NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Nigel Biggar to talk about a moral reckoning into the colonial past of the West, exploring issues such as whether the British Empire was racist, and how we should view a system that made money from the slave trade but then invested massive resources to abolish slavery. Until his…

The Heritage Department says that museums are “colonial institutions” that need to re-focus on issues such as climate change and “diversity and inclusion” to address withering interest. The department released a paper on March 14 to guide public consultations on the renewal of the Canadian Museum Policy that was last updated in 1990, as flagged…

Commentary Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has discovered that while playing the colonial guilt card might work well with left-wing audiences, the use of such finger-wagging on the international stage may be a diplomatic failure. Why Wong thought publicly shaming Britain over colonialism in London would be diplomatically sound is unclear. But unsurprisingly her call…

The United Kingdom must deal with its colonial past so that it can strengthen ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific region, says Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong. As part of her visit to the UK, the centre-left Wong delivered a speech to the King’s College in London where she spoke of how Australia eventually developed…

Commentary Like many, I’m suffering from a surfeit of royalty at the moment. I was a great fan of Queen Elizabeth II, whose passing last week I noted in The Spectator. I’m also, though a proud American patriot, a fan of the British monarchy. It has been a source of stability, succor, and political enlightenment…

National honours for the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, and other iconic historical figures are under review by a federal board for allegedly holding “controversial beliefs.” The Historic Sites and Monuments Board (HSMBC) says Bell, who lived from 1847-1922, held “controversial beliefs and behaviours” that “are now associated with views, actions, and activities…

An Indigenous academic has warned about the impact of overemphasising the “assumed trauma” brought about by colonisation when addressing Aboriginal issues at school, saying it will promote “a sense of victimhood” among Indigenous students. The comment comes about a week before the Victorian government implements its new school program which will require educational settings across…

Commentary Beijing has Africa in its sights because the continent has the resources it needs to realize its great power ambitions. Consequently, huge energy has been invested into growing the Belt and Road’s penetration into Africa. The core focus of Belt and Road in Africa has been the building of railways, roads, ports, airports, and…

Commentary Did you know that all of the evil in the world was brought about by Western imperialism and colonialism? That is the message of “postcolonial theory,” the dominant narrative in university social sciences, humanities, and education. Canada in particular is a “colonial settler” society living on land stolen from First Nations. But students are…