Category: Politics
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Simple Answers to Complex Problems
In today’s political environment we are blessed with leaders who are able to resolve some of the most complicated problems with simple ways out. The expansion of the Trans-Mountain pipeline is a case in point: kill the expansion, save the whales. The first question is are the whales facing a problem? Fisheries and Oceans Canada…
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The Rise of Populism
in: PoliticsFriday’s Munk debate — The Rise of Populism: Be it resolved, the future of western politics is populist not liberal: Stephen K. Bannon, David Frum — received quite a bit of attention. As Frum put it “… [populism is] the most important, the most dangerous challenge that liberal democratic institutions have faced since the end…
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The Resistance
Opinion: I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration The New York Times Opinion piece recalls for us the stories of Robin Hood’s resistance to King John, or Princes Leia’s resistance to the Empire. Pitting good against evil; an unequivocal story of right and wrong. But this narrative is not about a fictionalized…
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What Does Democracy Look Like?
After Trump’s inauguration as president, I attended a protest rally in front of the American Embassy, in Toronto. Referring to the people demonstrating, one protester was beating a drum chanting This is What Democracy Looks Like. I thought how cool is that! It prompted an adrenaline burst: out on the street, with le peuple, executing our…