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ESR spotlight on Canadian politics

Recent articles on Canadian politics that have run in Enter Stage Right

A timely and fair biography of Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Opposition leader in Canada: Mark Wegierski praises Pierre Poilievre – A Political Life, a nuanced and balanced portrayal of Pierre Poilievre

Examining the Polish-Canadian community on the 35th anniversary of the Solidarity victory in the June 4, 1989 national elections: Mark Wegierski offers another piece co-written with Pola Kojder taking a look at Canada's Polish community decades after the victory of freedom in their homeland

Brian Mulroney and the failure of Canadian conservatism in the 1980s: Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney passed away last week and Mark Wegierski offers a sharp analysis of "the Mulroney years"

Memoriam -- Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney, 1939-2024: Mark Wegierski looks at former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's main "right-wing" achievement

George Parkin Grant and Canada: In this year of anniversaries of three major Grant books, Mark Wegierski asks, has a more authentic traditionalism become impossible in current-day Canada?

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the end of 2023 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the Canadian media and the country's academy

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the end of 2023 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or "eco-system" for conservatives

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the end of 2023 (Part One): A conservative infrastructure in Canada is definitely lacking, says Mark Wegierski

Thirty-five years since the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Mark Wegierski looks at former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney's main "right-wing" achievement three and a half decades after it came into force

Examining the Polish-Canadian community on the 105th anniversary of the regaining of Polish independence in 1918: Mark Wegierski presents a piece co-authored with Apolonja (Pola) Kojder

What should the legacy of the First World War, and its great battles such as Vimy Ridge, be for Canadians?: With Remembrance Day just around the corner, Mark Wegierski meditates on the possible meaning of the First World War for Canada, 105 years after its end

The professor and the philosopher (Part One): Mark Wegierski's essay this week arose out of a piece defending George Parkin Grant that the Toronto Globe and Mail had refused to publish

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, thirty-five years since his passing (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at how Grant criticizes both capitalism and socialism from a traditionalist perspective

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, thirty-five years since his passing (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the convergences between Canadian political philosophers George Grant and Gad Horowitz

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, thirty-five years since his passing (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at Gad Horowitz, an old-fashioned Canadian socialist, whose ideas somewhat overlapped with those of Grant

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, thirty-five years since his passing (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the thoughts of Canadian conservative philosopher George Grant

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2023 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at some think-tanks in Canada

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2023 (Part One): Mark Wegierski expresses some skepticism

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2023 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks the state of Canadian conservative publications at the mid-1990s, and beyond

Westerners know Trudeau, Singh & Legault harbour unacceptable views (Part 3): J.R. Werbics ends his three part series by embracing John Locke’s definition of freedom for Western Canada & Territories

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2023 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the Mulroney Years and their aftermath in the beginning of his short history of conservative Canadian publications

Westerners know Trudeau, Singh & Legault harbour unacceptable views (Part 2): J.R. Werbics argues that western separation was always a canard and it’s time for a new direction and ideas

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2023 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the media and the academy in Canada both in the past and today

Westerners know Trudeau, Singh & Legault harbour unacceptable views (Part 1): J.R.Werbics argues that last year’s Freedom Convoy reinvigorated Western Canadian populism and conservatism

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2023 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or “eco-system” for conservatives

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2023 (Part One): A conservative infrastructure in Canada is definitely lacking, says Mark Wegierski

Examining the Polish-Canadian community on the 160th anniversary of the outbreak of the tragic January 1863 Uprising in Russian-occupied Poland: Mark Wegierski presents a piece co-authored with Apolonja (Pola) Kojder

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Eleven): Mark Wegierski continues to look at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Ten): Mark Wegierski continues to look at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Nine): Mark Wegierski looks at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Eight): Mark Wegierski looks at the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum, and its immediate aftermath

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks especially at the 1990s, and the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Six): Mark Wegierski points to some possibly contradictory elements of that province’s nationalism

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines more of the historical background

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski examines the appeal of the Action democratique du Quebec in 2007

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Three): Was the political architecture of Confederation flawed from the start, asks Mark Wegierski

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part Two): Has that province’s effect on Canada been generally anti-traditionalist, asks Mark Wegierski

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2022 (Part One): Mark Wegierski offers extensive historical background to the recent provincial elections

Examining the Polish-Canadian community fifteen years after the tragic death of Robert Dziekanski: Mark Wegierski presents a piece co-authored with Apolonja (Pola) Kojder, which was rejected by The National Post (Toronto), and The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Canada in context (Part Six): Mark Wegierski surveys developments from 2006 to today in Canadian culture and politics

