PM's wife promotes literacy as husband cuts funding

Thoughts?

Is it the government's responsibility to help functionally illiterate adults?

The sound of the axe falling on minority rights in Canada

By Ariel Troster

Do you hear that sound? That wheezing noise in the background is the sound of our rights being pulled out from under us. On the surface, the Conservative government's announcement of $1 billion in cuts may seem benign. If you were half asleep while watching the news ( Read more... )

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Women's groups face funding cuts

( Tory moves deliberate, opposition says; Spending review to be released soon )