Wednesday-Night

So now we are a nation - but who is we and what is a nation? Oh joy,

November 22, a date that always provokes a certain nostalgia for the political era dubbed: “Camelot on the Potomac”, along with thoughts of what-might-have-been. The times were not necessarily happier for a large portion of the population, civil rights were unresolved, social safety nets unheard of, and JFK was not universally popular. However, relations with […]

We hope that some of you were able to attend the Millennium Promises Conference last Thursday, and at the very least, that you followed the extensive media coverage of what proved to be an impressive and very successful event. Bill Clinton was amazing, as was Jeffrey Sachs, but the co-chairs, Belinda Stronach & Rick […]

There are those among us who, despite Don MacDonald’s column in Monday’s Gazette, think that Income Trusts are still THE story.
Die-hard political junkies are fixated on the Liberal leadership race despite (or perhaps because of) the latest Ipsos Reid findings that “Sixty per cent of Canadians say the Liberals aren’t ready to govern […]

1 November 2006
We had hoped to introduce Martha Hall Findlay to you this Wednesday Night, however, we should have known better than to trust politicians, or their eager organizers. She writes: “I was so looking forward to joining the Salon this coming week, but I’m afraid we’re going to have to cancel (or at least […]