Canada in context (Part Five): Mark Wegierski looks at the rise of the Canadian Alliance out of the Reform Party, and the 2003 merger between the Canadian Alliance and the federal Progressive Conservatives

Canada in context (Part Four): Mark Wegierski surveys developments from 1993 to 2003 in Canadian politics, culture and society

Canada in context (Part Three): Mark Wegierski surveys developments from 1968 to 1993 in the Canadian political and cultural scene

Canada in context (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues with his synoptic look at Canadian history, politics, and culture in the second part of his series

Examining paleoconservatism and “modern social conservatism” in Canada: Mark Wegierski references an important article by Michael Taube from 2000 to examine what “conservatism” means in Canada today

Canada in context (Part One): Mark Wegierski offers a synoptic look at Canadian history, politics, and culture

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2022 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP)

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2022 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at “third parties” in Western Canada

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2022 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at “third parties” in Quebec

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2022 (Part One): In this first part of a series, Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the Reform Party of Canada

Do Conservatives want to finally change things, or continue being perennial losers?: Mark Wegierski offers a response to Marjory LeBreton’s recent essay on the plight of Canadian Conservatives

On the 155th anniversary of Canadian Confederation -- the case against current-day Canada (Part Three): Mark Wegierski surveys 60 years of conservative failure in Canada

On the 155th anniversary of Canadian Confederation -- the case against current-day Canada (Part Two): Mark Wegierski surveys 60 years of conservative failure in Canada

On the 155th anniversary of Canadian Confederation -- the case against current-day Canada (Part One): Mark Wegierski surveys 60 years of conservative failure in Canada

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2022 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the weakness of the Canadian conservative infrastructures

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2022 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at multiculturalism and varied types of “affirmative-action”-type policies in Canada

What should the legacy of Vimy Ridge, be for Canadians?: Mark Wegierski meditates on the possible meaning of the battle of Vimy Ridge for Canada, 105 years later

What impact will the Liberal-NDP alliance have on the Conservative leadership race?: Mark Wegierski explores what the recently announced alliance between the governing Liberal Party and the socialist New Democrats means for the ongoing Conservative leadership race

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world – updated to 2022 (Part Six): Mark Wegierski asks: Is Quebec the real enemy of traditional Canada?

The 2007 Shane Doan controversy in Canada: Mark Wegierski recalls a rare Canadian victory over “political correctness” fifteen years ago

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world – updated to 2022 (Part Five): Mark Wegierski looks mostly at the situation in Canada and how it once defined its nationhood and how that concept plays out today

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world – updated to 2022 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski asks the question, how truly democratic is the United States today?

A vision is needed, not pragmatism: Mark Wegierski responds to a recent article in Toronto's The National Post by Mark Towhey which argued that Canadian conservatives needed to stop focusing on how conservative they were and instead be more pragmatic

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world – updated to 2022 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at some examples from twentieth-century Polish and Soviet history

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world – updated to 2022 (Part Two): Because of Joseph McCarthy, America has become very skittish about accusations of treason, argues Mark Wegierski

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world – updated to 2022 (Part One): Treason isn’t -- like many things today -- what it used to be, argues Mark Wegierski

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2022 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at some Canadian think-tanks

Did Canada's truckers end the Trudeau era?: Canada's truckers aren't likely to get all COVID-19 restrictions removed but Steven Martinovich wonders if their protest actually accomplished another unintended consequence that will play out down the line

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2022 (Part One): Mark Wegierski expresses some skepticism whether Canada's blogging and independent commentary community has managed to accomplish much

A program for Conservatives: In the wake of the ouster of Erin O’Toole from the Conservative Party of Canada leadership last week, Mark Wegierski outlines some policy options for the CPC

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2022 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the mid-1990s, and beyond, when it comes to what remains of Canada's conservative publications scene

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2022 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the Mulroney Years and their aftermath

Looking back at a 1977 game about Canadian civil conflict – exploring social alternatives through eclectic media: Mark Wegierski looks at Canadian Civil War, a game first published 45 years ago and explores the political side of the eternal push-pull of English-French relations in Canada

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2022 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at what remains of the conservative media and the academy in Canada these days

Just how liberal is Canada today?: Mark Wegierski argues that the situation of conservatives -- regardless of whether they are religious, economic, cultural or all of the above -- in Canada is desperate indeed

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2022 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or “eco-system” for conservatives in Canada

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2022 (Part One): A conservative political and cultural infrastructure in Canada is definitely lacking, says Mark Wegierski

Examining the difficult situation for conservatives in Canada: Mark Wegierski offers some suggestions for Canadian conservatives

