February, Black History Month, brings to mind the attempts authorities once made to keep Blacks out of Canada. One of the more notorious of these was made in the early years of the 20th century. It occurred in 1910, when federal officials wanted to seal the Canadian...
For weeks now, two maverick female politicians have dominated the news, both fighting for what they regard as an inviolable principle: the non-interference of government in the judicial system. Their actions bring to mind another maverick female politician, but...
When the massacre of six men at a Quebec City mosque was commemorated In Parliament recently, the Conservative leader, Andrew Scheer, observed, “Our country has always welcomed those seeing freedom and better lives.” How wrong he was. Canadian history is replete with...
The death on October 18, 2017 of Dr. Gregory Baum, one of the twentieth century’s leading Roman Catholic theologians, brings to mind the saga of Canada’s so-called “accidental immigrants.” These were the approximately 2,500 enemy aliens — for...
It will probably come as a surprise to many Canadians that October 18 is Person’s Day, the day that commemorates an historic decision made on October 18, 1929. This was the ruling handed down by Canada’s then highest court of appeal — the Judicial...
This year, Canada celebrates its one hundred and fiftieth birthday. a century and a half as a nation based on immigration. There will, of course, be other public milestones marked this year, some of which will receive little recognition,but which, nevertheless,...
