I had a curious response to this week’s Quebec election. It went something like this: ambivalence and disinterest before the vote. Dismay and concern afterwards. “Let them separate,” was my comment to an expatriate Quebecker who I happened to be visiting in Alberta on the eve of the election (I know, it sounds like the … More Bored with, troubled by, and still feeling affection for Quebec
The little Sikh boy with a patka tied into a topknot on his head could not contain his jubilation. He bounced up and down in his seat, hugged his mother and waved his small flag at strangers. When it was his turn to go to the front of the room, it didn’t seem to occur … More This Canadian life has many beginnings
I have been writing this column for more than a decade. It’s astounding on one level: 52 columns a year, with only two weeks missed, means I’ve filled this space with some 500 opinions. I write somewhere between 750 and 900 words every week. That’s roughly 400,000 words that I’ve set down in print in … More As uncomfortable as it may be, let’s have the debate
Lynda MacGibbon 