Examining the Polish-Canadian community forty years after the declaration of martial law in Poland (December 13, 1981): Mark Wegierski presents another piece co-authored with Pola Kojder, which was rejected by The National Post (Toronto) and The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Community and identity in late modernity – updated to 2021 (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski points to certain dilemmas of current-day Canadian multiculturalism

New directions for conservative ideas -- a sketch of future possibilities: Mark Wegierski offers advice to the Conservative Party of Canada after their September loss at the polls

Debunking the postmodern musings of Professor Matthew McManus (Part 3): Can a grassroots populist movement save Canadian conservatism?: J.R. Werbics wraps up his series on leftist academic Matthew McManus with a look at Canadian conservatism and what he believes is necessary for the movement to once again grow

Examining the Polish-Canadian community on the 65th anniversary of the Polish October (1956): Mark Wegierski presents another piece co-authored with Pola Kojder, which was rejected by The National Post (Toronto) and The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

George Grant’s children -- lament for Canadian lives: Mark Wegierski expresses pessimism about the future prospects of Canada

The long defeat -- where the Canadian Right went wrong (Part Five): Mark Wegierski suggests routes to revival for conservatism in Canada

The long defeat -- Where the Canadian Right went wrong (Part Four): Mark Wegierski asks, just how liberal is Canada today?

The long defeat -- Where the Canadian Right went wrong (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the failure of three-time Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Examining the Polish-Canadian community on the 77th anniversary of the tragic Warsaw Uprising of 1944: Mark Wegierski presents another piece co-authored with Pola Kojder and examining the relatively recent history of Poles in Canada

The long defeat -- Where the Canadian Right went wrong (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the years 1972-2002 for the conservative movement in Canada

The long defeat -- where the Canadian Right went wrong (Part One): Mark Wegierski begins another series on Canadian politics

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2021 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the weakness of Canadian conservative infrastructures

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2021 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at mass education and mass media in both the United States and Canada

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2021 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at multiculturalism and varied types of “affirmative-action”-type policies in Canada

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2021 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at some of the differences in society, politics, and culture between the US and Canada

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2021 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP)

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2021 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski continues his series by looking mainly at “third parties” in politically fertile Western Canada

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2021 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at “third parties” in Quebec as part of his series on third parties in Canada

“Third parties” in Canada – updated to 2021 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the Reform Party of Canada

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks at an important question – in what sense is Canada a nation?

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Six): Mark Wegierski looks at the Atlantic region, which has an ambiguous relationship with Ottawa

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines Stephen Harper’s policies towards the regions, as well as the emerging new Western separatism

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the long struggle of Western Canada for a serious voice in Ottawa

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Three): Mark Wegierski examines the tensions between Ottawa and Western Canada, especially Alberta

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the role of Toronto in Canadian history

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part One): Mark Wegierski will be examining the tensions between different regions in Canada

Thirty-five years since George Parkin Grant’s Technology and Justice (1986): Mark Wegierski tries to gauge what of Canadian political philosopher George Grant’s ideas has remained today

The Polish-Canadian community in decline: Mark Wegierski laments the fading of Polish-Canadians in Canada today

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2021 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the mid-1990s, and beyond

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2021 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the Mulroney Years and their aftermath

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2021 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at some Canadian think-tanks

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2021 (Part One): Mark Wegierski expresses some skepticism

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2021 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the media and the academy

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2021 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or “eco-system” for conservatives

Fading blues – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Ten): Mark Wegierski asks a big question – is there a future for conservatism in Canada – or elsewhere?

Fading blues – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Nine): Mark Wegierski looks at some of the flaws of socialism as a critique of late modernity

Fading blues -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Eight): Mark Wegierski looks at what a reflective conservatism and more thoughtful social democratic ideas may have in common

Fading blues – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Seven):  Mark Wegierski looks further at the thought of Gad Horowitz, and compares “British” to “WASP” identities

Fading blues -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Six): Mark Wegierski looks at the thought of Gad Horowitz, a social democrat who criticizes multiculturalism and defends English-Canadian nationalism

Fading blues -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada from the 1980s to today (Part Five):  Mark Wegierski looks at different definitions of Canadian nationalism

Fading blues – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Four):  Mark Wegierski argues that until the 1960s, Canada was a more substantively conservative society than America

Fading blues -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Three): Mark Wegierski asks, who have been the real conservatives within the Conservative Party

Fading blues – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks especially at the various factions in the Progressive Conservative party of the 1980s

Fading blues -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part One):  Mark Wegierski begins a series of pieces looking at the “Centre-Right Opposition” over the last four decades

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Eleven): Mark Wegierski continues to look at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec? – updated to 2020 (Part Ten): Mark Wegierski continues to look at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Nine): Mark Wegierski looks at different scenarios for the future of Quebec

