Trudeau’s government suppresses dissent while selectively applying justice Niccolò Machiavelli once wrote, “We’re going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because while others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.” Today, Canadians...
Political scientist Barry Cooper’s latest essay explores government transparency, media regulation and the growing disconnect between Ottawa and the public A new essay by University of Calgary political scientist Barry Cooper examines why trust in...
A generation ago, Hannah Arendt began her reflections on the Pentagon Papers, a forty-seven- volume history of American decision-making during the Vietnam War published by the New York Times, with an essay, “Lying in Politics.” The subject concerned government...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Winnipeg, February 26, 2025 – Canada’s political landscape is drowning in lies, media manipulation, and ideological control—and Barry Cooper is calling it out. In his explosive new essay, Fictions, Lying, and the Context of Canadian Politics...
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
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Excerpt from the book: Against the Corporate Media _ Forty-two Ways the Press Hates You (2024) – Michael Walsh ; chapter written by Elizabeth Nickson. The Beast Renegade governmental organizations are virtually impossible to rein in, especially if they...
The new documentary Sugarcane uses extensive footage from the CBC documentary, The Eyes of Children, filmed in late 1962 at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The CBC film crew had access to the entire school and grounds for an extensive period of time,...
Last week, a True North interview that challenged the Residential School narrative was censored by Spotify and removed from the platform because it violated community guidelines and was labeled "hate speech". NDP MPs began publicly celebrating the censorship of...
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National Citizens Inquiry
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Listen to media personality and author John Stossel speak on a reporters perspective here. (30 minutes)