Larry Haiven

Atlantic Jewish Council doesn't speak for all Jewish Haligonians on Pinkwashing

IJV — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:39:31 +0000

The Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC) took over Halifax Pride's Annual General Meeting the evening of October 5, packing it with over 200 people, an action that one Palestinian activist likened to "an occupation."

Halifax Pride is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer (LGBTQ+) association whose main activity is organizing that city's Pride Week every July. The AJC is the mainstream body that claims to represent Halifax's 1,500 Jews.

Does Henry VIII's point man give Nova Scotia's finance minister inspiration?

Behind The Numbers — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:28:27 +0000

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Like many others, I love Hilary Mantel's two Man-Booker prize-winning novels about Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's political fixer par excellence, as well as the six-part BBC television adaptation.

My mind turns to Thomas Cromwell as I watch Finance Minister Randy Delorey take on the workers who deliver our public services.

Netanyahu's casual absolution of Hitler was no accident

IJV — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:30:55 +0000

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The whole world has reacted with disbelief, if not ridicule, to Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's suggestion that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini, and not Hitler, was the instigator of the Holocaust.

The Jewish establishment's silence on Conservative fearmongering is appalling

IJV — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:24:28 +0000

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My grandfather came to Canada from the old country -- Poland -- during the First World War, and for the next 35 years he dressed like a typical Orthodox Jew of his day. He wore a yarmulke and a long black coat in all seasons and had a large white beard. He refused to change his facial hair and his clothing to suit Canadian tastes.

Debunking Hasbara: Why Israel wants recognition as a 'Jewish state'

IJV — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:06:20 +0000

This blog post in Independent Jewish Voices' rabble.ca blog series "Debunking Hasbara" interrogates the public relations (Hasbara) claim that Israel must be recognized as a "Jewish state" in order for peace to be reached with its neighbours.

It seems like it's been around forever, but believe it or not the demand by Israel to be recognized as a "Jewish state" is only eight-years old. Indeed, it is merely the latest of a long string of ploys to make a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbours impossible. Practically every time that its neighbours have launched a peace initiative, Israel, feeling threatened thereby, has constructed a way to up the ante so as to frustrate the project.

The gender divide is the real 'Two Solitudes' of Canadian politics

the views expressed — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:12:22 +0000

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The term "two solitudes" used to describe Quebec and the rest of Canada, and sovereignty still runs at about 40 per cent of the Quebec population and of course even higher among francophones.

But there are two other incompatible nations in this country - men's Canada and women's Canada.

Why 'corporate social responsibility' is a crock

Behind The Numbers — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:31:03 +0000

Back when I was in the MBA program at the University of Alberta in 1984, a wily professor put the cat among the pigeons. He asked us students to consider whether corporations should forget about charity and good works and simply… pay their taxes.

Nova Scotia nurses are pulling the red cord on health care

Behind The Numbers — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:21:10 +0000

Nurses in Nova Scotia are on the picket lines today in a legal strike. They are expected to be out until the government passes essential services legislation. Bill 37, Essential Health and Community Services Act, is a sly attempt to achieve two things:

- Effectively remove the right to strike (the legislation itself anticipates this by referring, in Section 15, to "depriving the employees in the bargaining unit of a meaningful right to strike," and

- Avoid the substitute -- interest arbitration on issues in dispute.

Nova Scotia: We have everything we need to succeed

Behind The Numbers — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:48:05 +0000

The concluding piece in this year's Alternative Provincial Budget for Nova Scotia is written by Larry Haiven, who is Professor of Management, Saint Mary's University. He has been involved in the alternative budgets for at least a decade. Larry wrote this when the Alternative Budget Working Group expressed dismay over the dominant negative discourse about Nova Scotia from pundits in certain sectors of the province. It was to be a take-off of the idea 'you're richer than you think,' or the Nova Scotia version 'we suck less than you think.' We had this discussion before the One Nova Scotia Report was released, but now this article serves as a rejoinder.

There are two Nova Scotias.

'Clarifying' the five principles of medicare

rabble archives — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:44:45 +0000

Saturday, April 3, 2004

Recently federal government officials have expressed interest in revising the Canada Health Act. When pressed, they insist that they have no intention of changing the five principles of

“Ottawa open to revising Canada Health Act, source says” (Canadian Press March 25, 2004)

Recently federal government officials have expressed interest in “revising” the Canada Health Act. When pressed, they insist that they have no intention of changing the five principles of medicare, but rather of “clarifying” them. Given the Martin government's predilection for free market solutions, perhaps we should be skeptical.