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That Ever Governed Frenzy

Through the eyes of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Wernick

Jeffrey Simpson

Rumble on Parliament Hill

In the ring with Justin Trudeau

Curtis Gillespie

Return of the Robber Barons

Chrystia Freeland asks if we can tell “makers” from “takers” among the new super-rich

Donald J. Johnston
Back Issues

September 2011

Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Ben Clarkson. Ben Clarkson is an artist and illustrator who lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. See more of his work at www.thebenclarkson.com.

Is Public Service Delivery Obsolete?

Why competition between civil servants, corporations, and non-profits is good for everyone

Tony Dean

No CANDU

Would a Canadian reactor have staved off the Fukushima nuclear disaster?

Andrew Horvat

I’m Right, You’re Wrong

The insidious pleasure of conspiracy theory

Paul Wells

Quebec's Eternal Hero

How a sports icon came to symbolize the entire province

Christopher Dornan

Finding Our Reflection

From Harold Innis and George Grant to Ursula Franklin, Canadian thinkers have pondered the technologies that help hold the country together

Michael Valpy

Bard Versus Bard

Shakespeare changed the world, but he was no revolutionary—sexual or otherwise

Robert Fothergill

On the Gurney

Two health system insiders go under the knife.

Allan Peterkin

Tantalizing Ambiguity

Could science be more creative if it were less sure of itself?

Sheilla Jones

Stars, Beneath

Elena Johnson

Katherine

Caitlin E. Thomson

Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun

The borderline between myth and reality in Canada’s North

Diana Kuprel

Hidden Stories

In an uncompromising novel, post-war Lithuania receives its due

Anna Porter

Showdown in Ottawa

A blow-by-blow account of the struggle to patriate the Canadian constitution

Peter H. Russell

Shop Girl Blues

A journalist tries selling for a living and lives to write about it

Jeff Bursey

Cold War, Bright Stars

Driven by military spending, Canada took a lead role in the early space race

Adam Chapnick

Yorkville State of Mind

The place may have changed, but the vision lingers on

Christopher Dummitt