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Canadian hockey fans raised in the Connor McDavid era, and even those like me who fondly recall the Wayne Gretzky era, may not know much about Maurice (the Rocket) Richard, but he was a “fiery force on ice” during his 18 NHL seasons. He was the first player to score 50 goals in a season, the first to reach 50...
The premiers are conferencing this week in Ontario with a scheduled drop-in from the prime minister. Then there will be a news release hopefully reporting incremental progress of some kind — perhaps on trade barriers, infrastructure, more counter-tariffs, or whatever. But suppose, just suppose, that at some future federal-provincial conference the assembled first ministers are forced to fry much bigger...
Many years ago, a Liberal prime minster, Lester B. Pearson, failed to secure a majority government after several tries, and prepared to retire. But before doing so, he wanted to inject new blood into the upper echelons of his government, and particularly to bolster its base in Quebec, where support for secession was increasing. So Mr. Pearson recruited three impressive...
Because of the vastness of Canada’s territory, the differing interests of its various regions, the abundance of competing economic and social interests, and the weakened state of democratic instruments for reconciling conflicting interests, national unity will be a perpetual challenge for whomever we choose to form our national government.