By Sally Barnes How sad that it took the discovery of the bodies of 215 kids in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to shake up a nation — and people like me. Unlike most Canadians, who have probably never met a First Nations person, I have […]
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Listen up! Did Ford make the right decision in keeping schools closed? | Commentary
There has been a good bit of controversy this week over Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s decision to keep schools closed in this province until September. Here is, in part, what the Toronto Star wrote about it in a recent editorial: “There was no Ford government U-turn. No last minute reprieve […]
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She Speaks: Why have we allowed power to become so desirable that people will do anything to maintain it? | Commentary
The maintenance of the status quo can feel like a neutral continuation of normalcy. We could be forgiven if we assumed that ‘business as usual’ means that, without dramatic intervention, things will carry on as they always have. In this way, we sometimes consider the status quo to be natural, […]
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Listen Up! Our collective responsibility | Commentary
I was encouraged to write about something light and uplifting this week and I was going to try to do just that. But I couldn’t get past the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. There […]
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A plan to reopen cautiously and a step toward passenger rail’s return: MPP Norm Miller
By Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller With increasing vaccination rates and decreasing infection rates, Ontario is getting very close to a gradual reopening. While COVID-19 is the main topic of discussion, at the same time the government is moving ahead with other initiatives including something that I know is near […]
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Listen Up! Who speaks for Canada? | Commentary
For almost the last year and a half Canadians have, quite understandably, been preoccupied with the COVID-19 pandemic. Very little in our day-to-day lives has not been touched by the reality of the virus. But it is when we are at our most vulnerable that we must be most vigilant. […]
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Listen Up! Democracy is a precarious thing | Commentary
There are days when I fear for democracy. In Canada, the seeds are still mostly below the surface, but they are there. In the United States, our immediate neighbour, the issue is in full flight. When the cult of personality transcends the facts, when people stop caring about the truth, […]
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Sexual misconduct in the military and the blame game | Commentary
By Nancy Osborne Who knew what when? Who cares? Somewhat predictably, the blame game is now centre stage. Not the abuse, not the sexual misconduct, not the investigations, not the victims, and certainly not change. If we focus long enough on the blame game of who knew what when, […]
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