Synagogues firebombed. Shots fired at Jewish schools. Jewish restaurants boycotted. Windows smashed at Jewish stores and institutions. A menorah vandalized outside a Jewish cultural institution. Jewish students threatened on university campuses. Productions of Jewish playwrights…
Posts By Brooke Jeffrey
“Bonjour-Hi!”: Only in Quebec
Opposition to the Legault government’s draconian language laws has taken a comical turn in Montreal in the past few weeks. Like the hugely successful strategy of American Democratic duo Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who…
The Paris Olympics: A Canadian Success Story in More Ways Than One
As the Paris 2024 Olympics draw to a close, Canadians are basking in the reflected glory of a stellar performance by our athletes, already surpassing our record of 24 medals at the 2020(21) Tokyo Games…
Why Poilievre “Can’t Wait” to Defund the CBC
I can’t wait to defund the CBC and sell off the headquarters for housing. Sign here to defund the CBC: https://conservative.ca/cpc/defund-the-cbc — post on Pierre Poilievre’s website on X (July 25, 2024) By now almost…
Has Jasper Paid the Price for Alberta’s Inaction?
The heartbreaking destruction of more than a third of the town of Jasper, that iconic symbol of the Canadian wilderness and internationally renowned tourist destination, has served to highlight the very real perils of climate…
Many Canadian Voters are in a Dangerous State of Denial
In the brilliant 1995 movie “The American President”, actor Michael Douglas plays a progressive president whose new gun control legislation is widely opposed, despite the fact he introduced it shortly after a string of fatal…
Guns and Violence are Integral to American Political Culture: Trump’s Attack is Nothing New
Seventy-five years ago, world-renowned American political sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset published his definitive work explaining the differences between Canadian and American political culture. Using the early westward expansion of both countries as an example, he…
Toronto-St. Paul’s By-Election : The NDP in Freefall
One of the major differences between the party politics of Canada and the United States has been the presence in this country of all three philosophical strands – conservatism, liberalism and socialism – represented in…
Recent Calls for “Clarity” and “Transparency” Ignore Reality, Fundamental Democratic Principles
Former prime minister Jean Chretien had a clear winner when he introduced the Clarity Act. The legislation was part of his ten-point national unity plan, drawn up in the aftermath of the too-close-for-comfort 1995 Quebec…
Federal Public Servants and Remote Work: The Wrong Battle at the Wrong Time
The “right” to work remotely is a hugely controversial issue in both the private and public sectors. On the one hand, the trend towards reduced work patterns, such as “flex hours” and the ‘four day…
