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ABOUT THIS EVENT Join us for an evening of provocative insight on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. EST for the special premiere event of The History of Civil Liberties in Canada, the first in a six-part limited series hosted by TDF's Historian in Residence, Conrad Black. An accomplished historian, Conrad Black will discuss his perspective on civil liberties in Canada and the history of constitutional rights and freedoms in Canada. This very ... New Hampshire Brings Clarity to Democrats' Race
The Democrats are finally moving very suddenly to choose a candidate. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren have effectively been driven out of the race, leaving Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Amy Klobuchar, and former mayors Michael Bloomberg (New York), and Pete Buttigieg (South Bend). Buttigieg has been a fabricated candidate, roaming around the policy spectrum and running on the novelties of being an overt gay and ... |
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Off the cliff went Evan Solomon, the most recent putative successor to CBC's über-news personality Peter Mansbridge. Before him it was Amanda Lang, whose rumoured future as the next Mansbridge was detonated by the stir over her relationship with the Royal Bank of Canada. Being thought of as possible heir to Mansbridge should come with danger pay. And if success is measured in terms of successfully getting rid of your successors, the outcome was an (unwished for) success for Peter. On spring miracles and monarch butterflies
"Do you remember," I asked the butterfly, "how you felt when you came out of your chrysalis and discovered you could fly?" The butterfly quivered. This was last October when I was chatting to lingering monarchs in our garden. "Did you have any memory, as your wings dried and you began to soar toward the sun, of what it was like to be a caterpillar, all wriggly and earthbound?" |
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Conrad Black sits down with the late Ken Taylor, a distinguished diplomat who as Canada's Ambassador to Iran during the Iran hostage crisis, and helped 6 Americans escape persecution.
Conrad Black talks with Bob Rae, former NDP Premier of Ontario and former interim leader of the federal Liberal Party, about politics, problems facing Aboriginal communities across Canada, the "niqab issue," religious fanaticism, and many other topics. |
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