Layered Truths
It is emblematic of all Indigenous issues that PM Trudeau’s claim of having handed over all documents to the TRUTH & Reconciliation commission is mired in controversy over whether that…
Non-binding Terms
The desire to stretch facts with a view to convincing people about something is directly athwart the need to present bare facts in order to retain their trust. Canadian institutions…
Where Was Your Orange Shirt Made?
Commemorating the suffering of the victims of imperial aggression in the past by using the products, ideas and structures of similar forces in the present merely serves to perpetuate the…
Poisoned Waters
My brief foray into the issue of Grassy Narrows revealed politicians running away from questions and a bureaucracy stalling to provide information that is supposed to be public, but hasn’t…
Trained Force
It is a characteristic of inferior countries that people who are trained in the methods of using force in order to protect citizens instead train their force – literally or…
Multicultural Illiteracy
The federal election of 2021 revealed that nobody tracks the conversations that are taking place among voters whose first language isn’t English / French. The resulting ‘illiteracy’ could prove fatal…
Hamster-wheel Governance
The water advisories at First Nations are merely the proverbial tip of the iceberg – of ineffectual governance. For all the claimed activity by governments, hardly any action takes place…
Power(less) Play
When a Canadian government tolerates the mistreatment (or worse) of Canadians by foreign regimes, it overlooks the damage that it does to our sovereignty. What starts out as partisan power…
A Little Knowledge
One (of the many) sources of our problems as a multicultural society is that we haven’t yet understood the multiple cultures that exist here – but nonetheless have firm opinions…
The love that wasn’t
The immigration scam of fake marriage and ‘divorce’ destroys lives in its wake. These lives are victims of apathetic politicians who, for short term personal gain, don’t go anywhere near…