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Shameful Acts: 3. Flirting with creationism

By On April 12, 2009 · 1 Comment

When asked by The Globe and Mail if he accepted evolutionary theory, Conservative Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear offered a curious response.

I’m not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don’t think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate.

Around the country, scientists were [...]

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Shameful Acts: 2. Attack on the arts

By On March 27, 2009 · 1 Comment

“Ordinary people” don’t care about the arts, and artists are elitist snobs who whine at extravagant taxpayer-funded galas about government subsidies not rising quickly enough. And with that denigrating assessment, Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his government’s forty-five million dollar pre-election gutting of arts funding in Canada.

I think when ordinary working people come home, [...]

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Shameful Acts: 1. In and Out

By On March 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

In its rush toward populism and away from discourse, the federal Conservative government in Canada has revealed its vision. Some of that vision was contained in its election platforms of 2006 and 2008, but much of it has been spooled out over the course of the life of the minority government led by Stephen Harper [...]

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