Editorial

By ARNOLD A. AUGUSTE, Publisher

Canada's population is growing at a phenomenal rate. But, this growth isn't coming from traditional sources.

A report released this week presents a picture of change such as this country has not seen before although it should have been expected.

The most dramatic changes highlighted in the Statistics Canada report, Projections of the Diversity of the Canadian Population, which was released on Tuesday, shows major increases in the visible minority communities across the country and, especially, in the major cities such as Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.

By PAT WATSON

To observe the poetry in motion that is a Tiger Woods golf shot is what fans of the game, and even those who have only a casual interest, find ever fascinating. Woods, 34, is the boy wonder whose genius on the fairway, evident from a very young age, raised the profile of what had previously been an obsessive avocation for the elite to a more egalitarian pastime.

Now, it is not just doctors who take their Wednesdays off to play 18 holes. In recent years, clubs have even sprung up that give kids who would not otherwise care or be exposed to golf the opportunity to enjoy the many benefits of participating in the game.

By PAT WATSON

If you are young, male and Black, and live in a neighbourhood characterized as low-income, you are very likely already listed in the Toronto Police Service database under a system called 'carding'. This is one of the findings of the most recent Toronto Star study on racial profiling, "Race Matters".

By PAT WATSON

It is an irony of timing that just over three weeks before the Jan. 12 magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti's largest and most populous city, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive had made an official visit to Ottawa to discuss ongoing bi-lateral initiatives. Then, the Haitian Prime Minister stressed the importance of creating jobs and creating an environment where private, national and international enterprises could work in cooperation with the Haitian government to create employment. He spoke of the need for more security, better enforcement of the rule of law, and better infrastructure.