Newfoundland’s Constitutional Challenge is Mistaken
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has recently announced its intention to mount a constitutional challenge relating to equalization. This decision has been justified by arguments that are not accurate and displays a lack of understanding of the...
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What Does Canada Day Mean Today?
It’s Canada Day. A day that used to be a celebration of cherished values like kindness and compassion, acceptance and tolerance, quiet strength and dignity, and a work hard/play hard ethic. Today, I am celebrating the very fine Canadian men and women I have met since...
It Seems We Are Far Too Canadian; Yet Not Canadian Enough
Oh, Canada. You have been too nice. Too kind. Too silent. For too long. And now a noisy minority is undermining our country’s values, laws and institutions. Protestors have taken over many university campuses and they are fomenting hatred toward Jews and Israel. Few...
In Powell River, What’s In A Name?
Powell River is flowing toward a name change. Juliet in Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet says “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” – just not to the good people of Powell River where the prospect of a new name is stirring up a hornet’s nest. The...
National Indigenous History Month Should Promote Truth Telling
The Canadian House of Commons designated June as National Aboriginal History Month in 2009. The name was changed to National Indigenous History Month in 2017. The theme of the first week of this year’s effort to “honour the stories, achievements and resilience of...
We Can And Must Adjust To Climate Change – And Not Kill Billions
We’ve always done so and have no right to tell others they can’t have modern living standards. Earth’s climate has changed many times over four billion years, and 99.999% of those changes occurred before humans were on this planet. During that short time, humans...