The Canadian idea: right now, not so different from the American idea

The principle that there are unalienable rights is under siege, including in the country founded on it. That makes Canada’s status as a functioning democracy all the more valuable.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Osaka G20 summit on June 29, where Canada dealt with a range of bilateral irritants, including mobilizing an international coalition against the retaliatory detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.Screenshot courtesy of CityTV Toronto

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

July 3, 2019

One of the bits of non-athletic content that went viral during the spectacular NBA championship run of the Toronto Raptors was a Toronto streeter montage on Jimmy Kimmel Live of Canadians being fake-baited into trash-talking the G...

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