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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

Ian Waddell

Ian Waddell served in Parliament from 1979 to 1993. He wrote  Take the Torch: A Political Memoir, among other titles.

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This Is Not the End of the Story

The lasting promise of section 35 December 2020
Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada35. (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed.(2) In this Act, “aboriginal peoples of Canada” includes the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.— Constitution Act, 1982 This is the story, or at least one part of the…