Chief of the CPC

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He has his work cut out; make himself and the Conservatives more interesting
Rahman Mohamed

In 2011 Michael Ignatieff stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.  After defeat in the 2015 General Election former Prime Minister Stephen Harper stepped as leader and later away from politics.   Bob Rae took Ignatieff’s place as interim leader for the Liberal Party.  Similar to Rona Ambrose who took Harper’s place, Bob Rae did not run for the position of leader for the Liberal Party despite encouragement.  Bob Rae put a brake on politics after the race; Rona Ambrose plans to do the same.  The Liberal Leadership Race started with 9 candidates; it ended with 6 candidates on the ballot.  The Conservative Leadership Race started with 17 candidates.  Although it ended with 14 candidates on the ballot, surprising Canadians who perceived Kevin O’Leary as the next leader, he dropped out of the race.  His name was on the ballot but he withdraw from the race; at the time it was too late to take his name of the ballot.  13 finalists were on the list

On the 1st ballot presumed leader Maxime Bernier was first.  Bernier secured 28.9% of points.  On the 3rd ballot O’Leary was knocked off.  After the 7th ballot, Bernier stayed at number one rising to 30.51%; 6 candidates had been knocked off of the list.  The Conservative Leadership race went right down to the wire.  On the 13th/last ballot Andrew Scheer secured 51% of the vote becoming the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada; Maxime Bernier was ahead until the last ballot.

As expected Justin Trudeau clinched the leadership on the first ballot with 80.9% of the points.  On the other hand the Conservative Race came to nail biting end.

There was more excitement for the Liberal Leadership race than the Conservative Leadership race.  Both had many candidates, drop outs, and votes from across Canada.  The two make up the original parties from Confederation – John A. MacDonald’s Progressive Conservatives and Wilfrid Laurier’s Liberals.

So why was there more attention for the Liberal race than the Conservative?

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The Islam Crossword

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Rahman Mohamed

Today Islamophobia has become a common term.  It is used to describe fear of Islam and Muslims.  With the current events in Syria and terrorism Islamophobia growing.  Some say terrorism has been equated with Islam and Muslims today.  The recent attacks in the United States and Britain, most recently in Manchester has risen fear of Islam and Muslims.  Much of this fear is based on misunderstanding.

The theme of this crossword is Islam.  It includes Arabic terms used in Islam and by Muslims.  It also includes names of persons and locations associated with Islam that have contributed to historical and local culture and society.  Check back later for the answers.

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Canada: The Great Grey North

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Canada growing old; who’s going to take care of them?
Rahman Mohamed

On May 3, 2017 Statistics Canada released the facts: Canada’s grey.  In 2016 there were more people on the ice that were losing their hair than growing it.

The comb-over generation (age 15-64) was still the largest (59%), controlling the puck, but the baldies outnumbered the babies, the seniors (65+) had a larger team than the juniors (under 15).  23.5% of males were 65+; 16.6% were under 15.  There were more oldies dying their hair (25.4%, women 65+) but fewer women than boys combing (15.3%, girls under 15).Canada population pyramid 2016

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