Category: English

Descending into the political snakepit

TORONTO – The House of Commons resumes its duties tomorrow, amid turmoil peripherally related to the Country’s interests and to those of its citizens. That is an exaggeration for purists and for those who equate national interests with the fortunes of singular political figures or of political parties that house them, however temporarily. 

Canada, a place of refuge not a staging site for proxy wars

TORONTO – The Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions featuring the PM, Justin Trudeau, on Wednesday, must classify as a most egregious example of diversionary tactics by any government in modern times, or an admission of helplessness in the face of [now] uncontrollable transfer of peoples and cultures onto Canadian soil. 

Emily: from Paris to Rome

TORONTO – Historically, relations between France and Italy haven’t always been hunky dory – to put it mildly – and whether it began with Caesar’s beheading of their Gallic Hero Vercingetorix in 49 BC, or with Napoleon’s French Campaign to loot and transport all of Italy’s art masterpieces to Paris, one thing remains clear: the two nations are always up for a good spat, no matter the cause.