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Category Archives: History
Looking back to the future
Now the opposition are having fits over the Harper administration … Not really necessary to complete that sentence, is it? But I’m thinking about them being shocked and appalled at Tory MPs wondering how history is taught in Canada.
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Posted in Columns, Constitution, Education, Government, History, International, Parliament, Politics
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B.C. a rebel at heart
Despite its laid-back, progressive reputation as the environmentalist ‘left coast’, full of hippies and unionists and aboriginal activists and public servants, British Columbia is Tory territory federally. And not Red Tory either. Just one more way the province is different, … Continue reading
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What I hate is the fakery
You know what I hate about politics? OK, that could be a well with no bottom. But a bucket borrowed from the late Daniel Boorstin just helped me haul up an especially slimy lump from way down deep. Specifically, Raymond … Continue reading
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Less freedoms isn’t safer
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg told a press conference Monday that Americans have to give up some freedom to be safe from terrorism. Because some Canadians make the same argument it’s important to see why it couldn’t be more … Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Constitution, Government, History, International, Terrorism, United States
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Losers tend to disappear in B.C. politics
There’s a lot at stake in B.C.’s May 14 election. Not in policy terms unless the NDP have hidden Karl Marx or Ken Kesey somewhere in their platform. But in political terms, because one of British Columbia’s many remarkable qualities … Continue reading
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