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Brian Giesbrecht: Canada’s ‘Acceptable Views’ Internet

May 9, 2023
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Commentary The CRTC is best known as the Canadian content regulator. For the last half-century or so it has seen to it that Canadian productions, like “Anne of Green Gables,” and Canadian music artists were featured with sufficient regularity. (Those of us of a certain age would joke about having Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” seared into…

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Disaffection Among Today’s Youth Rooted in Boomers’ ‘Long March Through the Institutions’

November 23, 2021
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Commentary Apparently, the youth of today are a surly lot. Which maybe you knew already. But a new Angus Reid/Cardus survey says at least in Canada they’re also nihilists. It seems the adults have failed them badly. Don’t take my word for it. Over half of “young Canadian leaders” between 18 and 40 called the…

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Silencing Open Debate on Vaccines Fuels Mistrust

October 18, 2021
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Commentary A new poll confirms that Canadians distrust their unvaccinated fellows. Whatever happened to faith in one another? Or skepticism about authority? Do we expect to flourish as a nation of angry sheep? Baaaa humbug. I probably must repeat the disclaimer that I am vaccinated. Despite qualms about the massive use of untested mRNA technology…

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