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Pandemic Blues and their Antidote

On June 15, 2020

A little plague goes a very long way. Our accustomed routines

suddenly stopped in their tracks in mid-March 2020, with a daily dose of isolation taking the unwelcome place of […]

Time for a More Assertive Canada

On December 23, 2018

We recently came across an op-ed piece about Canada titled “The

Country the World Forgot – Again.” It’s a paean to a nation that has long punched way […]

Hostage-Taking and Other Pastimes of China’s Lawless Regime

On December 23, 2018

In December 2018, Canadian law enforcement officers arrested a prominent

Chinese business executive, Ms. Meng Wanzhou, pursuant to a lawful request from the U.S. Department of Justice, which is seeking her extradition from Canada on fraud-related charges (involving, […]

How Canada Should Respond to Corporate Perfidy

On December 23, 2018

Perfidy: The word means treachery, duplicity, disloyalty, untrustworthiness, and unfaithfulness. And that’s precisely what multinational corporations have shown to Canada – and to the rest of the Western industrialized world. Most of our once thriving industrial sector has been transferred to the Third World, especially China, where […]

The Great Inland Archipelago

On November 3, 2018

“Sometimes another world, like a secret garden, lies close at hand

but utterly unsuspected. So it is with our continent’s Great Inland Archipelago. A mere two-and-a-half hours drive from the […]

The Savages of Saudi Arabia: Premeditated murder at the consulate

On October 24, 2018

When savagery collides with civilization, the civilized man must react with steely resolve. The autocratic regime of Saudi Arabia has shocked the world with an act that can only be called savage. On October 2nd, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey by prior appointment […]

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Hostage-Taking and Other Pastimes of China’s Lawless Regime

How Canada Should Respond to Corporate Perfidy

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The Savages of Saudi Arabia: Premeditated murder at the consulate