Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.

I think the federal Liberals' micro-tinkering is not causing any kind of upsurge in public confidence. The challenge for Conservatives is how to not get caught in the same web. I mean, the public just discounts what political people and parties say.

Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.

Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.

The trouble with "sacrifices as symbolic acts" is that the immediate impact on those for whom the sacrifice is made quickly fades, while the impact on those who actually make the sacrifice can go on and on.

A revolutionary should neither look or act like one to get ahead in Canada.

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.