Opinion

February 2, 2012 4:34 pm

What Occupy Nigeria taught me about Canada

Right to rage against government exists in both developed and developing countries

Prior to my recent visit back to my hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, I viewed the Occupy Movement, particularly its iteration in Canada, as a trend and a poor imitation of the Arab Spring.

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  • February 1, 2012 2:53 pm

    Reforestation: the myth of sustainability

    It’s not just the trees; a forest is also comprised of the delicate ecosystem that flourishes all around the trees: the mosses, lichens and fungi that grow up their trunks and hang off their branches, the plethora of vegetation that thrives on the forest floor and, of course, the wild fauna that call the forest home.

  • January 31, 2012 3:09 pm

    CBC under ideological attack

    The CBC is a wounded soldier wheeling a single pistol. It is up against the heavily armed cavalry that is the American media. If we do not provide it with adequate defence, it will be killed.

  • January 30, 2012 1:05 pm

    In Rhodes we should not trust

    Are the students receiving scholarships concerned that the $100,000 they receive from the Rhodes Trust comes from the imperial exploitation and war-mongering in which Rhodes took part?

  • January 27, 2012 7:37 pm

    Drop it like it's hot

    Wealthy first-world countries cutting their emissions while poor, third-world countries are allowed to increase theirs? Sounds like some class warfare Marxist junk to me, and I’m certainly not having any of it. Capitalism for the win, am I right? I’m right.