Some would argue that manners are a vestige from the past, and are not necessary in our modern, technology-driven world. I disagree. Manners are standards of social demeanour that exhibit one’s civility and decorum. They provide society with a code of unenforced yet accepted rules to promote communal harmony, and grant us a simple way [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Do Manners Matter?
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Immigration Policy and the Election in Canada
Canada is well into our federal election campaign, which came about after the opposition parties united to adopt a motion of “non-confidence” against the minority Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Voting takes place on the 2nd of May 2011. Canada follows the British model of parliamentary democracy. Thus we do not get [...]
Posted in Current Events, Immigration Tagged Canada, Election, Immigration, Jason, Kenney, Minister, Reform 1 Comment