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Eight): Mark Wegierski looks at the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum, and its immediate aftermath

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks especially at the 1990s, and the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Six): Mark Wegierski points to some possibly contradictory elements of that province’s nationalism

On the 153rd anniversary of Canadian Confederation (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at developments in Canada from 2003 to today

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines more of the historical background of Quebec and its politics

On the 153rd anniversary of Canadian Confederation (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at developments in Canadian politics from 1972 to 2002

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski examines the appeal of the Action democratique du Quebec in 2007

On the 153rd anniversary of Canadian Confederation (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the origins and development of Canada

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Three): Was the political architecture of Canadian Confederation flawed from the start, asks Mark Wegierski

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part Two): Has that province’s effect on Canada been generally anti-traditionalist, asks Mark Wegierski

The past, present, and future of Québec – updated to 2020 (Part One): Mark Wegierski offers extensive historical background to the recent provincial elections

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2020 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the mid-1990s, and beyond when it comes to the sad history of conservative publications in the Great White North

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2020 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the Mulroney Years and their aftermath

Did the 2010 Polish plane tragedy at Smolensk have an impact on Canada?: Mark Wegierski recalls a day of tragedy for Poland

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2020 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at some think-tanks

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2020 (Part One): Mark Wegierski expresses some skepticism about the real impact that Canadian conservatives have made on politics when it comes to the web

George Grant’s vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part Four): On the 55th anniversary of George Grant’s Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 55 years of Canadian history

George Grant’s vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part Three): On the 55th anniversary of George Grant’s Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 55 years of Canadian history

George Grant’s vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part Two): On the 55th anniversary of George Grant’s Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 55 years of Canadian history

George Grant’s vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part One): On the 55th anniversary of George Grant’s Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 55 years of Canadian history

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2020 (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the weakness of the Canadian conservative infrastructures

Getting the Canadian Right, right – revised and expanded: Mark Wegierski presents a re-worked version of a piece unsuccessfully submitted to the “Right Now” series in The National Post (Toronto)

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2020 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at mass education and mass media in both countries

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2020 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at multiculturalism and varied types of “affirmative-action”-type policies in Canada

Getting the Canadian Right, right: Mark Wegierski presents a piece unsuccessfully submitted to the “Right Now” series in The National Post (Toronto)

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2020 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at some of the differences in society, politics, and culture between Canada the United States

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2020 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the Canadian media and the academy

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2020 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or “eco-system” for conservatives

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2020 (Part One): A conservative infrastructure in Canada is definitely lacking, says Mark Wegierski

The passing away of traditional Canada (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the 2015 and 2019 Canadian federal elections in the final entry of his three part series

The passing away of traditional Canada (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at developments from the late-1980s to today when it comes to conservatism in Canada

The passing away of traditional Canada (Part One): On the heels of a Canadian election that returned the Liberal Party to power, Mark Wegierski presents his own “lament for a nation”

George Parkin Grant and the fading of conservatism in Canada: In this year of anniversaries of three major Grant books, Mark Wegierski asks, has a more authentic traditionalism become impossible in current-day Canada?

In search of Canadian identity: Mark Wegierski notes the problematic nature of current-day Canadian identity

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2019 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at mass education and mass media in both countries

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2019 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at multiculturalism and varied types of “affirmative-action”-type policies in Canada

Comparing the Canadian and the American Right – updated to 2019 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at some of the differences in society, politics, and culture between conservatives of the United States and Canada

Examining the chances of the Right in Canada: Mark Wegierski expresses skepticism about the possibilities of the Right in Canada -- once a strong force and today a shell of its former self

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – another reassessment (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks at an important question – in what sense is Canada a nation?

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – another reassessment (Part Six): Mark Wegierski looks at the Atlantic region, which has -- to be charitable -- an ambiguous relationship with Ottawa

The failure of the Canadian Right (Part Two): Mark Wegierski examines “the managerial-therapeutic regime” in Canada

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – another reassessment (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s policies towards the regions

The failure of the Canadian Right (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at various signposts of this failure, from Brian Mulroney’s “defeat in victory” to the torpedoing of Stockwell Day to Stephen Harper’s flop in 2015

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – another reassessment (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the long struggle of Western Canada for a serious voice in Ottawa

Canada – a country with an attenuated Right (Part Two): Mark Wegierski examines the left-liberal hegemony in Canada today

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – another reassessment (Part Three): Mark Wegierski examines the ever present tensions between Ottawa and Western Canada, especially Alberta

Canada – a country with an attenuated Right (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the luckless Canadian right-wing in a country which tends to swing towards the left these days

