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Continue Reading →: Shandro gun announcement shows how Sovereignty works
Shandro gun announcement shows how Sovereignty works
In mid September (2022), Premier Jason Kenney openly disagreed with UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith over Smith’s proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act (ASA). Kenney said the legislation would be destabilising, unconstitutional and a disaster for Alberta. Kenney’s former principal secretary levelled similar accusations, which Kenney happily quoted: it should be called “the Alberta suicide act.” Kenney…
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Continue Reading →: Trudeau underestimates the Truckers’ Convoy and its significance
Trudeau underestimates the Truckers’ Convoy and its significance
the Trudeau government kicked a hornet’s nest when the prime minister began a trend of insults against those resisting his vaccine policies during the last election campaign. Trudeau mistook his return to a minority government as an unconditional endorsement to abuse vaccine skeptics.
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Continue Reading →: Premier Kenney May Be Down, but He’s Not Out
Premier Kenney May Be Down, but He’s Not Out
Premier Kenney may be in trouble, if one believes in the recent polls, but don’t count him out.
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Continue Reading →: The COVID-19 Regime Has Collapsed under Its Own Contradictions
The COVID-19 Regime Has Collapsed under Its Own Contradictions
The last few weeks have exposed schizophrenic aspects of Canadian culture and its influence on governments’ behaviour. The most palpable example lies in how we trampled – in fear – over memory and institutions, obsessively protective and morally dismissive of dignity and human life simultaneously. The COVID-19 lockdown has been a strange time for people…
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Continue Reading →: We Can Learn from Sweden’s Achievement in Protecting Its Democratic Traditions
We Can Learn from Sweden’s Achievement in Protecting Its Democratic Traditions
Much ink has been assigned to Sweden for its distinct approach to COVID-19 among Western nations. As more jurisdictions wrestle with lifting economic restrictions, Sweden is both praised and condemned. People readily condemn Stefan Löfven’s Social Democrat (Sweden’s NDP equivalent) government for not emulating China and for violating what Swedish academicians called the “lockdown consensus.” For its less…
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Continue Reading →: Trudeau’s Failed Power Grab Is an Attack on Democracy
Trudeau’s Failed Power Grab Is an Attack on Democracy
The Trudeau government’s effort to transfer power temporarily from the House of Commons to the Office of the Finance Minister was an unconstitutional attempt to bypass the will of Canadians as expressed in the 2019 election.