Current Event: Fashion, Fashion, Fashion

A recent article in the Tuesday, October 18th edition of the Regina LeaderPost indicated that one of the hot, new fashion trends is the prep-school look. Another way to describe this is males are wearing ties, blazers, and pants while females are wearing kilts, knee-highs, and skirts. Both males and females are wearing a version of a gender appropriate white dress shirt. This opens up the debate for this blog entry on whether you believe that students should be dressed in school uniforms while attending school. It definitely solves the problem of name brand clothing hassles and the peer pressure to fit in. My question to you are you in favour of a high school uniform for all students? Why or why not? Let the debate begin.

Current Event: Canada’s Child Poverty

A recent story in the Regina Leader Post summarized that child poverty in Canada is still a growing concern. The recent report by the Community Foundations of Canada indicated in the Vital Signs 2008 report it was documented that 1 in 5 children is living in poverty. This is a statistic that has remained relatively unchanged in the last 20 years. In a time when the Canadian economy is thriving and an upcoming federal election should this issue be considered a major issue? Are our politicians giving enough attention to this matter or are politicians only talking about child poverty and then doing nothing about it? What could possibly be done in Canada to reverse this trend?