More food for thought

18 Thursday Feb 2010

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alberta, asbestos, canada, canadian politics, oilsands, politics, quebec

Further to my Sun column this week, someone at work mentioned that by way of transfer payments, it’s likely some infinitesimal part of Alberta oilsands-generated cash has gone into funding Quebec’s asbestos industry. How weird would that be.

It’s a dry kinda cold … Yeah, right

16 Tuesday Feb 2010

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Shot a couple of weekends ago at Prince’s Island Park:

Bow rising

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

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The Bow building, still under construction in downtown Calgary, is slowly rising to become the tallest skyscraper in western Canada.

Life imitates art

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

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Seen at Place Victoria in Montreal this weekend:

Fascinating

02 Wednesday Sep 2009

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Seen at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller:

Every time I visit, the kids are absolutely fascinated by this display.

Sharp arguments

05 Wednesday Aug 2009

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alberta, calgary, calgary sun, canada, column, freedom, kirpan, politics, religion, religious

My Calgary Sun column today was about a recent incident where concert-goers trying to attend a show by a Punjabi artist were told they could not attend because they were wearing kirpans.
I’ve been receiving lots of negative e-mail reaction to my commentary, in which I argue kirpans are religious symbols and are inherently harmless. My reply has been almost identical in every case, and I feel compelled to share the gist of my replies here with everyone.

Allowing people to wear kirpans is not a threat to Canadian identity or the religious freedom of the majority. No one is forcing non-Sikhs to wear a kirpan, just as Christians aren’t forcing non-Christians to carry a cross.

If someone chooses to use a kirpan (or anything else) as a weapon, it says more about the person than it does about the object, doesn’t it?

What do you think?