| Travellers already under the watchful eye of security officials at Canadian airports and land border crossings could face increased surveillance in certain customs-controlled areas as the Canada Border Services Agency will soon monitor them with high-definition cameras and use microphones to listen in on their conversations. BLOG POSTS  | David Suzuki: An Open Letter to the Environment Minister
I''m writing to thank you and the government for the decision to make the Rouge Valley a national park. But, I am still shocked each time I hear you on radio or television –justifying what you are doing or not doing on the basis of the economic consequences. That''s the Finance Minister''s job. Yours is to protect the environment. |  | Ron Skolrood: Don't Speak Legalese? Here's What the Assisted Suicide Ruling Really Means
British Columbia Supreme Court Judge, Madam Justice Lynn Smith has released her reasons for judgment in the ground-breaking physician-assisted suicide case. In her view, a complete ban on physician-assisted suicide was a disproportionate response and a more appropriate response would be to maintain an almost-absolute prohibition but with a stringently limited and carefully monitored system of exceptions. |  | Senator Mobina Jaffer: Canada Under Bill C-31 Is Not the Place I Found Refuge
Forty years ago my family and I arrived in Canada, desperately seeking refuge from Idi Amin's Uganda. We had lost everything. We were scared. The Canadian government welcomed my family with open arms. My greatest fear is that one day Canadians, as fair-minded as they may be, will close their doors to other refugees. Bill C-31 -- Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act -- is now in the Senate where it will be studied and debated. Not only is this bill unconstitutional and inconsistent with Canada's international obligations, it will change the face of Canada as we know it. |  | Craig and Marc Kielburger: The Shocking Contributor To Crime in Canada
After passing out from a cocktail of pills, Sally awoke to find a friend dead beside her. She knew she had to change. She was only 15. Illiteracy is a common thread in the stories of troubled Aboriginal youth like Sally. Experts want to change the way Canada thinks about youth delinquency. The solution, they say, starts with reading and writing. |  | Mariah Griffin-Angus: There's Nothing "Extremist" About Banning Plastic Bags
Recently, Toronto City Council did something that Mayor Rob Ford deemed "ludicrous and dangerous": They banned plastic bags. Yet, while commentators such as the Globe and Mail's Margaret Wente decried the ban as the "new puritan cause," African countries have been out front on this issue for years. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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