China, Telecom, and Canada's Deep State: The political scandal in Canada surrounding the Liberal government and their alleged dealings concerning multinational SNC-Lavalin has Keith Henderson pondering deeper questions about whose really in charge

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – another reassessment (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the role of Toronto in Canadian history

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – another reassessment (Part One): In his latest series on Canadian politics Mark Wegierski will be examining the tensions between different regions in Canada

“Third parties” in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at Canada's left of centre/socialist New Democratic Party (NDP)

“Third parties” in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at “third parties” in Western Canada -- long a hotbed of new parties challenging the existing political order

“Third parties” in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues his series with a look mainly at “third parties” in Quebec

“Third parties” in Canada – yet another reassessment (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the Reform Party of Canada in the first of this series

The professor and the philosopher -- Thomas Hurka and George Grant: Mark Wegierski offers a piece defending George Parkin Grant that originally arose in 1992

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2018 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the media and the academy -- or rather perhaps the lack thereof when it comes to conservatism in Canada

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2018 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or “eco-system” for conservatives in Canada

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2018 (Part One): A conservative infrastructure on the Canadian political scene is definitely lacking, says Mark Wegierski

Thirty years since the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Mark Wegierski looks at former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s main “right-wing” achievement, the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement

George Parkin Grant in Canadian context: Mark Wegierski places Canadian philosopher George Grant against the backdrop of Canadian history since 1963

What should the legacy of World War I, and its great battles such as Vimy Ridge, be for Canadians?: Mark Wegierski meditates on the Great War’s possible meaning for Canada, 100 years after its end

The passport: Keith Henderson has been watching Netflix's Al Hayba, the drama of a Lebanese-Canadian woman who visits the nation of her birth and relates it Canada's refusal to revoke the passports of Canadians-in-name-only seeking refuge from Lebanon's 2006 civil war

Commemorating the centenary of George Grant’s birth, and thirty years since his passing: Mark Wegierski asks, what remains of George Grant’s ideas in current-day Canada?

In Memoriam, Richard (Dick) Field, 1924-2018: Mark Wegierski offers a tribute to a stalwart Canadian patriot

Are both America and Canada currently in decline?: Mark Wegierski offers a reprise of an essay that was “spiked” from the Internet some years ago

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, on the centenary of his birth (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at how Grant criticizes both capitalism and socialism from a traditionalist perspective

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, on the centenary of his birth (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the convergences between Grant and Gad Horowitz

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, on the centenary of his birth (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at Gad Horowitz, an old-fashioned Canadian socialist, whose ideas somewhat overlapped with those of conservative philosopher George Grant

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant, on the centenary of his birth (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the thought of Canadian conservative philosopher George Grant

“Third parties” in Canada – another reassessment (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the left-of-centre/socialist New Democratic Party (NDP)

“Third parties” in Canada – another reassessment (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at “third parties” in Western Canada, another region in the country where third parties have had quite a bit of influence

“Third parties” in Canada – another reassessment (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at “third parties” in Quebec, long a fertile ground for new parties that have made major waves in La Belle Province's political scene

“Third parties” in Canada – another reassessment (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the Reform Party of Canada in the first of his multi-part series on the vibrant history of "third parties" in Canadian political history

Ontario’s new premier must save the province: Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris argue that neither Ontario nor any country should follow the province's example on energy and environmental policies

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2018 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the history of Canadian conservative media efforts -- both traditional and online -- during the mid-1990s and beyond

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada – updated to 2018 (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the Mulroney Years and their aftermath

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2018 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at some Canadian think-tanks

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2018 (Part One): Mark Wegierski expresses some skepticism on the notion that Canada's political bloggers have had a real impact on the Canadian intellectual scene

“Inter-not” -- Has a Canadian right-wing “blogosphere” had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? – updated to 2018 (Part One): Mark Wegierski expresses some skepticism

Comparing the Canadian and American Right (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at some of the differences in society, politics, and culture

A billion-dollar plan no one should follow: Tom Harris argues that Ontario’s plans to reduce plant food would kill jobs and do nothing to control Earth’s climate

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – a reassessment (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks at an important question – and one long debated by Canadians of all stripes – in what sense is Canada a nation?

