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"Some day, in a peaceful Iraq, there will be a monument to Margaret Hassan in the entranceway of one of the pediatric clinics she loved," said A. John Watson, the president and CEO of CARE Canada, at memorial service for the murdered aid worker

	The ideals that aid worker Margaret Hassan stood for "will continue to inspire our own lives and strengthen our resolve to continue serving those in need around the world," said Dr. Patricia Close, a board member of CARE Canada. A memorial service for the murdered aid worker was held in Ottawa Nov. 24.
	Representatives of government and aid agencies were among those attending a memorial service in Ottawa Nov. 24 for slain aid worker Margaret Hassan.
	Justin Trudeau (centre) poses with new Katimavik participants from across Canada at a reception on Parliament Hill Nov. 24. Trudeau, the oldest son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is chair of the Katimavik board of directors.

	Justin Trudeau, the oldest son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, came to Parliament Hill Nov. 24 to attend a reception as chair of the Katimavik board of directors.
	A university student steadies a panel in a "Wall of Debt" on Parliament Hill Nov. 24. Each "brick" of the wall is signed by representatives of 20,000 students across Canada. Togethers, organizers say, the students carry a debt load averaging $21,500.

University students pose beside "Wall of Debt" on Parliament Hill Nov. 24. Each "brick"in the wall is signed by representatives of 20,000 students across Canada. Together, organizers say, the students carry a debt load averaging $21,500.

	"Despite continued economic growth and rising employment, the rate of child and family poverty remains Canada's social deficit," says Campaign 2000 coordinator Laurel Rothman, seen here with Andrew Jackson of the Canadian Labour Congress at news conference Nov. 24.
	"Why is it that a country that has a $9 billion surplus leaves more than one million children struggling in poverty?" asks Joe Gunn, the Canadian Council of Churches' representative to Campaign 2000.

	Social Development Minister Ken Dryden tells reporters that the government is not sure why the child poverty rate has increased after five consecutive years of decline.

	Senator Landon Pearson, adviser to the federal government on children's rights, speaks at the first annual interfaith "Manger Meal" in Christ Church (Anglican) Cathedral in Ottawa Nov. 20. The event marked National Child Day.
	Senator Mac Harb chats with five-month-old Marieke Westeinde at the first annual interfaith "Manger Meal" in Christ Church (Anglican) Cathedral in Ottawa Nov. 20 marking National Child Day. Harb's Private Members' Bill in 1993 was adopted unanimously by the House of Commons proclaiming Nov. 20 as National Child Day.

BACK AGAIN
The Grey Cup returns to Toronto after a seven-year absence following the Toronto Argonauts' defeat of the favored B.C. Lions 27-19 in the annual Grey Cup game in Ottawa Nov. 21. In this blended photo the coveted trophy -- symbol of Canadian Football League supremacy -- fits comfortably between the towers of Toronto City Hall.

The decision of a House of Commons committee that a Private Members' bill on traditional marriage is non-votable is part of the agenda of the "pro-homosexual, pro-same-sex marriage" Liberal government, Gwen Landolt, spokesperson for REAL Women of Canada, said at a news conference on Parliament Hill Nov.19.

About 300 protesters against the U.S.-led war in Iraq marched on Parliament Hill and through downtown Ottawa streets Nov. 20 . Anti-war groups plan to protest en masse during the visit to Ottawa Nov. 30 of U.S. President George W. Bush.

	Canada appears to be shifting away from international law in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says a group of academics including James Graff, Professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Toronto.
	"The policy that is being propagated by the Liberal party’s Parliamentary group on the Middle East is a disgrace that calls for violating or disregarding international law," says Elia Zureik, Professor of Sociology at Queen’s University.