It’s trite that in a liberal democracy there should be the separation of church and state. But there isn’t such a separation in the case of Aboriginal religious beliefs, which the Canadian state, through its judiciary, treats preferentially over other […]
Western Christianity was and remains the main constituent element in European thought – including rationalist thought, which although it attacked Christianity, was also derivative from it. Throughout the history of the West, Christianity has been at the heart of the […]
Immovable Constitutional Duties Owed to Aboriginal Peoples Emasculate Canada’s Ability to Defend Itself Against Donald Trump’s Threats and Attacks A government’s most basic function is the protection of its sovereignty. -Simon Schama[i] States are not structures to be taken for […]
DATE: October 22, 2024 MEMO TO: Sarah Midanik CEO Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund FROM: Robert MacBain SUBJECT: Misinformation in our classrooms COPY TO: David Akin Jorge Barrera Conrad Black Chris Champion Robert Fife […]
Cindy Dickson is a member of the Yukon Vuntut Gwitchen First Nation, (VGFN). It has about 560 members, of which about 260 reside in the village of Old Crow, with the remaining members living away. Ms. Dickson lives in Whitehorse, […]
It’s rare and difficult for a Canadian citizen to be able to successfully sue the government for negative consequences befalling him or her, or befalling society in general, as the result of the ordinary operation of government laws. As the […]
In May 1633, when Champlain came back to his settlement at Quebec…a large party of Montagnais arrived in their canoes to see him. Champlain gestured at the building works, including the fort, and said, “When that great house is built, […]
The laudable goal of reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians means different things to different people and groups. According to the federal government, as formally set out in its reconciliation Principles, reconciliation requires creating a third order of constitutional sovereignty […]
Why write, why read, if not to offer, to find, a larger image of life, an image of man as deep as the problems that make up his greatness? -Victor Serge[1] We’re one planet, one humanity, and everything is connected. […]
There’s a baseless movement on the part of some influential Canadian Jewish individuals and organizations- a movement that underplays the recent history of Israel and gravely insults Holocaust victims and their surviving family members- to align their political interests and […]