Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Turkey Resists International Calls to Abide by UN Syria Cease-Fire

Turkey is pushing back against international calls for it to abide by a U.N.-backed cease-fire in Syria. The U.N. call for a truce comes as Ankara continues to escalate its offensive in the Syrian enclave of Afrin against the YPG Kurdish militia. “Baseless,” Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamdi Aksoy called comments by U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, who said that the U.N. cease-fire applies to Turkish forces. “Turkey is more than welcome to go back and read the...

Read complete article

~	Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion is a bad deal for Canadians — and the world

~	Rishi Sunak fires election starting gun with a damp whimper – but Labour will want to play down talk of a landslide

~	How to end the wasteful boom-bust cycle driving NZ’s infrastructure gap: new report

~	Using smart devices to schedule on-demand public transportation can save time and money

~	The Swimmer, Russian thugs, Jesus’ feet: Anne Carson’s lyrical, surreal new work strategically pricks literary seriousness

~	Southerly winds: How Nepalis are perceiving the ongoing Indian elections

~	UK election called for 4 July – what happens next?

~	Peter Dutton wants to cut migration for the sake of housing. Here’s why that’s not a good idea

~	New research suggests girls in single-sex schools do slightly better in exams than girls in co-ed environments

~	We’ve come a long way on gender diversity but what about class? How networks of private school privilege dominate Australian society