By CHRIS DODD A good many years before John A. Macdonald’s statue was pulled down from its perch in Montreal’s Dominion Square, my high school […]
Tag: History
Don’t Put Sir John A. MacDonald Back Where He Was
Last Saturday, Defund the Police protesters, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter marched through the rainy streets of Downtown Montreal. When they arrived in Dominion […]
Progress in a Two-Party System? It Just May Happen in a Few Years
The United States is, was, and most likely will continue to be a two-party system. Changing that would be, to put it mildly, an uphill […]
Federal Government Joins Effort to Repatriate Beothuck Remains from Scotland
The federal government decided to get involved in the campaign to return the remains of two members of the Beothuck Nation, currently exposed in an […]
After Elbows, Will Canadians Finally Reach Peak #Gate? Aka, #GateGate
To think, we had our chance. A luscious one at that: green, fatty and garlicky smooth. Yet we didn’t let it sink in properly up here. That heralding moment […]
Compassion, courage and audacity: an argument for the NDP
In the wake of the most devastating war that mankind had known at that point in time, tens of thousands of battered and torn, brave […]
The phantom of the middle class
Recently, in the House of Commons, “middle class” has become the favorite buzz word, omnipresent in every debate related near or far to the current […]
Harper’s pot policy: A total lack of critical thinking
Canada’s continued prohibition of marijuana represents perhaps the most glaring example of our government’s near total lack of critical thinking. While legalization efforts are catching […]
Charlie Angus sings about a very different Sir John A. MacDonald (VIDEO)
For many, Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald may just be the guy on the ten dollar bill and generally a good man. […]
Taking back the red poppy
On November 11th, after more research and more reflection, I stood watching the Remembrance day celebrations in Montreal. I was wearing a White Poppy, after […]