Wednesday-Night

We welcome two new faces this week, guest experts, who bring knowledge of at least three extremely pertinent topics to the table.
Danny van Gelder will introduce his cousin, Mark Kruger, an economist by training, who serves as Minister Counselor/Head of Section (Economics and Finance) of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing and key link between the […]

The amazing Oscar Petersen 15 August 1925 - 23 December 2007
is mourned around the world.
The last Wednesday Night of 2007 falls on Boxing Day - a frenetic commercial activity that is a horrid distortion of a medieval charitable custom. We believe that a return […]

31 October 2007
Hobgoblins, bats, black cats and jack o’ lanterns may not be present, (depending on your views of the other habitués of Wednesday Night) but there will be a steaming brew of stimulating thought in the company of David Kilgour, Kimon Valaskakis, Hans Black, and Beryl […]

The Invitation
WHEW! We escaped the threat of a July election in Québec by a hair (actually two votes), but now PLQ will have to decide the fate of Jean Charest. Virtually everything to be said about the unfortunate budget has been said by commentators, so we will drop the topic — for now.
One of our […]

I went to Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton and St. Hilda’s where I read Chemistry. Emigrated to Canada in 1963 and worked for 3 years for Alcan as an analytical chemist. Moved to Sarnia and taught math, chemistry and physics at Lambton College. Moved to Montreal and studied […]

February 21, 2007
GUNG HAY FAT
Noting that Mr. Charest is honoring the tradition of Wednesday Night by calling the election this Wednesday, after unveiling the Liberal platform in plenty of time for intelligent debate on Wednesday Night, we nonetheless are pleased and proud to announce a special Wednesday Night event — the Induction of the […]