Quebec--Development and Peace is sending $400,000 to Pakistan and India to provide shelter for 9,500 families affected by the October earthquake in Asia.Quebec -- Development and Peace is sending $400,000 to Pakistan and India to provide shelter for 9,500 families affected by the October earthquake in Asia. Last January, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a nationwide appeal that helped raise $20.7 million for tsunami victims. Development and Peace had already contributed $3.7 million towards tsunami reconstruction in Asia (Catholic Register 20 Nov. 2005).... The Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc of Gatineau-Hull is now known as the Archdiocese of Gatineau following a request to the Vatican by Archbishop Roger Ebacher.... Superlatives abounded in the national media on November 15, 2005, when Andre Boisclair was elected leader of the Parti Quebecois by a large margin. Though not yet Premier of his province, M. Boislcair has already vowed, to great applause, to promptly seek a referendum referendum, referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval. This direct form of legislation, along with the initiative, was known in Greece and other early democracies. on Quebec sovereignty sovereignty, supreme authority in a political community. The concept of sovereignty has had a long history of development, and it may be said that every political theorist since Plato has dealt with the notion in some manner, although not always explicitly. , to be followed by a possible unilateral unilateral /uni·lat·er·al/ (-lat´er-al) affecting only one side. u·ni·lat·er·al adj. On, having, or confined to only one side. declaration of independence. Boisclair is young and charismatic, and openly homosexual homosexual /ho·mo·sex·u·al/ (-sek´shoo-al) 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or directed toward the same sex. 2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. . He has also admitted using cocaine cocaine (kōkān`, kō`kān), alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in , while he was a member of a previous provincial cabinet. Boisclair's drug usage seems to be a greater political liability than his "gay" lifestyle, "in a province where it's cool to be gay" (Nat. Post, Nov. 17, 2005). Comment Quebec residents should look beyond the "glamour" of their new poster-boy. Homosexuals, apart from personal, sociological and medical problems, tend to be an inward-looking group with little understanding or sympathy with the needs of the greater society. |
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