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. …
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 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
Discover the disturbing implications of Alberta’s advertising strategy. Is the province really owned by Canada or Albertans?
Canada’s economy is in a sorry state: we can’t afford a navy, and our culture is the butt of jokes!
Though his son is contesting the title of ‘Worst Prime Minster Ever,’ Pierre Trudeau is the winner and will probably defeat all aspiring incompetents for decades. He made many lousy policy decisions that had immediate damage, but for the worst decision, the damage has emerged over the decades.
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.
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.
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?
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.