All posts in Wednesday Nights

The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Since Herb was no longer up to the task, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1622
April 3, 2013, 2 Comments

Pipelines and oil spills were on everyone’s mind, thanks to the recent spills in Canada and the U.S. and several i ...

Wednesday Night #1621
March 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1621

Heads-up. This Wednesday, March 27th, is David’s birthday. No, no celebrations Chez Alex (although Alex did suggest it ...

Wednesday Night #1620 with Jim Mylonas of BCA
March 20, 2013, 1 Comment

To describe the discussion as ‘lively’ would be an injustice to the informative, often passionate, debate ov ...

Wednesday Night #1619 with Karen McCrimmon
March 13, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1619 with Karen McCrimmon

Another Wednesday that proved to be anything but a slow news day — even though there are one in seven odds, we are ...

Wednesday Night #1618 with Peter Berezin
March 6, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1618 with Peter Berezin

Peter Berezin’s appearance at Wednesday Night always attracts a large audience of economists and followers of the dism ...

Wednesday Night #1617
February 27, 2013, 1 Comment

Warmest congratulations to John Jonas and Margo Somerville who added the Queen’s Jubilee Medal to their respective, im ...

David Nicholson awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal
February 23, 2013, 41 Comments

The short version of David’s citation*: David Nicholson Category: Community Involvement Mr. Nicholson joined the R ...

Wednesday Night #1616
February 19, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1616

The week’s topic is TRADE – of all kinds. President Obama announced during the State of the Union Address that the U ...

Wednesday Night #1615
February 13, 2013, 1 Comment

In the absence of David Kilgour, who had to return to Ottawa, Robert Cutler ably presented David’s views on trade ...

Wednesday Night #1614
February 6, 2013, 1 Comment

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college educatio ...