Is It Time For A Telethon For Canadian Altruists?

A lesson in hardball for altruists

by Carol Goar

Welfare reviewed by those who know

By Sima Dini

Thu Jan 28 2010

 

This week marks the beginning of "the people's review of social assistance," a process led by 20 social assistance recipients to identify what's wrong with the current system and to make recommendations to change and enhance the way...

Don Martin: Stephen Harper on the road to Damascus

Posted: January 28, 2010, 5:07 PM by NP Editor

When she's not slinging cocktails as Ottawa's favorite bartender to MPs of all parties, parliamentary staff and the odd thirsty journalist, Julie McCarthy fundraises for a small African village. In the last four years, she's raised $8,000 from an annual golf tournament and auction, enough to pipe clean water to 110 crowded houses in an dusty corner of rural Kenya. She exemplifies what Prime Minister Stephen Harper means when he insists a little money can deliver a big improvement to the wretched lives of women and children in Africa.

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