Editor’s note: The following selections are from George Grant’s Technology and Empire, originally published in 1969. “A central aspect of the fate of being a Canadian is that our very existing has at all times been bound up with the interplay of various world empires. One can better understand what it is to be Canadian if […]
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What have you done for me lately? I am not sure why, but that phrase popped into my head a few weeks ago when I was reading something by an Alberta separatist online. There was a song with that title 40 years ago by Janet Jackson. I was never a big fan and nothing by
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The Quebec Government is to be commended for showing leadership and courage in enacting legislation to outlaw the exhibition of religious symbols by public employees while at work in the public service. Ever since the adoption of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, social scientists have consistently warned that the Charter is deeply
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During the darkest time of the Second World War, when Britain was all alone faced with the formidable German Luftwaffe that had the mission to annihilate Britain, it was the heroism and bravery of the Royal Air Force fighter pilots that saved Britain. To express the nation’s gratitude to these brave young men, Churchill, the
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Beneath the set of policies pursued by a prime minister usually rests a conception of what Canada was, is, and should be: Macdonald’s anti-American Canadian nationalism, Diefenbaker’s old-school toryism and affinity for Canada’s British connection, Lester B. Pearson’s liberal internationalism that informed his support for global endeavours such as peacekeeping. For better or worse, even
The revelations that the long-retired Governor General Adrienne Clarkson has been charging the public treasury in personal expense claims for “continuing to serve” Canada to the tune of $1.1 million in the years since her retirement in 2005 have shone light on wastefulness in the dark recesses of the Canadian state. Her extravagant personal expense
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A political quagmire was created when Conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor to the Liberal Party on December 11th. This follows the earlier defection of Chris d’Entremont back in November. Now, if you read the headlines, this is being portrayed as a great betrayal of principles by other Conservative MPs. The argument is that
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For those who struggle to distinguish between trends and individuals, policies and people, a disclaimer. Being anti-immigration means being in favour of restricting immigration, not being against immigrants as people (whatever that would mean). Being against Americanization, or being in favour of anti-American Canadian nationalism, obviously does not entail a dislike of all Americans as
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Do you remember when Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister? We mostly remember him now for the introduction of GST, and those little pins that everyone would wear to protest against it. But there is a part of Mulroney’s legacy that is rather overlooked in the public retrospect of Canadian history, and that is his continentalism.
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Population Institute Canada website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on August 29th, 2025. It is republished here with permission of the author. A city in a state of perpetual transformation I am an eyewitness to the transformation of Canada’s capital from a city of some charm to just another big
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