In my latest Epoch Times column I ponder uneasily what George Washington, or indeed Sir John A. Macdonald or the Duke of Wellington, would make of modern politics.
“maximum possible individual freedom under divine law.”
The description of Canada by “the late and famed Fr. Athol Murray of Notre Dame College in Saskatchewan” according to British Columbia Report June 13, 1994
In my latest Epoch Times column I say we should get back to the values that made Canada great starting by celebrating them with gratitude on July 1.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I mock policymakers and pundits who say the laws of economics have changed because they haven’t but these trendy faddists thought they had.
In my latest National Post column I say the “inclusive” teacher who told a Muslim kid to celebrate pride or get of Canada exposes not just reflexive intolerance but a deep, unresolvable contradiction in multiculturalism.
In my latest Epoch Times column I bid the “special” rapporteur an unfold farewell and say “told you so” on the need for a proper inquiry, with subpoena powers, to examine Chinese communist election meddling in Canada and possible complicity by politicians. And volunteer to head it if everyone else they consider is as compromised as David Johnston.
In my latest Epoch Times column I call the arguments put forward against a registry for foreign agents in Canada more proof that we need one.
“Quick, who said this? ‘(C)itizens, you are all first of all equal among yourselves, and your rights take priority over those of the state. The collectivity is not the bearer of rights: it receives the rights it exercises from the citizens.’ ‘A: Ronald Reagan. B: Donald Trump, or C: Pierre Trudeau?’ ‘Answer, C: Pierre Trudeau.’”
Mark Milke on Twitter August 11, 2022 [https://twitter.com/MilkeMark/status/1557747155456049152?t=bhSDdLbXvVXsEuzj-1hE-w&s=09] encouraging us to “See my column on Canada’s tradition of freedom. https://bit.ly/3BZAfJR”