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Agreed Dee. I grew up on a farm. The reason I quit eating beef was because of how tasteless the store bought crap was. I still don't understand what all the 'yummy' fuss is about. We grew, killed and butchered all of our own meat and poultry. There is no comparison. I really prefer a vegetarian diet. It just tastes better, to me. I don't care if someone eats meat, I am personally not offended.
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It's a noble effort by Lead Now, but unfortunately no one can force the Conservatives to do anything within our present political system. This is why our system needs a serious revamping...which we can't do until another party gains control of Parliament. If the Canadian population as a whole were getting more progressive, I'd say that there were many ways we'd be able to hold the Cons accountable, but sadly this country is getting more conservative by the day. Sometimes it feels like we're heading backwards a decade rather than forwards as far as social consciousness and progressiveness.
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Quebec is having a stroke over the crime bill. They are seriously stressed here. It's hilarious. Most countries look to the states to understand what NOT to do regarding a prison system. Unfortunately now Canada appears to be looking to emulate them. |
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Elections Canada has determined that if you've been out of the country for longer than 5 years you cannot vote in any further elections.
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Perhaps a new gov't might cause Elections Canada to change their policy?
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So today is the day that the NDP membership chooses a new leader.
There are three people left. Thomas Mulcair, Brian Topp, and Nathan Cullen. Peggy Nash got bumped out in the most recent vote.
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I was honestly really disappointed that Nash was eliminated. She was really the only one I was really hoping to see lead the NDP.
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Thomas Mulcair. I don't know! I didn't vote for him, but I think he'll be okay. He's probably a bit of a departure, but that might be a good thing.
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I don't know how engaged/visible Mulcair has been in his riding for folks living there, but Nash is one of the rare politicians who reads "activist" to me. I don't get that from what little I know of Mulcair. It would have been nice to see a party leader that was more "activist" than "politician" in Canada. |
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Ontario Appeal Court decriminalizes brothels
Ontario's Court of Appeal has struck down Canada's ban on brothels or "bawdy houses," but says the ban on communicating for the purposes of selling sex should stand.
In a 132-page landmark decision, the court said Monday that the ban on brothels puts prostitutes in danger by forcing them to ply their trade outdoors. It said sex trade workers should be allowed to work safely indoors. The court said the law against brothels was too broad because "it captures conduct that is unlikely to lead to the problems Parliament seeks to curtail." It said the impact is "grossly disproportionate" to the law's intent because "the safest way to sell sex is for a prostitute to work indoors in a location under her control." Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories...#ixzz1qFsSiD9m |
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http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/miss-u...192000420.html
Miss Universe Canada Disqualifies Transsexual Contestant: She was Born a Boy
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Little lighter topic, prayers go out to those injured, hoping for a speedy recovery.. but otherwise.. holy crap!
This is right outside of my childhood home. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...S2jD8.facebook
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http://www.thestar.com/news/article/...eant-after-all Obviously, I'm happy that a competition for women has chosen to include non-cis women (I originally said "all women"...but that really isn't true considering the standard of what qualifies as "beauty" in these things). At the same time, I'm not a big fan of "beauty contests," in general. So I think in some sense this is a victory, at least for trans rights and being recognised as one's true sex. On the other hand...beauty pageants have never sat well with me because of this idealisation of what female beauty "should" be, when it can be so many things, and why create a competition out of it? But either way, congratulations to Jenna and being able to compete in an area that she is passionate about. |
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Gay activist killed in attack in Halifax.
A prominent gay rights activist and journalist in Halifax was beaten to death outside a popular gay bar, Canadian media organisations report, in what seems to be a homophobic hate crime.
LINK There's some discussion as to whether or not this will be classified as a "hate crime" as the attacker was on a day pass from a local psychiatric facility.
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Toronto Folks!
Queer Femme Artist Circe has a show! http://thatswomensworkarts.com/services/ Here are some of her Butch/Femme images from her Queer Lives Series. For those of you in the GTA, it's worth a trip to support this wonderful representation of queer and butch/femme inspired art!
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