The Fate of the Earth By Jonathan Schell Stanford University Press One of the most influential books of the turn of the century alerting the population to the terrible effects of nuclear war has been Jonathan Schell’s The Fate of the Earth. The world...
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on the Policy Hawk Substack, where you can find incisive analysis of Canadian defence and security. Each year, as wildfires threaten and destroy communities in Canada’s north, the country’s capacity...
The following are selections from Professor Noam Chomsky’s Media Control. We quote directly from his book in order to retain the clarity and the frank tone of his writing. **************** “The role of the media in contemporary politics forces us to...
Provinces Can Resist Post-Nationalism The current arrangement of power and representation disfavours a truly nationalist and pro-Canadian federal policy. Fortunately, the provincial level shelters a second and underfortified bastion from which to pre...
Whenever the topic of “nationalism” is broached, there seems to be a cloud of taboo surrounding the usage of that word. Patriotism is permitted, and chauvinism can be tolerated, but to be nationalist? For many, that is a bridge too far. This has resu...
In the following essay I attempt to summarize Jacques Ellul’s complex work –The Technological Society – by bringing together selections which, combined together, constitute the highlights of his monumental work. By the end of reading it becomes clear...
It is often said that anyone can be a Canadian. That in every respect, there should be no distinction between the man from Timmins and the man from Timbuktu. It would offend good conscience to treat one as more worthy than the other. All things being...
According to a 2022 analysis from Canada’s Immigration Department, between 2007 and 2018 around 1–2% of births were from temporary residents such as foreign workers, international students, and asylum seekers. Despite being born to foreign parents, t...
Propaganda, by whatever name we may call it, has become a very general phenomenon in the modern world. Differences in political regimes matter little. “Propaganda exists and thrives; it is the Siamese twin of our technological society. Only in the te...
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in the Epoch Times on March 5th. A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer projects that Canada’s population growth will be flat this year due to immigration cutbacks and major outflows of t...