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When Canada became a Dominion, a self-governing territory of the British Empire, it followed the governance model of the United Kingdom: the Westminster system.

"In terms of overall farm subsidies, we just do it somewhat differently. Canadian agriculture is no more subsidized than agriculture in the U.S." – Agricultural Policy Prof. Daniel A.

The American comedian, Will Rogers, once noted: “I’m not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” While Rogers made that comment more than 80 years ago, it appears that little has changed in America.

The City of St. Albert’s Social Master Plan is a blueprint for “Cultivating a Community for All.” One of its core values is focused on diversity and inclusion.

Everything around us is a commodity; it has an ascribed economic value. Everything around us has been purchased, a reminder that we live in a consumer society.

Emphasized repeatedly in his inaugural address in January 2017, Mr. Trump proclaimed to the world that “from this day forward it’s going to be only America first, America first.

There are a lot of angry people out there. Many of the people who support Donald Trump, Rob and Doug Ford, Brexit, and other more conservative politicians and causes are angry at what they see as an elite that don’t care about their needs.

Acting in haste and repenting at leisure is one of those all-too-human foibles most of us have succumbed to at some time or another. But usually its less-than-welcome effects just come home to an eventual roost for the lax individual responsible.

Eurydice Dixon was an accomplished young comedian, whose comedy was reported as often tackling feminist and social issues. Last week in Melbourne, Australia, she was the victim of a brutal assault and murder.

Ah to be a constitutional lawyer! Sorting out the North America Free Trade Agreement is simple when compared to defining Canadian’s beer drinking freedoms.