New security certificates issued
On February 22, the Canadian government issued new security certificates against the five Muslim men previously cited. However, they did not reissue a certificate...Is there truth in torture?
As consumers, we know the tough row to hoe in the struggle for truth in advertising. One thinks back to the case in the early part of the last century when one...Benatta sent by Canada to U.S. torture
The Canadian government recently removed references to torture by the United States from a training manual for diplomats posted abroad. How inconvenient, then,......
Harkat jailed
Mohamed Harkat, one of the five Muslim men subjected to security certificates in Canada because of suspected links to terrorism, was arrested on January 29 and thrown...Ottawa woman makes modern hijabs
The hijab will never be the same, not after what Abeer Al-Azzawi has done to it. She has produced a form-fitting hijab, which Jessica Stewin, writing in the......
Trial for terror suspect
Moroccan Saďd Namouh was in a Quebec court on January 31, charged with editing jihadist propaganda videos, including some showing the interrogation and execution of...Israel blamed in death of Canadian
Israel was at fault in the deaths of four observers from the U.N. Truce Supervision Organization, including Canadian Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener. That was the......
Khan is back
Welcome back, Wajid Khan. MP Wajid Khan was forced out of the Conservative parliamentary caucus when he was faced with charges of overspending during his campaign...Afghan torture scandal widens
After the Conservative Harper government admitted that it had stopped transferring prisoners to Afghan authorities last November following evidence of torture, new......
House of Commons passes security legislation
Facing a February 23 deadline set by the Supreme Court of Canada, the House of Commons passed a new law on February 4 authorizing security certificates for non-citizens...Chertoff warns of new rules
As of February 1, Canadians and Americans who have been visiting Canada will face enhanced identification requirements at land crossings. That is what Homeland......
Reporters ordered to reveal sources
In a classical collision between an accused's rights and the right of journalists to maintain the confidentiality of sources, Canadian Federal Court Judge Simon Noël has...Rachel Corrie does Vancouver
"My Name is Rachel Corrie" opened in Vancouver's Havana Theatre on January 25. The play, using the writings of the young American woman who served as a peace......
U.S. and Israel accused of torture
There were red faces in Ottawa on January 18, when a Canadian Foreign Affairs document became public, listing the U.S. and Israel among countries using torture. ...Kazemi case reopened
The Iranian Supreme Court has now ordered a reopening of the case of Zahra Kazemi. In July, 2003, Kazemi, a photojournalist with dual Canadian and Iranian......
Abu Dhabi funds translations
The push is on to translate important Western and other non-Arab works into Arabic. Egyptian Karim Nagy initiated a non-profit agency, Kalima, to undertake this...Canadians wary of U.S.
A poll of 1000 Canadians carried out by the firm Strategic Counsel from December 6 to 9 found that Canadians prefer a somewhat arms-length relationship with the United......
Canada shifts toward Israel
During his current visit to the Middle East, Canada's Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier was asked about Israel's expansion of construction at Har Homa, in the West Bank...Muslim Canadian MP accused of illegal spending
Canadian MP Wajid Khan finds himself without a party. As a Liberal, he raised eyebrows when he took an assignment from Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper......
Danish cartoons on trial
Ezra Levant, former publisher of Canada's Western Standard, was defiant before going into a meeting with an officer of the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship...Sharia investments paying off
This year, conventional banks and other financial institutions are bad news for investors because of the sub-prime debacle. By contrast, sharia-compliant......
UAE cleanup
Remember the days before the push to recycle? Everything went to the dump. Well, when Canadian Samer Kamal went to visit his mother in Sarjah, one of the...Canada fast-tracks family reunification for Iraqis
Last month Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced a program to expedite admission of Iraqis with family members in Canada. The paper work......