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Abortion's New Ethical Dilema
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1/24/2012 3:05:00 PM
Last night on the Nighthawk we spoke with Arthur Schafer, who is a professor of Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba. We discussed the issue of gender based abortion. That is, in some cultures it is not uncommon for families to abort when it has been determined that her fetus is female. China and India are the most common countries for this practice. The question I posed to Dr. Schafer is “Would it be permissible here”?
You can listen to the interview on CJOB’s Audio Vault at www.cjob.comn at 10:30 Monday night.
Can we say to women that they have the right to abortion without question in Canada and yet at the same time tell them that they should not terminate a pregnancy based on a child’s gender? It’s a tricky ethical issue because the practice of engineering the sex of our children makes many uneasy, as it ...
Obama Scores A Political Victory At Canada's Expense
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1/19/2012 12:04:00 AM
US President Barack Obama has pulled off what may have been his most astute piece of politicking. Obama has rejected the proposed Keystone Pipeline which would have run from Alberta to Texas. Obama was in a real political bind. Had he approved the pipeline the environmental movement, part of his electoral base, would have been furious with him. Rejecting Keystone means killing jobs, union jobs. The working person in America is also part of Obama's support group so what to do?
Rather than anger either of those constituencies, he has found a third way. He has thrown the blame back on the Republicans in Congress. The Republicans had stipulated that there would only be a 60 day window in which to re-evaluate the route for Keystone, avoiding some environmentally sensitive areas of Nebraska. Obama has cleverly said that 60 days isn't a reasonable time frame and the reason he's had ...
Hey, It's Only Tax Money. Why Worry About How It's Spent?
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1/12/2012 12:02:00 AM
For the second time in as many weeks some members of your City Council have elected to spend some of your money in a questionable fashion. Last week it was Councillors Jenny Gerbasi and Harvey Smith handing out a few hundred dollars to some folks who sang Christmas carols outside the remand centre. They got the money to have a gathering after the singing. The joke, of course, is that the inmates at the remand centre couldn't hear the singers but that didn't stop the councillors in question from dishing out some of your cash so these carollers could have some hot chocolate and entertainment.
Now it's Executive Policy Committee, the mayor's inner cabinet if you will, giving the University of Manitoba ten thousnad of your dollars to help move some artwork from the airport to its new home at the university. For the record, Mayor Sam Katz and councillors Paula ...
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