Do the protesters who have been holding Ottawa hostage, blockading the border, and staging angry demonstrations across the country understand how fortunate they are? They are blessed to live in a liberal democracy that is the envy of people – […]
The country changed in less than a week and will never be quite the same again. What began as a fairly tame and predictable protest against vaccine mandates by a small group of transborder truckers mushroomed into something much, much […]
Individual rights are central to our democracy. That’s why we have the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Article 2 of which states: “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion […]
Joe Biden was 52 minutes into his marathon press conference last Wednesday, on the one-year anniversary of his presidency, when he was asked whether he thought the United States is more unified now than it was when he took office. […]
How many of the 23 individuals who have been prime minister since Confederation (13 Conservatives, 10 Liberals; 22 men, one woman) have really understood what they were getting into when they took on the job? The complexity of issues. The […]
Many of us have been so preoccupied with the daily reality of the war on COVID that we haven’t had a chance to pause, step back, and consider how much the country has been changing around us. Think back to […]
Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau Rideau Cottage 1 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0A1 My Dear Prime Minister, I dare say you have been waiting in anxious anticipation for my New Year’s letter with its annual dump of gratuitous advice to […]
The Scottish poet Robert Burns got it right in 1875 when he wrote (in “To a Mouse”): “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” They sure do. Best laid schemes or plans do go awry […]
