Sir John A. Macdonald

HISTORY – Sir John A.: the enduring legacy of a great Canadian hero

January 16, 2024 // 0 Comments

His policies towards Indigenous populations earned him their praise but criticism of being too lenient from the Liberal opposition By GERRY BOWLER Frontier Centre for Public [Continue]

RECONCILIATION – Sir John A. and the fog of cancel culture

March 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

Macdonald was a strong advocate for Indigenous Canadians. His record speaks for itself By GREG PIASETZKI Troy Media THERE IS AN ANCIENT AXIOM that “truth is the first [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Colonial schools maybe, colonial monuments not

June 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

SOME OF CANADA’s Indigenous people have decided to keep their residential schools despite the fact that they hold so many painful memories. One of those is the largest [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – ‘Cancel Culture’ or, ‘The Season of Sanctimony’

June 22, 2021 // 2 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist AS A REGULAR READER of several newspapers, science-oriented magazines, and professional and letters-based publications, I occasionally think [Continue]

ISSUES – The past isn’t a script that we set down in non-revisable stone

September 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

Vandalizing public spaces under the delusion that such acts make yesterday a better today is sad-sack politics that fosters democratic weakness FOR HER BOOK Talking Stones: [Continue]

BEPPLE – We need some new statues to commemorate what’s been left unsaid

September 2, 2020 // 4 Comments

LAST WEEKEND’S TOPPLING of the Prime Minister John A. Macdonald statue in Montreal caused controversy across the country. There are those who decry the act as [Continue]