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OttawaWatch 1: Darfur and the 3D strategy.

Article synopsis: During 2004, Darfur, a battle-tense region on the west side of Islamic-controlled Sudan, was commanding worldwide attention. A November, 2004, Ottawa committee meeting highlighted Canada’s interests in the region, which was the subject of something known as the Darfur genocide. This account traces sometimes-typical multi-party approach to tackling global social development human rights issues.

OttawaWatch 2: Two nations, two schools, two premiers.

Article synopsis: During a December 1, 2004 speech in Halifax, then-president of the United States, George W. Bush made reference to an unidentified Canadian politician who described Americans as “our best friends, whether we like it or not” by Robert N. Thompson, former Social Credit MP.

OttawaWatch 2004 articles.

Series consists of articles written for OttawaWatch in 2004 and include the following:

  • OttawaWatch 1: Darfur and the 3D strategy
  • OttawaWatch 2: Two nations, two schools, two premiers
  • OttawaWatch 3: Same-sex continuum continues.
  • OttawaWatch 5: Hope, music under the Peace Tower
  • OttawaWatch 6: Tsunamis' sea change, plus border caucus

OttawaWatch 5: Hope, music under the Peace Tower.

Article synopsis: Despite the contention of some Christians that faith was absent on Parliament Hill, the author maintained the opposite. Later in the article, there is a continued report on the Parliamentary discussion on same-sex marriage.

OttawaWatch 2005 articles.

Series consists of articles written for OttawaWatch in 2005 and include the following:

  • OttawaWatch 7: Those pesky little blow-ins
  • OttawaWatch 8: Journalism in political context
  • OttawaWatch 9: "Help your MP" strategy emerges
  • OttawaWatch 10: Around the edges at the Tory caucus
  • OttawaWatch 11: Golden oldies and the same-sex conundrum
  • OttawaWatch 12: Grace Church an the Prentice factor
  • OttawaWatch 13: Ken Dryden and the child care caper
  • OttawaWatch 14: Old white guys and the budget
  • OttawaWatch 15: Collaboration - a new era in politics?
  • OttawaWatch 16: The art of political suffocation
  • OttawaWatch 17: B'nai Brith's 'patterns of prejudice'
  • OttawaWatch 18: War and peace in a political culture
  • OttawaWatch 19: Tale of the two Ts
  • OttawaWatch 20: Billy and the Pope
  • OttawaWatch 21: Mixing advocacy and politics
  • OttawaWatch 22: Kilgour, O'Brien; takes on Grit shift
  • OttawaWatch 23: All in a day's work
  • OttawaWatch 24:"Aftermath" in a 25-year "tsunami"
  • OttawaWatch 25: Fiscon Francis waves the "scary" flag
  • OttawaWatch 26: Walter Block and the budget vote
  • OttawaWatch 27: The Belinda effect
  • OttawaWatch 28: Books and other distracting items
  • OttawaWatch 29: Desimplifying the so-con issue
  • OttawaWatch 30: The quiet presence of The Brethren
  • OttawaWatch 31: Change and James Davison Hunter
  • OttawaWatch 32: C-38 -- where do we go from here?
  • OttawaWatch 33: The gospel politics of Live 8
  • OttawaWatch 34: The Cadman-Johnston Heights link
  • OttawaWatch 35: The end - or the beginning - for C-38
  • OttawaWatch 36: Deeply held or what?
  • OttawaWatch 37: Meet Alpha and Bucky the Beaver
  • OttawaWatch 38: A think tank that's about work
  • OttawaWatch 39: With The Hills in the Hot Room
  • OttawaWatch 40: Words to live by
  • OttawaWatch 41: Could Lewis' Narnia outdo The Passion?
  • OttawaWatch 42: Heart attack!
  • OttawaWatch 43: Locker rooms and a one-trick pony
  • OttawaWatch 44: The gospel according to Jean
  • OttawaWatch 45; Nouwen-Strahl-Parker tales
  • OttawaWatch 46: Bulling in the body politic
  • OttawaWatch 47: Faith, media and religious pluralism
  • OttawaWatch 48: Sacred and secular bits and pieces
  • OttawaWatch 49: Gomery and the will of God
  • OttawaWatch 50: Who is God?
  • OttawaWatch 51: Poverty and the moral imperative
  • OttawaWatch 52: Evangelism vs. discipleship
  • OttawaWatch 53: On the run
  • OttawaWatch 54: Revisiting marriage
  • OttawaWatch 55: Marriage defense, one way or another
  • OttawaWatch 56: The view from Jakarta
  • OttawaWatch 57: the Vanier take on the child care debate

OttawaWatch 6: Tsunamis' sea change, plus border caucus.

Article synopsis: The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami killed an estimated 250,000 in southeast Asia. The event produced changes in the way journalism was done between Christmas and the New Year. The news stories were dominated by relief and development efforts directed toward “less-developed” Asian nations impacted by the tsunami, much of it coming from western faith-based agencies, assisted, bolstered often by national grant funds.

OttawaWatch 7: Those pesky little blow-ins.

Article synopsis: The blow-in theme explains the relationship between the Christian community and the relief and development activities triggered globally, often with the help of the federal government.

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