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 late 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. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1551
November 23, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1551

The Report The discussion was enlivened by the arrival of the Greek contingent fresh from the Roundtable Analysis and Di ...

Wednesday Night #1550
November 15, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1550

This week, we have a double treat. Fiona is flying in from Calgary for a 5-day visit, neatly arranged to permit her to b ...

Wednesday Night #1549
November 9, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1549

Is it conceivable to achieve economic growth, equalization of standards of living in the Third World to that of Canada t ...

Wednesday Night #1548
November 2, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1548

Europe and the EU The miracle of the European Union is that has united disparate countries into a common region, the tes ...

Wednesday Night #1547
October 26, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1547

One feels like a hamster these days, eternally scrambling to reach the end of the news wheel (or reel) but never arrivin ...

Wednesday Night #1546
October 19, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1546

Canada’s $35 billion shipbuilding contract The nature of government, more particularly, democratically elected gov ...

Wednesday Night #1545
October 12, 2011, 2 Comments

The main topic remains the Economy – a tradition for Wednesday Night, but we are beginning to wish for a little va ...

Wednesday Night #1544
October 4, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1544

The Economy Fine art, credit cards, shares, and all money-related articles and documents have no inherent value;  their ...

Wednesday Night #1543
September 28, 2011, 2 Comments

The announcement of the death of Nobel laureate (we recently saw ‘Nobelist’, but we don’t like it) Wan ...

Wednesday Night #1542
September 21, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1542

The evening began and ended in jollity and mirth; beautiful floral gifts enhanced the atmosphere, and the presence of a ...