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Canada Ages and Sickens

June 14th, 2008 · No Comments

The Globe and Mail reports

As Canada’s population ages, more and more patients are suffering from a host of chronic diseases, but there are too few general practitioners and specialists across the country to provide timely and quality care, a survey of doctors concludes.

When our son John, who has juvenile diabetes, was in Montreal, he had [...]

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Tags: Canada · Population

A Mission of Evil

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

 
Msgr. Bernard prince is being tried in Canada on numerous charges of child molestation. The Ottawa Citizen is covering the trial.
 
Msgr. Prince, who is Polish, was a close friend of John Paul II
 and was highly placed in the Vatican and in the Canadian Church:
 
His career included posts at the Vatican as the secretary general of [...]

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Tags: Canada · clergy sex abuse scandal

Canadian Timidity about Inconveniencing Pedophiles

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Throughout the history of the world, the weak have been exploited by the strong. One version of this bad human habit is sex tourism. Pedophiles from the First World go to the Third World to buy sex with children cheaply and safely. Thailand is a major destination.
Some countries have acted, According to Pédophilie: les lois [...]

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Tags: Canada · law enforcement · sexual abuse