In Canada's Version of Portland, Cancel Culture Comes for ‘Steve-O-Reno's’
Rommelmann also was eager to move to a city with a vibrant national media presence.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
Canada
A collection of 147 posts
To Be Useful, Health Data Must Go Deeper Than ‘Black’ and ‘White’
In the case of COVID-19, we know that diabetes, hypertension, and obesity all are significant comorbidities.
Amr F. Hamour
· 5 min read
From South American Anthropology to Gender-Crit Cancel Culture: My Strange Feminist Journey
Anthropology taught me how to spot this instinct. Gender-critical feminists taught me how to stand up to it.
Kathleen Lowrey
· 13 min read
I Run a Family-Owned Construction Firm. Here’s What COVID-19 Did to My World
Our business model is simple: We build and fix things so that other people have a place to live and work, and so that we can pay our own bills and live our own lives.
Jocelyn Burzuik
· 10 min read
Canada's Epic Rail Crisis Offers the World a Cautionary Tale on Indigenous Mantras
All countries must do right by their own Indigenous populations in their own way.
Jonathan Kay
· 5 min read
By Seeking ‘Safer Spaces’ for Actors, We’re Creating a Hostile Environment for Art
I honestly have no idea why any actor would want to appear in a serious play featuring protagonists who are not, in some way, “screwed up.”
Sky Gilbert
· 8 min read
Toronto's Meghan Murphy Meltdown: A Case Study in Media-Driven Social Panic
In some cases, media bosses no longer even pretend that their staffers are anything but in-house social-justice activists.
Jonathan Kay
· 12 min read
Are Canadians Becoming More Racist? This Week's Election Proved the Opposite
Even if one accepts the Star’s generous tally of right-wing protestors at the pictured event—“about 15 people”—the conceit that “hate fills Edmonton’s streets” is ludicrous.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Trudeau’s Government Tried to Block My Election Reporting. (Thankfully, It Failed)
In recent days, the Liberals escalated their campaign against Lawton, by seeking not only to block him from covering the Liberal campaign, but also seeking to deny him accreditation to cover the National Leader’s Debates.
Candice Malcolm
· 8 min read
The Political Excommunication of Erin Weir Betrays the Face of Modern Political Cowardice
Under the Canadian political system, party leaders are free to unilaterally block candidates, no matter the views of voters or the rank-and-file.
Eric Cline
· 15 min read
The Campaign to Destroy Equal Voice
The conflict between management and the young staffers at Equal Voice is not only an ideological divide, but a generational one, and the younger cohort employs a particularly dramatic lexicon.
Lona Manning
· 14 min read
Trudeau’s Shameful Gambit: Smearing Conservative Opponents as Neo-Nazis
He is hyping the problem for political gain, rather than contextualizing it as a challenge to democratic liberalism that should be managed within our existing political framework.
David Jacobs
· 11 min read
Canada's Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Was Cruel. But Calling It an Ongoing 'Genocide' Is Wrong
The crime of genocide is typically investigated and litigated with the goal of holding genocidaires accountable for their crimes.
David Mount
· 19 min read
The Ultimate ‘Concept Creep’: How a Canadian Inquiry Strips the Word ‘Genocide’ of Meaning
All societies lie to themselves about genocide. But the nature of the lies change over time.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
The Circular Firing Squad Is Destroying the Left's Political Brand: A Case Study from Canada
Some of the sharpest blows delivered against Canadian progressives over the last month have been the result of poisonous civil wars within the progressive community itself.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read