Tax Freedom Day
Saturday June 28, 2003
Tax Freedom Day for the average Canadian fell on June 28, two days later this year according to the Fraser Institute. Each year the Institute calculates how long Canadians have ... Read More
Doctors Call for Public Health Changes
Thursday June 26, 2003
The Canadian Medical Association says Canada needs to direct $1.53 billion to public health so that we're prepared for another emergency like SARS. The association has put forward a 10-point ... Read More
Fly the Canadian Flag
Wednesday June 25, 2003
There will be so many flags waving over the next week as we head into Canada Day that it may be hard to believe that Canadians were arguing about the ... Read More
Privacy Commissioner Quits
Monday June 23, 2003
George Radwanski has resigned as Privacy Commissioner of Canada in the furor raised when a House of Commons committee said he had been deliberately misleading them about his travel and ... Read More
Word Wizards Pilot Project
Friday June 20, 2003
Word Wizards is a new pilot project of the Canadian Heritage Department to provide English and French language tools to help in writing and editing both of Canada's official languages. ... Read More
Canada to Make Same-Sex Marriages Legal
Tuesday June 17, 2003
The Canadian federal government has decided not to appeal recent court decisions that say excluding same-sex marriages is against equality rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Instead it ... Read More