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Archive for August 31st, 2007

Why polygamy will never likely be legalized: Vancouver Sun - Legalizing polygamy shapes up as societal nightmare.

So we will just stick our heads in the sand, and hope it goes away.

But what about decriminalization?

Ah, the joys of Liberal-watching and you don’t even need a pair of binoculars.

Over here we have a rather quaint one who seems to be the dominant male, and likes to huff and puff. He has also been know to use phrases like “shilly-shallying”.

And here we have another alpha male who is a rival for the leadership crown, and enjoys waxing eloquent on Puffins themselves, and how they hide their excrement. A noble mascot for their tribe.

Now there is a crew you can take seriously.

Watch out PM Stephen Harper. You are in big trouble.

Christiana Blizzard does a find job pointing out the weakness of the Liberal position on Faith-Based funding - “Ah, Sweet Hypocrisy” (H/T National Newswatch)

Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara in particular is the focus of scrutiny:

If, as Finance Minister Greg Sorbara did yesterday, one is going to slam funding for private religious schools because they are divisive and separate kids from one another, it is useful if you can show yourself as a public school supporter.

Sadly, Sorbara cannot. His six kids went to the exclusive Toronto Waldorf school — not a faith-based school, sure, but not exactly the kind of place where your kids mix and mingle with children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

When Blizzard calls him up on it, Sorbara attempts to duck the question (not unlike the obfuscation you see in Question Period), and then he throws in this zinger:

We will see kids from any number of different religions spending all of their time with people of their own faith and I think defining that as our future is very dangerous.”

Blizzard muses:

Let me get this right: Rich people like Sorbara can put their kids in posh private schools without dangerously setting them apart from public school kids. And Catholics can put their kids in fully-funded religious schools without the world coming to an end. But low-income people and non-Catholics are — what? Too stupid? Too poor to put their kids in private religious schools without it being a problem? Sounds very elitist to me.

In any case, it appears that Greg Sorbara and his cronies are still bent on snubbing the Jewish community.

Big mistake, Greg.

(Update follows original post.)

Excellent op-ed by guest columnist James Morton in today’s Sun (Our broken bail system). It’s definitely worth the read.

Our courts are clogged, and people who are still a danger to society are released on bail. Reforms are in the works, but action is needed now:

So what’s the solution? Directions to Crowns requiring real bail terms and appointment of enough Justices of the Peace to make sure bail is dealt with thoroughly and quickly are happening at the provincial level. Federally, we need to expedite the approval of bail reform which has stalled in Parliament. Sensible changes to the Bill have been suggested, but the basic terms of the reform are sound and should not be delayed. Both the province and the federal government are working to increase legal aid so people accused of crimes get to present their cases properly.

Our patience is wearing thin.