Edmund Burke said a statesman is one who hears the alarm and finds the remedy for popular discontent. Pierre Poilievre has heard the alarm in Canada and has presented the remedy for popular discontents. Axe the Tax. Build the Homes. …
Witnessing History in Action
Palestinian Parades, a casual observation. I am a child of the 1970s. The first protest I organized was in high school, and we marched to support our demands for a smoking area. We had several marches after that to raise…
Forgive Us Our Sins
How did someone write a reconciliation report and not have a chapter on forgiveness? In my experience, forgiveness is part of reconciliation. It might be acceptance of what happened, he shoplifted. I accept that. Or it might be a higher…
The Pillaging of Western Canada
Andy appeared on Aaron Gunn’s documentary Fractured Nation: The Pillaging of Western Canada
Rule of Law
The grandeur of the ‘law’ has been replaced with micromanaging rules. And the rule of law, adherence to grand principles of civility has been replaced with mere compliance
What Have We Become?
Canada’s economy is in a sorry state: we can’t afford a navy, and our culture is the butt of jokes!
Will Quebec’s Demands Never End?
Population determines the number of Parliamentary seats a province is entitled to claim.
Canadians move back and forth and around the country. New immigrants select where in the country they want to live. Provincial populations change all the time. Therefore, the Parliamentary seats allocated to each Province should change as well.
Who was invited?
On a recent road trip we visited the Revelstoke Railway Museum. It is almost as good as the Cranbrook Railway Museum.
As we entered the gift shop, we were confronted with a very post-modern Canadian sign. It set forth the usual acknowledgement to a local Indian tribe and noted, the land was ‘unceded,’ still owned by them. As usual, the casual affirmation that the Indians still owned the land, was legally and practically meaningless.
It Takes a Teacher
A recent Provincial Teachers’ Union billboard campaign is themed, “It Takes a Teacher.”
The campaign begs the question; It Takes a Teacher …to do what?
Hiring Practices
I fear for the host of a CBC classical music program.
While driving, I stumbled on CBC and some classical music.
The announcer, in his best FM voice, described the piece to be played next. It was by a Hungarian composer and conductor who lived in Germany and Hungary in the mid-1930s. The announcer told the story of this man.