The health of a people -- their vulnerability to illnesses and diseases -- is often an indicator of something larger. A new report shows that the rate of tuberculosis among Inuit is 185 times greater than for the rest of the country. That's an incredible number and, sadly, it's the product of our unfair social institutions.

The Alma Mater Society (AMS), or student council, of the University of British Columbia (UBC) is generally considered by students to be an inherently problematic institution in which a select few young, power-grabbing students are able to fulfill their power-trip fantasies. The actions of the council are usually met with little more than a flippant but indifferent "I hate the AMS" from frustrated students, who view the body contentiously but as essentially harmless.

Two weeks ago, however, the council voted down the proposed installation of a disability representative to the body, an action that has students reacting with more fervor than usual.

Why do newspapers like National Post feel compelled to undermine and deny any attempts to highlight or discuss issues of marginality and race in Canada? As a mouthpiece for right-wing ideology, it is important to analyze how the National Post uses the logic of the right to deny, diminish and suppress some people's right to express their issues but does so in the language of freedom and democracy.