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – a reassessment (Part Six): Mark Wegierski looks at the Atlantic region, which has an ambiguous relationship with Ottawa

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – a reassessment (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines Stephen Harper’s policies towards the various regions in Canada

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – a reassessment (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the long struggle of Western Canada for a serious voice in Ottawa

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – a reassessment (Part Three): Mark Wegierski examines the tensions between Ottawa and Western Canada, especially Alberta

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – a reassessment (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the outsized role of Toronto in Canadian history and how the nation's largest city has changed over the decades from a Tory stronghold to what it is today

Regionalism and nationalism in Canada – a reassessment (Part One): In his latest series Mark Wegierski will be examining the long-standing tensions between different regions in Canada

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2017 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the media and the academy

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2017 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or “eco-system” for conservatives

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2017 (Part One): A conservative infrastructure is definitely lacking, says Mark Wegierski

Looking back at a 1977 game about Canadian civil conflict – exploring social alternatives through eclectic media: Mark Wegierski looks at Canadian Civil War (by Simulations Publications, Inc. – SPI), a game first published 40 years ago

Canadian speculative fiction: Mark Wegierski looks at possible definitions of a distinctly Canadian “speculative fiction”

Will questioning climate change become illegal in Canada?: Tom Harris reports that Ecojustice wants government “cops” to investigate, punish and silence Canadian dissent on the climate issue

Ten years since the Dziekanski tragedy: Mark Wegierski remembers the incident from October 14, 2007

Articulation needed for “small-c conservatism” in Canada: Mark Wegierski argues that the case for conservatism has not been well-articulated in Canada

Polish language knowledge and Polish-Canadian identity: Mark Wegierski asks, can there exist a Polish-Canadian identity with declining Polish language knowledge in Canada?

In search of new “cadres” for a Canadian renewal: Mark Wegierski asks, can the mutual interests of the regions lead to a decentralized Canada?

Shades of quickly fading blue – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Eleven): Mark Wegierski calls for a truly transformational politics

Shades of quickly fading blue – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Ten): Mark Wegierski asks a big question – is there a future for conservatism in Canada – or elsewhere?

Shades of quickly fading blue – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Nine): Mark Wegierski looks at some of the flaws of socialism as a critique of late modernity

Shades of quickly fading blue -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Eight): Mark Wegierski looks at what a reflective conservatism and more thoughtful social democratic ideas may have in common

Shades of quickly fading blue – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Seven):  Mark Wegierski looks further at the thought of Gad Horowitz, and compares “British” to “WASP” identities

Shades of quickly fading blue -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Six): Mark Wegierski looks at the thought of Gad Horowitz, a social democrat who criticizes multiculturalism and defends English-Canadian nationalism

Shades of quickly fading blue -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada from the 1980s to today (Part Five):  Mark Wegierski looks at different definitions of Canadian nationalism

On the Sesquicentennial of Canadian Confederation -- the “managerial-therapeutic regime” in Canada, an insoluble dilemma for real democracy?: Mark Wegierski examines the arrival of  “soft-totalitarianism” in Canada on the eve of its 150th birthday

Shades of quickly fading blue – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Four):  Mark Wegierski argues that until the 1960s, Canada was a more substantively conservative society than America

Shades of quickly fading blue -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Three): Mark Wegierski asks, who have been the real conservatives within the Conservative Party?

Shades of quickly fading blue – the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks especially at the various factions in the Progressive Conservative party of the 1980s

Shades of quickly fading blue -- the decline of the Tory tradition in Canada since the 1980s (Part One):  Mark Wegierski begins a series of articles looking at the “Centre-Right Opposition” over the last four decades

Brian Mulroney and the failure of Canadian conservatism in the 1980s (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the importance of “governing strategically”

Brian Mulroney and the failure of Canadian conservatism in the 1980s (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the importance of the media and several key weaknesses that Brian Mulroney suffered from as a politician and prime minister

Brian Mulroney and the failure of Canadian conservatism in the 1980s (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the importance of the federal bureaucracy

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world (Part Six): Mark Wegierski asks if Quebec is the real enemy of traditional Canada

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world (Part Five): Mark Wegierski looks at the situation in Canada

The 2007 Shane Doan controversy in Canada: Mark Wegierski recalls a rare Canadian victory over “political correctness” ten years ago

What should the legacy of World War I, and its great battles such as Vimy Ridge, be for Canadians?: Mark Wegierski meditates on the meaning of Vimy Ridge, 100 years later

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at some examples from twentieth-century Polish and Soviet history

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world (Part Two): Because of Joseph McCarthy, America has become very skittish about accusations of treason, argues Mark Wegierski

Treason and patriotism in Canada and the current-day world (Part One): Treason isn’t what it used to be, argues Mark Wegierski

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Eleven): Mark Wegierski continues to look at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec? (Part Ten): Mark Wegierski continues to look at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Nine): Mark Wegierski looks at different scenarios for the future

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Eight): Mark Wegierski looks at the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum, and its immediate aftermath

