We have to learn how to contact one another over an enormous land space, across five-and-a-half time zones, in what as once a wilderness of scattered settlements, in what is now a sprawl of suburban edge cities and satellite towns. Technology forges connections and disconnections here.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

Enlightenment should be a human right.

May the ability to see many points view keep us gentle.

There must be engagement: there must be protest.

If you make things sound inoffensively obvious, then it is likely that no one will listen.

Canada is like several puzzles that we are all working on at the same time. Everyone has a part to add, but no one has seen the whole picture yet.