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Amnesty to Illegal Migrants?
Click below to view last week’s poll question results: Does the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) have too much power in Canada?
‘The Knowing’ Has The Feel Of Propaganda
Aboriginal Futures, Commentary, Reconciliation, Residential Schools
Canadian journalist Tanya Talaga has a new book coming out this summer called “The Knowing.” In this CBC report about it, Talaga is quoted as saying: “We have all heard of someone who didn't come home — this is The Knowing. It is Canada's shame. If every Indigenous...
Denied Medical Exemption Despite Heart Attack
National Citizens Inquiry
Frontier Live on X – Is Hydrogen Really the Solution? – with Hugo Kruger
Podcast, Energy, Video, Frontier Live On X
Big Topics & Big Ideas
What Needs to be Celebrated on National Indigenous Peoples Day?
Aboriginal Futures, Commentary, Reconciliation, Residential Schools
National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, is annually marked by many activities across the country showcasing the richness and diversity of Canada’s Indigenous people. As well as celebrating this richness and diversity, there is good reason to celebrate this June 21....
City Office Space Is Tanking
Sometimes economics can be boring. That happens when you know for sure that something is coming and nothing can stop it. And yet mainstream opinion is utterly in denial, continually shocked by the unfolding of the inevitable. That’s when it gets frustrating. After...
Leaders on the Frontier – The Decline in Canadian Pride – With Anthony Furey
Video, Politics, Leaders on the Frontier
Big Topics & Big Ideas
The Neo-Enclosure of the Whole World
Commentary, Climate, Environment
Whitney Webb is not like me, sending out essays on the regular, but when she does, just wow. Working off the attempt by Wall Street to financialize America’s national parks and conserved areas, and living in Chile as she does, she found something and holy pigeon-toed...
BC Property Owners Face An Uncertain Future
Aboriginal Futures, Commentary, Property Rights, Reconciliation
BC property owners face an uncertain future due to the Eby government’s Aboriginal land policies
Groupthink on School Boards is Not Inclusive
Commentary, Culture Wars, Education
The recent by-election in the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) attracted a lot of media attention, much more than usual. That’s because this was the seat vacated last November by former Ward 1 trustee Francine Champagne. To say that her short tenure was controversial...
Why the Irish Fenians Tried to ‘Capture Canada’ in 1866
It was 1866 and in the aftermath of the American Civil War, thousands of Irish immigrants who had fought in both the Union and Confederate armies were of a mind to invade Canada. They were followers of the Fenian Brotherhood, a group formed in the United States in...
Does the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) have too much power in Canada?
In a modern democracy, we tend to think of it divided into three separate and independent areas; the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch. Despite losing the popular vote in the last two elections, the Trudeau government remains firmly in...