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks especially at the 1990s, and the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Six): Mark Wegierski points to some possibly contradictory elements of that province’s nationalism

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines more of the historical background of Québec and its historical grievances against the rest of Canada

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Four): Mark Wegierski examines the appeal of the Action democratique du Quebec in 2007

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Three): Was the political architecture of Confederation flawed from the start, asks Mark Wegierski

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part Two): Has that province’s effect on Canada been generally anti-traditionalist, asks Mark Wegierski

The past, present, and future of Québec (Part One): Mark Wegierski offers extensive historical background to the recent provincial elections

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2016 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the media and the academy

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2016 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or “eco-system” for conservatives

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the close of 2016 (Part One): A conservative infrastructure in Canada is definitely lacking, says Mark Wegierski

"Third parties" in Canada – a reassessment (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the New Democratic Party (NDP)

"Third parties" in Canada – a reassessment (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at "third parties" in Western Canada

"Third parties" in Canada – a reassessment (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at "third parties" in Quebec, a hot bed of alternative political parties

"Third parties" in Canada – a reassessment (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the Reform Party of Canada

Is it time for a new decentralism in Canada?: Mark Wegierski argues that Harper's failure in Ottawa may lead to decentralist alternatives

Thirty years since George Parkin Grant's Technology and Justice (1986): Mark Wegierski tries to gauge what of philosopher George Grant's ideas has remained today in the modern nation of Canada

No silver lining: The black cloud behind Justin Trudeau's "sunny ways": A lot of Canadians seem happy with the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau but Brad Salzberg wonders if they would remain so if they understand what his party's agenda will inevitably result in

In search of a voice for the Polish-Canadian community: Mark Wegierski describes an attenuated fragment-culture

A fragmented fragment-culture: Mark Wegierski offers a brief sociological sketch of the Polish-Canadian community

Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Just another Bernie Sanders?: Canadians will see a new prime minister sworn in this week as Justin Trudeau takes power. Rachel Alexander isn't pleased

George Grant's vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part Four): On the 50th anniversary of George Grant's Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 50 years of Canadian history

George Grant's vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part Three): On the 50th anniversary of George Grant's Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 50 years of Canadian history

George Grant's vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part Two): On the 50th anniversary of George Grant's Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 50 years of Canadian history

George Grant's vision of Canada increasingly attenuated (Part One): On the 50th anniversary of George Grant's Lament for a Nation, Mark Wegierski traces the last 50 years of Canadian history

Who owns Canada? (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks at an important question – in what sense is Canada a nation?

Harper's climate pledge is hot air: Canada has no way to ensure that developing nations keep their commitments, says Tom Harris

Who owns Canada? (Part Six): Mark Wegierski now looks at the Atlantic region, which has an ambiguous relationship with Ottawa

Who owns Canada? (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines Stephen Harper’s policies towards Canada's regions

Who owns Canada? (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the long struggle of Western Canada for a serious voice in Ottawa

Who owns Canada? (Part Three): Mark Wegierski examines the tensions between Ottawa and Western Canada, especially Alberta

Who owns Canada? (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the role of Toronto in Canadian history

Who owns Canada? (Part One): In this series of articles, Mark Wegierski examines the tensions between different regions in Canada

A collection of essays questioning Canada's high-immigration consensus: Mark Wegierski notes that the Fraser Institute goes beyond economics into social and cultural questions in The Effects of Mass Immigration on Canadian Living Standards and Society, edited by Herbert Grubel

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the mid-1990s, and beyond

Canadians win another round against the Bank of Canada: Most Canadians are unaware of COMER v the Bank of Canada but Jane Gaffin says its a legal battle which could benefit Canadians tremendously

A brief history of conservative publications in Canada (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the Mulroney Years and their aftermath

"Inter-not" -- Has a Canadian right-wing "blogosphere" had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at some Canadian conservative think-tanks

"Inter-not" -- Has a Canadian right-wing "blogosphere" had an impact on politics, society, and culture in Canada? (Part One): Mark Wegierski expresses some skepticism

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2015 (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the media and the academy

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2015 (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to note the lack of an infrastructure or "eco-system" for conservatives

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2015 (Part One): A conservative infrastructure is still lacking, says Mark Wegierski

How the Islamic State (ISIL) threatens Canada and the West: The war against ISIS may be taking place on the other wide of the world but Jonathan D. Halevi argues Canadians need to be concerned

Canada under siege – "Deconstructing" the roots of evil: The recent terrorist attack in Ottawa prompted Murray Soupcoff to think about the nature of evil in our modern world and its practitioners

Conflicts of notions of freedom, order, and security in a globalized world (Part One): Mark Wegierski tries to give a deeper context to the recent Canadian tragedy

George Parkin Grant and Canada: In this year of anniversaries of three major Grant books, Mark Wegierski asks, has a more authentic traditionalism become impossible in current-day Canada?

