From Welfare State to Security State
Canada is nowhere near what could be described as a security state, and while our social safety net has bigger holes than it used to, our welfare state has proven pretty resilient even if the term is out of vogue. But the direction of the past couple of decades seems clear, at least in English-speaking … Read more
Crime in Canada
Here is a truly bizarre article by Tom Flanagan. He argues that while rates of crime and violence have been going down for decades, these rates are nonetheless too high and so we should be throwing people into prison with increasing gusto. He is saying that the balanced policies that we have relied on for … Read more
Political Parties
Recent polls confirm that no Party is close to winning majority support. Canadians, it seems, are not much impressed by what is on offer. Perhaps in some ways we are getting the politics we deserve. We do not seem to care about government the way we once did. We do not seem to be as moved by … Read more
