Everyone knows the Olympics are supposed to be about good sportsmanship. Unfortunately, in the era of relentless marketing pressure this is a phenomenon more often honoured in the breach. But, happily, there have been a…
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Poilievre in Calgary: Re-Imagined or Just Disguised?
“Ultimately, government is about taking care of people and providing opportunity” [i] Quick. Pop Quiz. What Canadian politician said this? Justin Trudeau? Jean Chretien? Pierre Trudeau? Lester Pearson? No, not a Liberal at all. The…
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Since his Liberals formed a minority government after the federal election last spring, Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a peripatetic one-man band. He has travelled the globe almost non-stop, signing deals and drumming up…
Donald Trump: Prince of Peace????
Just when you think global politics could not get much worse, or more ridiculous, people awoke this morning to a new theatre of the absurd. Donald Trump, the mercurial American president, has now made it…
First We Take Greenland, Then We Take…
I’m guided by a signal in the heavensI’m guided by this birthmark on my skinI’m guided by the beauty of our weaponsFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin Ah, you loved me as a…
The Quebec Liberals Are the PQ’s Real Challenge
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Religious Minorities Show Christian Nationalists the True Meaning of Christmas
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A Carney Majority? Not So Fast…
The recent jubilation in Liberal circles over the arrival in their caucus of a former Conservative MP, Michael Ma, was premature to say the least. Although it was widely presented in the media as a…
“Inciting Hatred” Has No Place in Any Religion
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