| As another poll pegs NDP and Tory support at almost dead even, the dividing line between supporters of the government and supporters of the opposition is becoming clearer.
BLOG POSTS  | Irwin Cotler: Does Harper Wish the Charter Was Never Born?
 On the Charter's 30th anniversary, we find ourselves in a Dickensonian moment -- the best of times for the Charter in global constitutionalism terms, but a worrisome one in Canadian terms. To begin with, the landmark 30th anniversary process has gone without any remark or notice from the Harper government. Even more disturbing has been the growing number of times -- and major areas -- where Canadian courts have had to hold the government to account for laws and policies that increasingly contravene the Charter. |  | Noah Richler: The Myth of the Mighty
 So here we go again, out of Kandahar and into the Straits of Hormuz, nukes now raising their lethal heads in a way that they have not done since the early 1960s. As the widespread dissemination of nuclear weapons technology is postponed for shorter and shorter increments, we are in desperate need of some other vision than one dependent upon mere technological superiority and the typically bellicose story that goes with it. |  | Zach Paikin: "Je Me Souviens" Should Include the Charter
When the term "national unity" is brought up, people often think of the Quebec question. Quebeckers' opposition to patriation and to the Charter largely remains a myth. This doesn't change the fact, however, that Quebeckers have been voting for an opposition party at the federal level en masse for two decades. |  | Dennis Howlett: Closing Ontario's Income Gap
The gap between rich and poor is growing and that threatens to make us all poorer, in health and quality of life. Governments can take action to help close the gap and their budgets are one of the most important tools they have to do this. |  | Hassan Arif: How About Stimulating the Poor AND the Economy
Debts and deficits, the reasoning goes, are more important than combating unemployment or poverty. It is an either/or choice. It's not. The imperative is both a moral one -- to help the poor, help youth facing an uncertain job market, and help the unemployed -- and an economic one as helping these groups ultimately foster economic growth. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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