Columns

Let’s put attempts to live a peaceful life in the region in context

Internet price surveys often don't reflect what people actually pay

The RCMP and their predecessors protected early Canadians, incuding indigenous Canadians

Asking people about their origins (or ancestral origins) is a great way to find out people’s histories, stories, struggles and triumphs. It often breeds sympathy and sociable behaviour, badly needed nowadays.

The superficial do-goodery of John Lennon’s Christmas perennial does not speak to how good is really done in the world.

Cities are “petri dishes” for experiments in human flourishing.

Claims of widespread systemic racism in the Anglosphere are overblown

Churchill was a man of his time and also ahead of it.

Canada has a housing affordability problem and likely will indefinitely even with slightly higher interest rates.

Freedom is as Canadian as maple syrup and the Canadian Rockies. Don’t let collectivists tell you otherwise.

The left has long engaged in anti-reality thinking and behaviour. Now the right is in danger of making the same mistake.

There are many reasons to celebrate Canada on Canada Day.

Yes, we should celebrate: Queen Elizabeth, the monarchy, and the British in Canada including the colonial-era British for their abolition of slavery.

You need alternative media sources

Garry Kasparov argues it has been “naïve for the free world to think it could use economic and social ties to “gradually liberalize authoritarian states.”

Many people will see the two words— “pay” and “equity” and assume what’s being discussed is the notion of equal pay for the exact same job.

Admiring youthful accomplishments is one thing but using children and teens to drive policy forward is another.

Canada and other countries in the Anglosphere reformed and moved away from systemic, institutional racism more than half a century ago.