Solutions to reconcile security and freedom deserve to be better known, says Maurice Cusson, author of Donner-nominated book
Since the dawn of time, crime and despotism have been a threat to security and freedom. And everywhere, people have always had to contend with criminals and despots in defence of their security and freedom. How can free people live together without one person’s freedom infringing on that of another’s and without the two conflicting […]
‘Social media are dysfunctional to the overall health of civil society and democracy’: Ronald Deibert, author of Donner-nominated Reset
Look at that device in your hand. No, really, take a good, long look at it. You carry it around with you wherever you go. You sleep with it, work with it, run with it, you play games on it. You depend on it, and panic when you can’t find it. It links you to […]
‘They have a tipping point’: Alexandra Morton on her unrelenting fight to save B.C.’s wild salmon
Alexandra Morton isn’t your average scientist. She says she’s been tailed, surveilled, and taken to court for trespassing, all in an effort to dissuade her from waging a fight against the aquaculture industry. In Not on My Watch, the field biologist chronicles her accidental fight to reverse the decline of the B.C. wild salmon and […]
Webster’s Newspapering a cracking good read with much to teach
Ever wondered about Chairman Mao Zedong’s sexual preferences, how to castrate a camel, or how many shots of vodka Nikita Khrushchev forced on Lester Pearson during a wild night by the Black Sea the two men spent when “Mike” was foreign minister? Curious about the top 10 stories of the millennium, history’s bad decisions, the […]
The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion, by Tyler LeBlanc, Goose Lane Editions, 184pp., $19.95 A History of My Brief Body, by Billy-Ray Belcourt, Penguin Random House Canada, 192pp., $25 An Alphabet for Joanna: A Portrait of My Mother in 26 Fragments, by Damian Rogers, Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 344pp., $32.95 An Autobiography of […]
‘By far the most powerful hidden element of party discipline is the social pressure on MPs to toe the party line’: Alex Marland on his book Whipped
Alex Marland has delivered another banger of a book. The award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an expert in political communications, political marketing, election campaigning, and Canadian political parties, dishes up another delightful read in Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada, published by UBC Press. In it, he delves into […]
In new book, Roche offers recovery for a wounded world in the new Biden era
The Biden era has begun. Are we ready to make the most of it? Just when it’s needed, Recover: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era, comes along to help guide Canadian leaders through the maze of rigorous, practical decisions, not only to lead the world away from the deep damage caused by outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, […]
The definitive history of Canada’s role on the United Nations Security Council
Canadians no longer have to delve through old news reports and obscure academic works to understand how their country operates at the United Nations Security Council, though this reporter is not sure many have tried. A highlighter, pencil, and 190 pages of Adam Chapnick’s Canada on the United Nations Security Council: A Small Power on […]
‘Tinkering’ won’t fix legal system, communities need Indigenous jurisdiction, says former lawyer in new book
Indigenous people must reclaim their jurisdiction over legal matters because healing communities and equal justice are impossible outcomes in Canadian courts and prisons, concludes Harold Johnson in his latest book. In Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada, Mr. Johnson excoriates the legal system and the people working to sustain it, […]
Many Canadians have been ‘naïve at best and self-delusional at worst’ in dealings with China, says journalist and author Manthorpe
As Canada approaches the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations with China—and as politicians in both countries continue to grapple with the fallout from the recent detention of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in British Columbia and the ensuing arrests of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor by the Chinese government—journalist and author Jonathan Manthorpe calls it […]
