editorial: Front-liners working with the homeless cry alone
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Yesterday I wrote an editorial about how Bill Buss, a homeless man, slipped through the cracks and how one agency dropped the ball. For Bill it was a heart-breaking reminder of how vulnerable those who live on the street really are. There’s another side to that story though and that’s the men and [...]
editorial: Could Bill Buss’ remains have been found earlier?
KJ Mullins-Toronto:Today at the Homeless Memorial Service at the Holy Trinity Bill Buss was remembered. Buss may be better known as John Doe. His remains were found last month, less than an hour after the June Homeless Memorial Service took place. It would be until early July before police would have a name for the [...]
editorial: Toronto’s homeless to be swept away
KJ Mullins-Toronto: The big news today in Toronto is that Mayor Rob ford wants the homeless off of the streets and his crony Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, now in charge of the homeless task force, believes that using force isn’t a problem. Goodbye homeless shelters. Goodbye panhandlers. Goodbye man sleeping on the city sidewalk. This is [...]
editorial: Marriage doesn’t come isn’t One Size Fits All
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Marriage. It’s a powerful word. For many areas of our world that word is limited to one model, a man and a woman. Even in parts of the world like Canada there are those who think there’s only one size to fit all when it comes to wedded bliss. This past weekend the [...]
editorial: Far too many John Does in Toronto
KJ Mullins-Toronto:The second Tuesday every month community members meet at noon to honour those who have died while living on the streets of Toronto at the Holy Trinity Church. On the Memorial board that lists those who have fallen there are two names that are repeated throughout the years, John Doe and Jane Doe. In [...]
editorial: Being safe sometimes means listening to your own instincts
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Have you ever been to an event and seated by someone that rings your internal alarms? That happened to me this week at a dinner. The person I was seated by seemed ‘off’ and I was getting increasingly uncomfortable. Then he touched me. Granted the touch as on the arm and leg but [...]
editorial: Canada’s NAHO folding because of budget-How is this right?
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Quietly on Thursday the Harper Government cut funding to the National Aboriginal Health Organization before Good Friday. Canadian citizen tax dollars appear to be needed more for military expenditures than for one of the most important Aboriginal programs in the nation. In 2000 NAHO was founded overseeing research and outreach programs that deal [...]
editorial: Health Canada’s cigarette warnings and zombies
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Health Canada has made sure that those who smoke have large warnings on their cigarette packages of the dangers associated with tobacco use. One of those images has a woman that looks like a zombie. The new larger images that are on cigarette and little cigar packages in Canada warn those purchasing the [...]
editorial: Do bullies win when it comes to politics?
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Bullies on the playground can grow up to be bullies in the workplace. While some who are bullies grow up changing their ways many remain highly aggressive. Aggressiveness can be a positive trait, it gives them a drive that others may not have. That drive can lead them into leadership roles. Some of [...]
editorial: Is the Kony 2012 Stop At Nothing movement the right one?
There is no doubt that Joseph Kony is a bad man. He’s #1 on the ICC’s most wanted people for global crimes against humanity. His name is on the tips of everyone’s tongues because of a viral video, Kony 2012, Stop At Nothing. However, is the group behind the video on the up and up? [...]
