Tag: opinion

Intolerance and groupthink – the “new normal”

Article by the Hon. Joe Volpe — Video: CNMNG Staff

Federal Minister Carolyn Bennet just found out that one flippant word uttered, toward a former Cabinet colleague, can have far-reaching consequences. Some people, especially those she has served unquestioningly in Cabinet, are “calling for her head”.

Her crime? She “implied” that Judy Wilson-Raybauld admonished the Prime Minister because he was pursuing an electoral timetable […]

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“They do not speak for anyone but themselves”

Article by The Hon. Joe Volpe — Video: CNMNG Staff

TORONTO – A month after the Prime Minister stood in the House to Apologize for the internment of Italian Canadians during World War II, somebody – the proverbial “they”– hiding under the cover of five private corporations in Canada, commissioned and published in the Globe and Mail, on June 18, a “Thank You Canada” advertisement.