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We celebrate popular rule until someone calls a referendum we don’t like
BY DÓNAL GILL |
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Some of the reaction to Alberta’s October 19 referendum on a potential second referendum for the province to separate from Canada troubles me. It has exposed just how little faith many of us still have in democracy itself.
To be clear, the vote itself is almost entirely for the benefit of Premier Danielle Smith’s tightrope act to stay atop a fracturing United Conservative Party. The premier is in thrall to the diehard separatist wing of the activist base in her governing UCP. But the ease with which some critics have slid from opposing separatism into frankly anti-democratic territory is unsettling.
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This Special Edition Takes You Places |
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Take a trip across Canada with a visit to every province and territory, uncovering the eclectic, interesting, and surprising stories that make up the country. Forage for food in rural Newfoundland, golf on Canada’s northernmost green, see what makes Garbage Hill in Winnipeg so special, or run away and join a circus school in Montreal. |
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The world’s twelve richest billionaires hold more wealth than the poorest half of humanity combined. The forty richest billionaires increased their fortunes by nearly $95 billion in one year, while millions face rising costs and growing economic pressures. At The Walrus Talks The Billionaire Problem, leading thinkers will explore the forces driving the concentration of economic power in Canada and beyond. |
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Africa Ignored
Michelle Shephard’s “Silence over Sudan” (May) could well have been titled “Silence over Africa.” As recently as this March, at the United Nations, the United States voted against recognizing the trafficking of enslaved Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity.” This indifferent attitude is just a small example of how Africa has been ignored in epidemics, famines, and genocides, to name a few of the atrocities and humanitarian crises during the past century. In 2024, there were over 45 million Africans displaced because of conflict; more than half of all global conflict deaths since 1989 occurred in Africa. This is not just silence. This is a public, systemic, and violent subjugation of African people all but ignored by the rest of the world.
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Matthew Marosszeky
Aurora, ON
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Behind the Pages of Endling |
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In this conversation, Maria Reva, winner of this year's Amazon Canada First Novel Award, reflects on the unexpected ways lived experience shaped her debut novel, Endling.
From navigating the space between fact and imagination to embracing uncertainty on the page, Reva explores the creative process behind a story that blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction and what it means to transform life into literature. |
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