Politics & Current Affairs

Our Scandalous Senate

When J. Patrick Boyer writes that the recent senate expenses scandal “dominated media coverage, overtook the national conversation,” he may be overstating the case just a little bit. The story of four senators – Mike ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Duffy: Stardom to Senate to Scandal

By Dan Leger

For better or worse, there’s nothing like a scandal to rile people up about the political status quo. The Canadian senate, viewed by the public with begrudging apathy at the best of times, is a ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tragedy in the Commons: Former Members of Parliament Speak Out About Canada’s Failing Democracy

By Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan (eds.)

It is not difficult to get people, even former MPs, to agree that Canada’s democracy is broken. The challenge is getting people to agree on the nature of the problem and possible solutions. In Tragedy ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Extreme Mean: Trolls, Bullies and Predators Online

By Paula Todd

"The Web was designed as an instrument to prevent misunderstandings." So says Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web. Quoted early on in Paula Todd's new book, Lee's comment elicits about ... Read More »

June 23, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Night Canada Stood Still: How the 1995 Quebec Referendum Nearly Cost Us Our Country

By Robert Wright

In the pantheon of history-altering near-misses, few political events have left as large and lasting a “What if?” as the 1995 Quebec referendum. On Oct. 30 of that year, Quebec’s citizens voted by the thinnest ... Read More »

June 19, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Persona Non Grata: The Death of Free Speech in the Internet Age

By Tom Flanagan

“A national political campaign,” wrote H.L. Mencken, “is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.” After four federal elections in the seven years ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Winning Power: Canadian Campaigning in the 21st Century

By Tom Flanagan

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Lynching of Peter Wheeler

By Debra Komar

Canadian forensic anthropologist Debra Komar spent decades helping the United Nations solve mysteries involving mass graves in the former Yugoslavia, Darfur, and other international political hot spots. Lately, Komar has been metaphorically exhuming Canadian graves ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Fists upon a Star: A Memoir of Love, Theatre and Escape from McCarthyism

By Florence Bean James with Jean Freeman

Taken from Stephen Vincent Benét’s epic Civil War poem John Brown’s Body, the title Fists upon a Star refers to the tenacity and forbearance of indefatigable theatre producers Florence Bean James and husband Burton James. ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Hostile Seas: A Mission in Pirate Waters

By JL Savidge

In 2008, JL Savidge was a 33-year-old intelligence officer aboard the HMCS Ville de Québec, patrolling the Mediterranean on a NATO counter-terrorism mission. However, a call from Ottawa drastically changed the Ville de Québec’s mission, ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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