As regular readers of this site know, I have the privilege of being a regular columnist with the Ottawa Citizen. Through them a number of my columns appear in other…
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In my latest column for the Globe’s ROB I make the case that the newly announced agreement between Ottawa and the First Nations over education could do more than advance…
Resolved: MUSLIM IMMIGRATION IS NO THREAT TO CANADA OR THE WEST February 27, 2014 Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
Barack Obama is often compared to assassinated US President John F. Kennedy, including by Kennedy’s late brother Teddy when he endorsed Obama for the Democratic nomination 6 years ago. But…
Our universities’ and governments’ capacity for critical self-examination, never too well-developed at the best of times, appear to have been completely overwhelmed by the gold rush to attract foreign students…
If you’ve ever wondered why it is that provinces, who have no constitutional authority to regulate either interprovincial or international commerce, seem able to stop you from buying directly from…
In my latest screed for the ROB, I point out that for all its benefits, NAFTA is now showing its age. Twenty-five years after Canada and the US signed their…
In a column that caused quite a flutter in the Twittersphere I wrote last week in the Ottawa Citizen (and other Postmedia papers) about how the winter helps to shape…
My head must need examining. Here I am once again pointing out that the Emperor has no clothes to a crowd of admirers of the imperial fashion sense. Yes, I…