Post-secondary Students and the Election

Conservative, Liberal and NDP stance on post-secondary education
Rahman Mohamed

The 2014 Ontario Provincial Election is in full swing.  And one of the central topics is education.

One of the first education candles to take the flame was the Green Party of Ontario’s controversial plan to merge the Catholic and Public school boards across the province if elected.  Post-secondary education is strong issue in this election too.

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It has begun

The flame for Ontario provincial election has been lit and the issues are on the table
Rahman Mohamed

On May 5 Governor General signed officially the Writs of Elections and kicked of the Ontario Provincial Election scheduled for June 12.  The leaders had already been campaigning, touring the province and speaking about why they should be chosen.  So what’s on their minds this time?

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The Canadian Senate: Past, Present, and Future

Reform the Senate, but in the correct way
Rahman Mohamed

Not so long ago a couple of men in what was then a British colony decided to get together and form a new nation.  They called it Canada.  These men (aka “the Fathers of Confederation”) decided that the nation’s federal Parliament should have two chambers: an upper chamber that was supposed to be a “sober second thought” to legislation created by the House of Commons, Canadian politicians elected by Canadians.  Is that what they are today?

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