Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway will be renamed Kichi Zībī Mīkan, with a signage unveiling ceremony to be held later in September. The National Capital Commission (NCC) approved the name change on June 22. The federal Crown corporation said the Algonquin Nation name was selected after a public engagement with the indigenous community that began in spring 2023. The new name,…
Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa to Be Renamed ‘Kichi Zībī Mīkan’
David Krayden: Cancelling Canada Day Is the Latest Form of Cultural Dictatorship From Unelected Elites
Commentary The city of Calgary has reversed its decision to cancel the July 1 fireworks and effectively dismiss Canada Day with it. Port of Vancouver has not retreated from its position of terminating the fireworks. In both cases, the decisions to cancel were made not by elected officials but unelected bureaucrats who decided Canada Day had…
Conrad Black: A Tale of Two Countries: The Trajectory of Conservatism in Canada and US
March 27, 2023
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The following is a speech delivered by Conrad Black at the Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference 2023 in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. I have been asked to give a summary of the development and current condition of conservatism in the United States and Canada. Please allow me to begin with a bit of…
Ottawa Parkway Named After First Prime Minister to Get New Indigenous Name by Fall
January 22, 2023
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The Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa, named for Canada’s first prime minister, is set to get a new indigenous name by fall 2023, this time based on a a First Nations “naming and engagement exercise.” The board of directors of the National Capital Commission (NCC), a Crown corporation, unanimously voted on Jan. 19…
John Robson: Stop Voting for People Who Make a Mockery of Ministerial Responsibility
Commentary If I asked which cabinet minister you want fired first, the flood of replies might resemble a DDS cyberattack. The Sun’s Brian Lilley recently named five prime candidates, then, after sighing wearily that the list “could be longer,” lengthened it. And it’s a good question why the queue increasingly resembles that at a passport…
‘They’ll Be After Something Else Fairly Soon’: Regina Park’s Macdonald Statue Latest to Go
News Analysis Regina city council’s vote to remove Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue from a prominent city park is the latest in a trend of removing monuments honouring Canada’s founder as well as his name from buildings that leaves some historians and others concerned. Brian Giesbrecht, a retired judge and a senior fellow at the…
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