Bob’s Personal Take on Today’s Current Affairs
Events in Tunisia and Egypt have rocked the news as people try to understand what is happening. “No one expected it or predicted it”. That’s true, but we should try …
Read More →This convention has shown one thing above all: the liberal idea, the liberal movement, and the Liberal Party of Canada are alive and well. This convention has been about change, …
Read More →My mother, Lois Rae, turned 97 today, and we celebrated the occasion at a family gathering. It was a great party, with a very special present. Earlier this year she …
Read More →I advised the government in November that I wanted to visit Afghanistan once the House rose for Christmas. My several earlier trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and in particular my …
Read More →The theme of my speech is simple and direct - much public policy debate seems to assume that Canada can take its prosperity for granted. Politicians squabble about how to …
Read More →Stretching from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean, the size of California and the population of Canada, Morocco is not an easy country to read. It is modern and feudal, …
Read More →Prime Minister Harper said in Chile that the patriation of the constitution was so controversial he couldn’t celebrate the Charter. What nonsense. Patriation happened after an exhaustive national discussion. A …
Read More →First there is the land. We love Canada as a special place - each of us has such a favourite spot, a lake or a street corner, a mountain top …
Read More →Lives lost, kids struggling with identity and bullying, young people suddenly feeling lost and abandoned, veterans returning home from the trauma of Afghanistan, older people struggling with health and uncertain …
Read More →I know nothing of the private character of Stephen Harper. He has a sullen sharp-eyed look as he faces the Liberal opposition, and we all have opinions as to “what …
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