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Post Media Columnist on Jerusalem: Anti-Semitic Accusations and Mythology

As it appears in Unpublished: March 13, 2018

The Country of Quebec Versus the Province of Cape Breton

As published in the Victoria Standard: March 14, 2018.

I welcome the possibility that Justin Trudeau may have mentioned past separatist violence in Quebec while discussing Sikh independence with India’s leaders. Hopefully, Trudeau’s alleged remarks will inspire public discourse on the darker aspects of Quebec’s persistent separatist movement. Since Canada’s political leadership seemingly ignores the consequences of endless pandering to Quebec’s discontents; I’ll take any excuse to examine these matters.

Canada and Israel

as published in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March/April 2018, pp. 6-7

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s abstention on the recent U.N. vote against Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was both predictable and firmly rooted in Canada’s history of official support for Zionism at the expense of Palestinian Arabs. Canada’s non-Jewish Zionists include Biblical literalists and other Christians seeking the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies.

Summer Jobs Program and Charter Declarations Aren’t Anti-Anything

As published in the Victoria Standard: February 14, 2018

Federal employment grants were a regular part of summer life in Baddeck during the seventies and early eighties. Public funding helped staff Kidston Island and provided summer workers for a host of businesses and organizations; maybe including some with “Christian” core mandates opposing abortion.

Doesn’t Cape Breton University Already Have a Ding-wall?

As published in the Inverness Oran: February 7, 2018 and the Cape Breton Spectator: February 12, 2018.

Trudeau Meek on Trump’s Jerusalem Gambit

As published in the Victoria Standard: January 17, 2018

Paradise Canada

As published in the Victoria Standard: December 20, 2017.

Lawyers whose Canadian clients use offshore tax havens often emphasize the legality and popularity of the practice among those who can afford their expensive services. The evolution of this reality and its implications for Canada’s future are worth considering since lost tax revenues present a genuine threat to the operation of government programs. Increasingly, the tax burden is shifting to working people since few Canadians are positioned to legally park their money beyond the taxman’s reach.

Canada’s Nuclear Hypocrisy

As published in the Victoria Standard: November 22, 2017

As Remembrance Day 2017 recedes from memory, it’s worth noting that Canada’s military differs from allied forces only in size and in some cases; nuclear weapons capability. Canada former role as respected peacekeeper is mere nostalgia as the nation expands its hazardous support for U.S. foreign policy goals. You won’t hear that in the Prime Minister’s November eleventh remarks.

Trudeau’s Security Council Bid

As published in the Victoria Standard: October 25, 2017

Trudeau’s Sprinkle Spin

As published in the Victoria Standard: Sept. 27, 2017.