Canada’s military recruitment is up. That much is true. But, as often is the case, the Devil is in the details. In the last fiscal year, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) “enrolled 7,310 Regular Force members, surpassing its recruiting target of 6,957 new members and marking the highest number of enrolments in more than 30 […]
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The earliest manifestation of Canadian nationalism began just before the First World War. The person leading the movement was Henri Bourassa who was considered the ideological father of French-Canadian nationalism. However he established the Canadian Nationalist League in 1903 with the aim of instilling pan-Canadian nationalist spirit among the French-Canadian population. Shortly before the start of the Great
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In an April 17th article, Rodrigo Garfinkle contextualized the recent push to return Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue to Kingston’s City Park. Condemned to a dusty warehouse in the summer of 2021, locals have started in numbers to finally question the confinement of our first prime minister. With a recent surge in nationalist sentiment in
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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 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), in its slightly revised version, CPTPP, is referred to by the official circles as a trade agreement; this is a deception intended to hide from the public the fact that this multilateral agreement is almost entirely for the expansion and protection of investor rights of transnational corporations. It creates a global
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I’m Rodrigo Garfinkle, former President of the Queen’s University Conservative Association. For as long as I have attended Queen’s University, Sir John A. Macdonald’s relationship with Queen’s and Kingston has been dismissed and cancelled. In the wake of the 2021 Kamloops alleged grave discoveries, a frenzy took hold of the nation, resulting in the removal
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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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Another day, another interview on Poilievre’s podcast tour – this one with Steve Bartlett, host of The Diary Of A CEO on YouTube. In a video with the ridiculous title “Pierre Poilievre: The Economy Is About to Collapse! America Is Making a Huge Mistake!“, a wide range of topics are discussed, from the Iran War
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Once upon a time there were great Canadians who loved this country and dreamed of its becoming a truly strong and independent nation. Those were people like the late philosopher George Grant and the gentle patriot Walter Gordon, whose efforts, intellectual and political, respectively, in defence of Canada have been briefly discussed in a previous
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“Save $90 Billion. Stop Alto.” Thus ran Pierre Poilievre’s lectern as he gave a speech on March 31st at a farm near Keene, Ontario. The Leader of the Opposition was speaking out in opposition to the proposed 1,000 km high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City connecting most of the Quebec City–Windsor corridor. He
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