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Alberta and Me

From a land of oil, true enough

Referendum? What Referendum?

A constitutional expert argues that the federal insistence on clarity has paid off

The Grey Plateau

When the world stopped five years ago

Christopher Berzins

Christopher Berzins is head of public diplomacy and research at Canada’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Christopher Berzins

Let's Hear It for Being Average

Canada’s moral exceptionalism may not be getting the job done May 2009
It is often said that Canada came of age in World War One. A part of our identity as a young nation was forged by the men who fought together on the battlefields of Europe. Through the experience of war, sacrifice and ultimately victory, we came to more fully recognize ourselves as Canadians. We have now been engaged in Afghanistan for twice as long as we were in World War…