Reading Time: 3 minutes Fifty years ago tomorrow, Trudeau was declared winner of the federal Liberal Party’s leadership race. Two weeks later he was prime minister
Tag: Canadian history
Second line of O Canada should read “Our home on native land”
Reading Time: 4 minutes One small change to the words of O Canada will remind us of our historic debt and help facilitate broader knowledge of Indigenous issues
Don’t judge historic figures without knowledge of our history
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian curriculums fail students when it comes to teaching the content necessary to have informed, intelligent debate
Let’s stop gratuitously thrashing historical reputations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Emily Murphy should be celebrated for her accomplishments and how they changed Canadian society for the better, not reviled for her shortcomings
Enduring words of wisdom on reconciliation
Reading Time: 4 minutes If we had listened to Pierre Trudeau, we would no longer be talking about reconciliation – we would be at least part way there
Stephen Harper in the rearview mirror
Reading Time: 3 minutes MURPHY Calling the Harper years a particularly dark time for Canada is partisan fiction, not reality (PREMIUM membership content)
The hardships of Orkney link to Canada’s early days
Reading Time: 4 minutes Displaced from their homes, many citizens of the Orkney islands ended up in Canada working for the Hudson Bay Company
Canadians need a civics education refresher
Reading Time: 3 minutes Americans are woefully ignorant of basic government functions; Canadians aren’t far behind
Canada should be preserving history, not erasing it
Reading Time: 3 minutes We must stop this ridiculous trend of renaming edifices and cleansing evidence of people’s existence from history. If not, where will it end?
Vive le Quebec libre, 50 years later
Reading Time: 3 minutes There was a swift response to Charles de Gaulle’s intrusion into Canadian affairs during the centennial summer of 50 years ago