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Should we continue with affirmative action?
Over the last few decades, Canada has made a strong effort to encourage inclusivity through the use of "equity" hiring, where women and visible minorities are given priority, with similar structures being undertaken in universities and professions. The idea is that we...
Reconciliation Day – A Day of Celebration
September 30th will be National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This year it should be a day of celebration. Parliament declared September 30 a holiday soon after the nation was convulsed by the shocking claim that 215 residential students had been somehow killed...
Soviet Terminology, Nuremberg And Children At Risk Of COVID: Dr. Francis Christian
National Citizens Inquiry
What Kind Of Political Storm Is Coming?
The Rochester, New York, appeals courtroom scene last week was absolutely riveting. The state was appealing the lower court’s decision against Governor Kathy Hochul’s quarantine camp law. The law granted power to the state to seal anyone in an apartment or take...
2023 International Property Rights Index – News Release
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Leaders On The Frontier – What Powers The Propaganda? – With Ray McGinnes
Big Topics & Big Ideas
American Pandemic ‘Samizdat’
On May 15, 1970, the New York Times published an article by esteemed Russia scholar Albert Parry detailing how Soviet dissident intellectuals were covertly passing forbidden ideas around to each other on handcrafted, typewritten documents called samizdat. Here is the...
Lysenkoism: When Science is Politicized
“Lysenkoism” is a term that was coined after the Soviet geneticist Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, who rose to prominence in the Soviet Union during the 1930s and 1940s. He was known for his political influence over Soviet science, rejecting Mendelian genetics and...
Election Good Time to Propose Review of Bishop Grandin Decision
Winnipeg is saying goodbye to Bishop Grandin. His name is about to be erased from street signs, and soon he will be effectively erased from Manitoba’s history. His crime was being associated with residential schools. For reasons that are purely Canadian any public...
Anti-Parental Rights Rhetoric Undermines Public Education
The debate over parental rights has become a flashpoint in the upcoming Manitoba provincial election. The Progressive Conservatives are promising to strengthen parental rights while the Liberals and NDP have both denounced this pledge as a “dog whistle” to bigots. One...
Should parents be fully informed?
This past week saw dozens of protests across Canada by hundreds of thousands of parents, who are concerned that their children are being sexualized at an early stage in elementary and junior schools. Polls show that up to 80% of Canadians are in favour of parental...
America’s Future: Republic, Democracy, Or Police State?
Throughout history, admirers of America have viewed the Republic as a beacon of liberty and a laboratory of democracy. In the early decades of the 19th century, French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville had high praise for “Democracy in America.” After...