Trump all too eager to hold lit match to U.S. powder keg

Canada is not without racial injustice, however, the current crisis has served to illustrate that there are indeed cultural differences between Canada and our southern neighbour.

Members of the Indiana National Guard exit the District of Columbia National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C., and board buses on June 7 to return to Indiana after spending the week in the U.S. capital. National Guard Flickr photograph

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

June 10, 2020

OTTAWA—Just two weeks ago it would have seemed almost unfathomable that something could knock the COVID-19 pandemic out of the headlines, yet the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police has done just that. The video footage of Floyd being suffocated by a policeman’s knee to ...

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