In the midst of the current storm, we need perspective and leadership

In the present day, there are modifications possible within the ‘colonial’ framework. But you don't burn down the village to save it. And binary descriptions don’t help the cause of reconciliation.

Demonstrators supporting the Wetʼsuwetʼen nation against the building of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through their traditional territory march through downtown Ottawa on Feb. 24. As a result of this dispute, tempers have flared and blockades have been erected that have caused untold harm on individuals and the economy, writes Andrew Caddell, who says there’s room for changes within the current system.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

February 26, 2020

OTTAWA—Timing is everything in politics. In the fall of 1996, Canada was facing two existential threats: the possibility Quebec might secede, or call a successful referendum on independence after the “near-death” experience in October of 1995; and a debt that severely constrained action by th...

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