Dear Representatives:

I have just reviewed the UN Report on Canada's compliance with the
International Covenant.

It is shameful. How sad to see the Liberal Party fall from its vision of the
"Just Society."  What do you intend to do about it?

Does the Liberal Government under Jean Chretien wish to be remembered in
history for dismantling what used to be one of the best countries on Earth?

Best wishes,

Dennis Raphael

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 CANADA GIVEN A FAILING GRADE BY UN COMMITTEE ON DEC 4, 1998

 The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and
 Cultural Rights issued it's report on Canada's
 compliance with the International Covenant on Economic,
 Social and Cultural Rights on Friday Decmeber 4, 1998.

 The report to indicates that Canada fails to comply with
 the Covenant and cites the treatment of aboriginal peoples,
 youth, the poor, the homeless and sole support mothers as
 Canada's principle failures.

 The Committee's final report is available at:

 http://193.135.136.30/frames/unis/uniscdn.htm

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 All children belong to society.
 But obviously society will have to be changed
   in order to make it treat its children better.

       -Halldor Laxness  "The Atom Station"
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Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Director,
Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
Department of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Community Health
University of Toronto
McMurrich Building, Room 101
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A8
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