War is hell and Freeland has nothing to be ashamed of

The point of such black eras in history is to survive them and avoid repeating them. Chrystia Freeland is in the business of helping societies—ours, Ukraine’s, the world’s—stay on the side of sanity. It makes her a target.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, pictured Jan. 10 at Rideau Hall at the cabinet shuffle, with Labour Minister Patty Hadju, Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PAUL WELLS

March 13, 2017

In 1992, I studied for a school year in Paris. My roommate was French. One night, over cheap port from the local grocery, we got to talking about World War II. “Everyone’s grandparents fought in the Resistance,” my roommate said. He paused for a beat. “The Resistance wasn’t that big.” H...

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