What should the legacy of World War I, and its great battles such as Vimy Ridge, be for Canadians?: Mark Wegierski meditates on the war's possible meaning for Canada, 100 years after its outbreak

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism at the dawn of 2014: A conservative infrastructure is still lacking in Canada, says Mark Wegierski

God, guns, and the Rule of Law: Why I refuse to obtain a licence to own my firearms: Canadian activist Edward Hudson refuses to obtain a licence to own firearms despite a legal requirement to do so and he explains why

George Parkin Grant and Canada in process: 25 years since the passing of George Grant, Mark Wegierski asks, has a more authentic traditionalism become impossible in current-day Canada?

Canadian banks: Legalized bandidos: Without much fanfare, says Jane Gaffin, Canada's federal government has essentially given the nation's banks permission to raid deposits if they get into fiscal distress

Canada's organic free-for-all: If Canadians believe that their organic food is more healthy -- or even Canadian -- they might be surprised, says Mischa Popoff

Whither Québec? (Part Ten): Mark Wegierski continues to look at different scenarios for the future

California dreaming, Ontario's nightmare: Plenty of ink has been spilled about the financial nightmare that California is in the middle of but Victor Fedeli argues that Canada's Ontario could also wind up the same way

Whither Québec? (Part Nine): Mark Wegierski looks at different scenarios for the future of Québec and Canada

Whither Québec? (Part Eight): Mark Wegierski looks at the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum, and its immediate aftermath

Whither Québec? (Part Seven): Mark Wegierski looks especially at the 1990s, and the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum

Whither Québec? (Part Six): Mark Wegierski points to some possibly contradictory elements of that province's nationalism

Whither Québec? (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines more of the historical background which has seen Québec and the rest of Canada at loggerheads

Whither Québec? (Part Four): Mark Wegierski examines the appeal of the ADQ in 2007

Whither Québec? (Part Three): Was the political architecture of Confederation flawed from the start, asks Mark Wegierski

Whither Québec? (Part Two): Has that province's effect on Canada been generally anti-traditionalist, asks Mark Wegierski

Whither Québec?  (Part One): Mark Wegierski offers extensive historical background to the recent provincial election

George Grant and Canada in process: Eleven years after '9/11' Mark Wegierski reflects on the question -- has a more authentic traditionalism become impossible in current-day Canada?

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at how Grant criticizes both capitalism and socialism from a traditionalist perspective

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant (Part Three): Mark Wegierski continues his look at the ideas of Gad Horowitz, an old-fashioned socialist, and how they overlap with those of Grant

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks mainly at the ideas of Gad Horowitz, an old-fashioned socialist, and how they overlap with those of Grant

An introduction to the thought of George Parkin Grant (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the complex Canadian critic of technology and America and his possible appeal to social democrats

Thoughts out of season – the future of traditionalism (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks back to the 1980s – a highly frustrating time for Canadian conservatives

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada? (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the third main pillar, the mass-education system and its attitudes towards Christianity and its followers

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada?  (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the second pillar of the system, the juridical environment and its attitudes towards Christianity and its followers

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada?  (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the first pillar of the Canadian system, the media environment and its attitudes towards Christianity and its followers

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada? (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the ethical challenges for sincerely-believing Christians of living in accord with their faith in current-day Canada

Chongqing, Bangalore and Canada: A single city in China nearly equals the entire population of Canada and David MacKinnon says they're the people that Canadians are competing against

Tackling the on-reserve housing crisis: Joseph Quesnel says it's time to depoliticize housing on Aboriginal communities and begin to address the real issues

Beware of NDP leadership hopefuls bearing policy gifts from Greece: Greece as a positive example? Gregory Thomas says at least one NDP leadership hopeful believes that former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was actually inspiring

Why the Wheat Board monopoly is being removed: The Canada Wheat Board may be fighting it but Milton Boyd argues that eliminating the CWB's monopoly on marketing grain will be a benefit to Canadian wheat farmers

Let's abolish compulsory membership in student unions: At many universities across Canada, reports Jonathan Wensveen, students are forced to join student unions -- groups which often don't represent their students on any level

Separatist tendencies in Canada: Their origins, development, and future (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at separatist tendencies outside Quebec

Separatist tendencies in Canada: Their origins, development, and future (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at developments in Quebec after 1984

Separatist tendencies in Canada: Their origins, development, and future (Part One): Canada's liberalism may actually encourage separatism, argues Mark Wegierski

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