Canadians delude themselves if they believe we are the peaceable kingdom

Our failure to grasp the messy and violent side of our history contributes to a collective incomprehension of the present.

A pair rest near the canal entrance to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on July 13. With the apocalyptic interpretation in Quebec of the latest census data about language, Canadians may be sleepwalking into a confrontation without even knowing it, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

August 24, 2022

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—My old house here has a lot of antique furniture, thanks to friends who contributed when my parents requested old pieces after a fire in 1980. One of them is a sleigh bed, once owned by the leader of the 1837 rebellion in Quebec, Louis-Joseph Papineau. Sleeping in that bed may ha...

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