Changing a country’s name never raised any eyebrows when it involved third world colonies transitioning to sovereignty, as occurred when many in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere after World War II did so. But such transformations have been virtually non-existent when...
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Radio – When Did Canada Become Turtle Island? – With Rodney Clifton
Listen to Senior Fellow Rodney Clifton discuss an emerging trend from CBC Radio and various other groups; of renaming,or referring to, Canada as 'Turtle Island', on SAUGA 960 AM (Toronto) with Richard Syrett. (8 minutes) March 19,2024 ...
Masterful COVID Guide Book for Policy Makers
A Review of: Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic, Expanded Edition by Barry Cooper and Marco Navarro-Genie (2 of 2)
Church Leaders Must Rebut False Residential School Claims—Not Just Repent
The German pastor, theologian, and martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is reported to have said: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” From the middle of the 1930s, Bonhoeffer was trying to wake the German Lutheran...
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
What is Missing From the Missing Children’s Story at Indian Residential Schools?
From Truth Comes Reconciliation
1967 versus 2023
Symposium – Reviewing the 1867 Project (1 of 3)
What’s the Solution to the Cultural War in Schools?
The cultural war has been in full bloom in U.S. education for at least five years. Now it has spread to public schools in Canada. This war pits left-leaning liberal teachers, administrators, parents, and school board trustees against right-leaning conservatives. The...
More Balance Needed on Personal Care Homes
Tom Brodbeck’s opinion essays (Winnipeg Free Press, July 28, 2023), rightly points out that in Winnipeg, at least, there has been “a breakdown of accountability measures to monitor the mistreatment” of residents of personal-care homes. Obviously, the physical and...
Ottawa’s and BC’s Plans for Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples will Destroy Canada
“A government’s most basic function is the protection of its sovereignty.” – Simon Schama Internal attacks by our political and judicial elites against the sovereignty of our country’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments are placing the existence of...
Bill 35 Doesn’t Go Far Enough
In a recent op-ed (Winnipeg Free Press, May 2, A7), my colleague from the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, John Wiens, argued that Bill 35, The Education Administration Amendment Act, goes too far. He claims that “it begins to look like just one...
Debate Needed on Claim Children were Buried at Residential Schools
Only when the truth is known can an honourable reconciliation be forged On Jan. 31, Dr. Michael Mahon, president of the University of Lethbridge, cancelled a talk that Dr. Frances Widdowson was scheduled to present. Like all scholars, Dr. Widdowson has nuanced views...
Can We at Least Debate the Claim That Children Were Buried in Residential School Yards?
On Jan. 31, Dr. Michael Mahon, president of the University of Lethbridge, cancelled a talk that Dr. Frances Widdowson was scheduled to present. Like all scholars, Dr. Widdowson has nuanced views on many issues, and she was going to speak on “How Wok-ism Threatens...
Sleeping Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Everyone knows that Canada is in trouble. Like other countries, this country has been racked by various waves of COVID-19 for almost two years. But COVID-19 is not the most troubling issue. Let me explain. Remember at the beginning of the pandemic, we didn’t expect...