From The Walrus, what happens when political debates escalate into a culture of arguments, attack ads, and anonymous Internet assaults? A Parliament effectively shut — and shouted — down; writer, literary activist, public intellectual, John Ralston Saul is both a man of the world and an articulate proponent of values he thinks are quintessentially Canadian (and more); Nick Mount on what Thunder Bay burned — and how Lady Chatterley wrote our obscenity law; and does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit? Digging for gold, mining corruption: Congo is prey to Canadian mining companies searching for the last great gold mine. Brian Bow on his book The Politics of Linkage: Power, Interdependence and Ideas in Canada-US Relations. The border between Canada and the US pits two great countries against each other; Les Horswill makes the case for a greater North American federation. From LRC, a review of Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, and Andre Le Dressay; and the calamity of Caledonia: What BC can teach Ontario about Native land claims. When a Canadian is not a Canadian: An article on Canada's Mohawks. A look at why the Canadian mosaic is in crisis. A review of The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada by Marci McDonald (and more). From Stephen Harper's refusal to fund abortion to the outcry that forced the cancellation of Ontario's sex ed curriculum, the religious right is making its growing muscle felt on the political landscape (and more). Oh, Canada: Nina Kouprianova on the death of the West up north. In the wake of the BP calamity, another potential environmental disaster is already in the making in the Canadian western province of Alberta.
