 2008
Spinks . - 12:05 PM ADT
I've read some loonie stories but this tear jerker takes the cake.
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Tuesday June 17, 2008
Spinks . - 12:58 PM ADT
It's a hot topic and well it should be but MAN, there's some nasty comments flying all around over at the Telegraph Journal today regarding a story about the Parents for Fairness.
When 100 people protested the changes, not for two seconds did I think it was only 100 people who cared and that their concerns weren't valid. My beef was that there was obviously another side to the story which hadn't been heard and was being ignored. Apparently some think it should have stayed that way.
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Sunday June 15, 2008
Spinks . - 8:41 PM ADT
The 80% or 70% or whatever the number is of parents who have children not in French immersion (past comments at my blog indicate there's some debate on the number, regardless it’s still the majority and a significant number) have been relatively quiet as the future of their children’s education has been discussed. Most of the focus has been on the EFI side and I don’t want to downplay the significant concern there as well.
But in a balanced discussion all sides need to be heard so it’s refreshing to see a blog set up from parents who don’t have children enrolled in EFI dedicated to those real concerns. Check it out here.
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Wednesday June 11, 2008
Spinks . - 3:16 PM ADT
Now what?
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