Twenty four years ago Brian Mulroney, newly elected Prime Minister, had this to say to the Toronto Star about 155 Tamils who came to Newfoundland in a boat: “My government will do anything but allow refugees in lifeboats to be turned aimlessly around in the ocean and turned away from our shores… To think that, [...]
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Send Them Back an Old, and Awful, Refrain
Canadians have been caught up in the drama of the arrival of a small boat with 500 people aboard. They have travelled for several months on the Pacific Ocean, turned away in Thailand, Australia, and given the cold shoulder everywhere else until they reached the western shore of Vancouver Island, escorted by the Canadian navy. [...]
Kenya’s Constitutional Referendum – an important moment
The strong endorsement by the people of a new Kenyan constitution is an important moment in the history of this great, and troubled country. When Kenya came close to a flat out civil war in the winter of 2008, it came as a surprise those who had not been watching. But problems have been seething [...]
Hiroshima Memorial Day August 2010 Statement by Hon. Bob Rae on behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada
Today in Hiroshima Japan and around the world we pause to reflect on the terrible power in humanity’s hands – the capacity to destroy life on the planet on a scale previously unimagineable. The atom bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortened the Second World War. But they also changed the way we think about [...]
On the Premier’s Conference
The Premiers should be congratulated for taking on issues of real depth and substance. Under this year’s chairmanship of Manitoba Premier Greg Sellinger the discussions about aboriginal health and education point the way to a national summit that will make critical decisions. I had the chance to speak at a reception during the Assembly of [...]
