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Helen Forsey
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Excerpt: Envisaging a people’s senate
Photo credit: “Canadian Senate Chamber” © Saffron Blaze – Own work. Via Wikimedia Commons.
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The Patriarchal Illusion of Control
Ruinous drive for power and control primarily masculine The poster publicizing David Suzuki’s 1985 television series A Planet for the Taking stated: “We have long…
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Salvaging the Senate (Part II)
The Senate can be made a vital part of good governance “Parliamentary government,” Eugene Forsey wrote, “is not just a matter of counting heads instead of…
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Salvaging the Senate (Part I)
Properly run, the Senate can enhance and protect democracy “The idea of senators as lazy old busters who sit twiddling their thumbs and don’t earn…
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Eugene Forsey, Canada’s Maverick Sage
He reminded us what “strong and free” nationalism should be My father described himself as “a Canadian nationalist – by instinct, upbringing and conviction alike.…
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Crucial Power Analysis Missing from Courts and the Media in Shafia Murder Case
On the surface, the Shafia murder case doesn’t look like a “political” issue at all. The horrifying killing of four innocent women by family members…
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Chronic fishery mismanagement Confederation’s dismal failure
It has been called “managed annihilation,” “Confederation’s greatest failure,” “a national embarrassment, a national shame.” The demise of the cod fishery off Newfoundland and Labrador…
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SaskNotes: Harper’s Renewed Attack on the Canadian Wheat Board
Download 410.54 KB4 pages Just one day after the May 2nd federal election, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz made it clear that the Conservative government would…
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Eugene Forsey vs. Maxime Bernier
Quebec Conservative repeats harmful myths about Confederation When Stephen Harper’s former (and perhaps future?) far-right-hand man in Quebec, Maxime Bernier, denounced the federal “spending power”…
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As David Johnson Enters Rideau Hall…
The Crown’s role in our government needs to be understood With the Queen’s visit in the summer and a new Governor-General taking office this fall,…
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Facts and Foolishness On Our Democracy
The Governor-General is the guardian of our Constitution, not the government’s puppet or public relations figurehead Thanks to a 40-minute segment on CBC Radio’s Cross-Country…
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An Antidote to Ignorance
Eugene Forsey debunks some Canada’s Parliament now appears to have returned to its pathetic “business-as-usual” mode in the aftermath of the inexcusable prorogation last December.…
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