Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Ottawa should eliminate child tax benefits and credits to most Canadian parents and instead direct the money to the lowest-income families, an anti-poverty coalition recommends in a report released Wednesday. BLOG POSTS  | Irfan Dhalla: OxyContin: The Public Health Crisis Our Government Won't Stop
Monday's announcement by federal health minister Leona Aglukkaq that she will not interfere with the approval of generic OxyContin is just the latest development in what has become a major public health crisis. All opioids -- not just OxyContin -- can be misused, and the federal health minister is correct when she says that the law does not permit her to withhold approval of a generic formulation just because of the risk of misuse. But when the legal and regulatory framework results in a situation in which more than a dozen Canadians die each week because of an accidental prescription drug overdose, that framework needs to be changed. |  | Samantha Kemp-Jackson: Are Parents Scared Their Punishments Will Go Viral?
When it comes to discipline, many parents have taken a large step backwards, and technology is to blame. In this day and age of smart phone journalism, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook shares, parents have become wary and hesitant of punishing their children in case their actions at any moment are recorded and uploaded to a willing audience in a matter of seconds. |  | Abraham H. Foxman: Gaza: A Threat Beyond Israel
We should also be standing with Israel because if we don't, the scourge of missiles targeting civilian populations will become a world-wide epidemic. |  | Hallae Khosravi: This Means War: My Pre-Shop at Maison Martin Margiela For H&M
I won entrance into the pre-shop for the highly coveted Margiela collection at H&M the night before it opened to the public. We had four in our group, but it was everyone for themselves on the second floor. I did quite well climbing through racks and saying "sorry" compulsively to trick people into thinking I was polite and not a blood-hungry Margiela fiend. |  | Yanick Labrie: The Secret to the Swedish Model's Success
While several countries, mostly in Europe, continue to struggle economically, one country stands out as an example to follow: Sweden. For almost two decades, the Scandinavian country has managed to maintain strong economic growth despite levels of taxation and public spending that rank among the world's highest. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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