“The West” as political myth
Preston Manning has, as he is wont to do, once again aroused the bogeyman of Western separation. He warns that "Voters, particularly in central and…
The West takes on an orange hue
With the big victory for the NDP in the Manitoba election on Tuesday, the western provinces are now bookended by social democratic governments. In between…
The West? Really?
Many Canadians think of “the West” as one monolithic block. This concept seemed to firm up in many minds back when Preston Manning and his…
East trumps West in COVID fight
The biggest problems we face in the modern world, including the biggest one of all, global warming, are human problems, i.e. problems we must face…