http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=11&L=en Point of view Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:07 -0500 2012 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=120586&L=en by Anita Sinha Washington, DC - The Occupy Wall Street movement protesting against corporate practices has me daring to hope that the striking disparities in the United States will change for the better. It takes a leap of faith to be hopeful, because substantial change has not come in response to the economic crisis, housing market crash, persistent high unemployment rates or debt ceiling debacle. The institutions causing these disasters have received only a cursory slap on the wrist. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=106774&L=en In light of the grave situation in Libya, we urge Security Council Members to take immediate effective action aimed at achieving a ceasefire in place and initiating negotiations to secure a transition to a legitimate and representative government. This action should be backed by the credible threat of appropriate military intervention, as a last resort, to prevent mass atrocities. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Louise Arbour http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=104347&L=en by Moriel Rothman Middlebury, Vermont - The sun of the two-state solution is setting. The window for the only solution I believe has any chance of bringing about meaningful, sustainable peace for Israelis and Palestinians is closing, and with it Israel’s future as a Jewish, democratic homeland.   Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=101310&L=en Flags on your backpacks! Flags on your backpacks!         Gordon Downie, to the crowd         at a Tragically Hip concert Surely the time has come for us to stop hiding from the truth. It is that, like the English, Scots, Welsh and Irish in Britain, like the Spanish, Basques and Catalans in Spain, like the Flemish and Walloons in Belgium, like the Jews and Arabs in Israel, and like the Québécois and First Nations in Canada, we English Canadians form a nation. Oh we pretend otherwise, of course, but the reality is that here we are, a nation living within a diverse multicultural country, some of whose cultures also happen to be national ones. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Charles Blattberg http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98546&L=en The RCMP Community Outreach unit has asked members of the Ottawa Community Outreach Program to attend, on October 28, a conference that features prominent Islamist speakers. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=97075&L=en by Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Perhaps I am not in a position to write a letter to 27 European and Western countries, but what can I do? I have no other hope but you, dear ones. I have no more tears to shed. The only thing I have left is a lump in my throat. I only hope that God helps me in writing this letter. I have lost my father, and now this government wants to take our mother from me and my sister for a crime that she has not committed.   Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96843&L=en By Farshad Hoseini This is the second year that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence is causing a storm of international protests.   Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96163&L=en By Sajad Ghaderzadeh Our mother is innocent and should be released unconditionally. I ask the eight industrial countries and the governments of Turkey and Brazil and the entire world to continue the pressure against the Islamic Republic and don’t assume that the case is resolved. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=92126&L=en By Marc Lebuis on behalf of the Point de Bascule team Translation by Point de Bascule In a letter published by Le Devoir on July 13th 2010, Phyllis Lambert* and Serge Joyal** ask the Charest Government to reconsider its decision to purchase the building that the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) was going to acquire in downtown Montreal in order to establish a mosque and a community center. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=86277&L=en Bangalore (India) - I was making my first visit to a day care center for spastic and disabled children in Bangalore. Our bike had just had a skid and we were saved except for our skin that suffered few scratches at places. While I ordered for two bottles of mineral water to quench my thirst after the long bike ride, a wide mouthed child with wide open eyes wished me good morning. I couldn’t make meaning out of his verbal uttering and it was translated to me by a teacher.   Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Venus Vinod Upadhayaya http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76507&L=en The culture of Mithala, the birth place of Goddess Sita, for long thrived with the vibrant colours of Madhubani paintings. An art which till recently was known more to be a culture, Madhubani paintings have come a long way both from the Goongat (veil) under which they were done and the mud walls on which they were painted.   Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Venus Vinod Upadhayaya http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=81139&L=en By Jasmina Munteanu Romania entered the European Union on the 1st of January 2007. Romanian emigration to Italy is relatively high, with the Romanian community in Italy numbering 796.477 as of December 2008. Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=79762&L=en by David Kilgour The main conclusion of the book (1) "is that there has been and continues today to be large-scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners". Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=77693&L=en By Uri Avnery IT IS already a commonplace to say that people who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat their mistakes. Some 1942 years ago, the Jews in the province called Palaestina launched a revolt against the Roman Empire. In retrospect, this looks like an act of madness. Palestine was a small and insignificant part of the world-wide empire which had just won a crushing victory against the rival power – the Parthian Empire (Persia) – and put down a major rebellion in Britain. What chances could the Jewish revolt have?   Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76186&L=en by Claire Tremblay The Alternative Report issued in response to the Federal government's report on women's progress in Canada 15 years after the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a refreshing counterpoint to the Harper government's manipulation of the facts.   Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=73329&L=en In one of its latest judgments, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, an island situated at the southern tip of India, has granted an additional year to its president's term, following the 26 January 2010 presidential election in the country where outgoing President Mahinda Rajapaksa was re-elected. Given its nature, the piece of news would normally fall as a tile on the head of ordinary citizens waking up one day to learn that their President or their Prime Minister was granted one additional year to the term for which he was elected.   Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Richard Tremblay http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=74312&L=en In the course of a debate, down here in Florida, I carefully used the “A” word. I was speaking about the future of Israel and the Palestinians and presented four possible scenarios, arguing that if Israel remained on its present course, not giving the Palestinians their own state or the vote, it would become an “apartheid-like” society. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Stephen Scheinberg http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=73669&L=en Belleville is a small city in southern Ontario with a high rate of unemployment. Young women go to Belleville to sell their bodies just as women desperate for livelihood have done for centuries during hard times. It's the only way they see to survive. The market for prostitutes in Belleville is huge with the Trenton Air Base just 20 minutes away.   Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=77927&L=en The recent mini-crisis in U.S. Israel relations is probably, given the needs of both parties, going to fade from the headlines but behind the scenes the issues will still fester. It was shameful that right wing lobbyists for Israel in the United States, ignored the main points in contention. AIPAC, the largest and wealthiest such lobby, viewed the announcement of 1600 new housing units in East Jerusalem, as only a “bureaucratic error” and stuck to their tired line that the United States and Israel have identical interests. It was the Obama administration that they faulted, for allowing the unfortunately timed announcement to create a rift between the two nations. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Stephen Scheinberg http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=71747&L=en By Peggy Shapiro In the midst of the tragedy and chaos in the Haitian capital, Israeli doctors, part of IsraAID -F.I.R.S.T. (the Israel Forum for International Aid), delivered a healthy baby boy in an IDF field hospital. When the baby's grateful mother, Gubilande Jean Michel saw her newborn son, alive and well, she named him Israel in gratitude to the people and nation who brought her this blessing.   Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=70060&L=en Twelve year old Dhadamani was working as an agricultural bonded labor for two years. His mother had taken a loan of Rs 7000 (146 $) from a money lender for the medical treatment of his father. As she was unable to pay back the loan she made Dhadamani to discontinue going to school and sent him to work as a bonded labor for Rs 5000 (104 $) a year.   Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Venus Vinod Upadhayaya http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=69632&L=en Bangalore, Karnataka (India) - Fifteen year old Anitha and Manjula ran away from their home after watching Television serials. They wanted to be independent like the characters of the serial and ran away thinking that they will get a job and live the life of their dreams in Bangalore. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Venus Vinod Upadhayaya http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=78776&L=en We all share in the anguish when terrorist acts needlessly destroy lives, whether in New York, Jerusalem, London or more recently Moscow. Recently, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu extended his sympathies to Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin and explained that his nation identified with the Russians, “as a country that is itself a target for terror.” He added that “we stand with you united in the struggle against terror.” Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Stephen Scheinberg http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=69022&L=en To hold an international theatre festival during the Christmas holidays would probably be suicidal in the West, as most theatres are virtually closed at this time of the year, mainly when adverse weather invites itself at the party. Apparently, holidays and temperatures reaching a peak of 30 degrees at this time of the year in Kerala (India), are no problem for the State 2nd International Theatre Festival and its ten days programme running from December 20 to 29. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Richard Tremblay http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=68238&L=en There are some commentators on North American Jewry, largely neo-Cons such as Norman Podhoretz and Ruth Wisse, who are puzzled by the persistent liberalism of their fellow Jews. Why should Jews in the United States who “earn like Episcopalians, vote like Puerto Ricans,” is the question raised by this now somewhat dated quip. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Point of view Stephen Scheinberg