Canada is at a crossroads: Will it re-embrace meritocracy or continue its slide into mediocrity In Civilization – The West and the Rest, historian Niall Ferguson asks why, from about 1500 AD, the West was able to rise from being a backwater of illiterate, unhygienic bumpkins to become the greatest civilization the world had ever…
Yes, but there is no evidence of anything sinister about the death and burial of even one student at Canadian residential schools Yes, children died. But there was nothing sinister or evil about any of the deaths; they were simply a fact of life at a time when death from disease was a sad but…
Bill C-11 expands CRTC’s control over the internet, igniting fears free speech will be curtailed The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has long been known as the regulator of Canadian content. However, with the introduction of Bill C-11, the CRTC’s role is expanding to encompass control over the internet and the online activities of…
Drag queens are entitled to live their lives as they please and to perform for any adult (emphasis on adult) who wants to watch them Harris Glenn Milstead (1945-1988), known by his stage name, Divine, was a famous American drag queen. Milstead particularly loved to dress up as actress Elizabeth Taylor. He achieved cult-like status…
Superbug Candida Auris spreading at an alarming rate. But can we trust our institutions to follow the science this time? Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in the human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in agonizing death. For unknown reasons, the fungus is spreading at…
Reconciliation is a worthy goal. But it won’t be achieved by rewriting history Winnipeg is close to saying goodbye to Bishop Grandin. Soon, the streets, and anything else that bears his name, will be erased from Manitoba’s history. Before that step is taken in historical revisionism, city councillors might at least pay respects to the…
There is no credible evidence that any residential school student died under sinister circumstance The case of Jim McMurtry is now well-known to Canadians. He is the Abbotsford schoolteacher who told his class the truth about the claim that 215 indigenous students had been killed and secretly buried at Kamloops Indian Residential School – and…
John A. Macdonald had close friendships with Indian leaders and a deep respect for their ancient culture At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the…
How can a racially based system even be called “justice”? Provincial justice ministers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are urgently calling on the federal government to “convene a bail reform summit to address the increasing level of violence faced by Canadians.” Other provincial justice ministers have voiced similar concerns. What is going on? The immediate concern…
Until Indigenous men are held to the same standards as everyone else, nothing will change Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with the murder of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg, Manitoba. If proven, this is a truly horrible crime that deserves the public’s full attention and a demand that justice be done. That is happening. There…
Canada is at a crossroads: Will it re-embrace meritocracy or continue its slide into mediocrity In Civilization – The West and the Rest, historian Niall Ferguson asks why, from about 1500 AD, the West was able to rise from being a backwater of illiterate, unhygienic bumpkins to become the greatest civilization the world had ever…
Yes, but there is no evidence of anything sinister about the death and burial of even one student at Canadian residential schools Yes, children died. But there was nothing sinister or evil about any of the deaths; they were simply a fact of life at a time when death from disease was a sad but…
Bill C-11 expands CRTC’s control over the internet, igniting fears free speech will be curtailed The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has long been known as the regulator of Canadian content. However, with the introduction of Bill C-11, the CRTC’s role is expanding to encompass control over the internet and the online activities of…
Drag queens are entitled to live their lives as they please and to perform for any adult (emphasis on adult) who wants to watch them Harris Glenn Milstead (1945-1988), known by his stage name, Divine, was a famous American drag queen. Milstead particularly loved to dress up as actress Elizabeth Taylor. He achieved cult-like status…
Superbug Candida Auris spreading at an alarming rate. But can we trust our institutions to follow the science this time? Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in the human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in agonizing death. For unknown reasons, the fungus is spreading at…
Reconciliation is a worthy goal. But it won’t be achieved by rewriting history Winnipeg is close to saying goodbye to Bishop Grandin. Soon, the streets, and anything else that bears his name, will be erased from Manitoba’s history. Before that step is taken in historical revisionism, city councillors might at least pay respects to the…
There is no credible evidence that any residential school student died under sinister circumstance The case of Jim McMurtry is now well-known to Canadians. He is the Abbotsford schoolteacher who told his class the truth about the claim that 215 indigenous students had been killed and secretly buried at Kamloops Indian Residential School – and…
John A. Macdonald had close friendships with Indian leaders and a deep respect for their ancient culture At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the…
How can a racially based system even be called “justice”? Provincial justice ministers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are urgently calling on the federal government to “convene a bail reform summit to address the increasing level of violence faced by Canadians.” Other provincial justice ministers have voiced similar concerns. What is going on? The immediate concern…
Until Indigenous men are held to the same standards as everyone else, nothing will change Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with the murder of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg, Manitoba. If proven, this is a truly horrible crime that deserves the public’s full attention and a demand that justice be done. That is happening. There…