http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=1&L=en Press Releases Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:45:16 -0500 2010 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=88505&L=en Several hundred people joined One Law for All on 20 June at Downing Street to show their opposition to Sharia and religious-based laws in Britain and elsewhere and to demand universal rights and secularism.   Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=87897&L=en Hundreds will be demonstrating in London against Sharia and religious laws and in support of secularism and universal rights on Sunday 20 June 2010. The rally organised by the One Law for All Campaign will be held from 1400-1600 hours at Richmond Terrace junction with Whitehall opposite Downing Street (SW1A 2). (Please note venue change from Trafalgar Square made by police; closest underground: Westminster.)   Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases Maryam Namazie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=81885&L=en Washington, D.C. - ­ The framework for immigration reform released by a group of U.S. Senators today gives hope to the millions of non-citizens and their U.S. citizen family members who are suffering under a broken immigration system, Church World Service Executive Director and CEO John L. McCullough said. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=79768&L=en Washington, D.C. - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Canada and the U.S. will work together to return spent inventories of highly enriched uranium (HEU), currently being held at the Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario, to facilities in the U.S. where it will be converted into a form unusable in nuclear weapons. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=75455&L=en OTTAWA – Canada faces its worst job crisis in a generation and the federal government needs to step forward with a solution in this week’s budget, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=75160&L=en VANCOUVER – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today congratulated the Canadian women’s hockey team, whose exceptional performance today was rewarded with a gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.   Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=73695&L=en Fifty-four members of the US House of Representatives have signed a letter sent to US President Barak Obama urging him “to use diplomatic pressure to resolve the blockade affecting Gaza.” Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=73664&L=en Advocacy for Ethiopia hosts Conference on Good Governance, Peace, Security, and Sustainable Development in the Horn of Africa in Washington DC, from April 9 – 11, 2010.   Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=72967&L=en WASHINGTON, D.C. - Genocide Intervention Network announced that Nashville local Claude Gatebuke has been named a Carl Wilkens Fellow. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=72058&L=en Researchers from the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal have found that young gay and lesbian suicide victims are twelve times more likely to suffer from anxiety disorders and more likely to consult mental health professionals than heterosexual youths.   Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=71948&L=en MONTREAL — Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, today rallied the international community to a strategic and coordinated effort to rebuild Haiti. The Prime Minister’s call came during an address to delegates of the Ministerial Preparatory Conference on Haiti.   Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=71076&L=en Ottawa — Canada will expedite immigration applications from Haitians with family in this country, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. Haitians in Canada temporarily will also be allowed to extend their stay.   Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=70755&L=en Like me, Haitian communities across Canada are heartbroken and overwhelmed by the magnitude of this catastrophe. The images and news reports are unbearable to watch. So much distress, suffering and loss. We are also, of course, imagining the worst, situations no image can capture that only increase our feeling of helplessness.   Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=69498&L=en OTTAWA—We have once again been hit with devastating news and cannot imagine a worse ending to the year, said Michaëlle Jean, Canada's Governor General, in a statement released on Dec. 30. 2009. Four of our Canadian soldiers and Michelle Lang, a journalist with the Calgary Herald, were killed when their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=68743&L=en OTTAWA - Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) condemns Immigration Minister Kenny's politicized move to defund social-justice church-group Kairos, which received government funding for 35 years. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=66823&L=en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - The Cartagena Action Plan has been adopted by the international community, finalizing five days of work of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=66737&L=en SHANGHAI, CHINA – Speaking to the Canada China Business Council today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that four new Canadian commercial offices are now open for business in China. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=66507&L=en Beijing, China - At the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official visit to China from December 2 – 6, 2009, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=66139&L=en Following Czech Prime Minister’s landmark “regret” over involuntary sterilization of Roma women, Hindus and Jews have asked Slovakia also to accept the responsibility, offer “apology” and provide adequate financial compensation to the victims. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=65956&L=en PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Canada and India have concluded negotiations on a nuclear cooperation agreement. The Prime Minister made the announcement during a meeting with Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, on the margins of the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=65689&L=en OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning consumers not to use Herblex "Once More", an unauthorized product promoted to enhance male sexual performance, as this product may pose serious health risks. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=65626&L=en Toronto, Canada — On the occasion of his film, PUNCTURED HOPE, being announced as Toronto Pictures’ contender for the 2010 Academy Awards, Director Bruno Pischiutta has addressed the members of his private social network in a letter that breaks down the concept of his company’s cause. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=64693&L=en The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Stephen Harper, paid an official visit to India from November 15-18, 2009, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. During his visit, Prime Minister Harper called on the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil, and the Vice President of India, Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari. The Leader of Opposition, Shri L.K. Advani, and the External Affairs Minister, Shri S.M. Krishna, called on Prime Minister Harper. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=64397&L=en One Law for All campaign is organising a rally on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 1200pm in London’s Hyde Park. The rally aims to oppose religious laws in Britain and eslewhere. Simultaneous acts of solidarity and support for the rally and its aims will take place in countries across the world including Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=64112&L=en Milan - EveryOne Group is asking the government of the State of Israel to purchase the house Adolf Hitler was born in and turn the site where this evil started out, and where the seeds of the massacre took root, into an art gallery commemorating the Holocaust. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Press Releases