The lessons we should have learned from October 7
Canada has not taken the threat of Islamic terrorism seriously enough On the first anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel, it’s worth looking back at the lessons we learned, or should have learned, over the past year. First, it’s always appropriate to remember what happened a year ago. In a surprise attack, […]
An attack on all of us: Why the Aristotle Foundation will not be silent on antisemitism
***A personal letter from Mark Milke about the Aristotle Foundation’s work on antisemitism and Israel*** When the board, staff, and I set up the Aristotle Foundation to champion reason, democracy, and civilization, we never thought we’d have to address antisemitic mob behaviour on Canadian streets and campuses. Regrettably, since the massacre of over 1,200 Jews […]
Criminalizing residential school ‘denialism’ would silence indigenous voices, too
Many First Nations people have provided important nuance to the debate. Their views should not be made illegal The effort by MP Leah Gazan to criminalize residential school views she labels “denialist” is a mistake. Gazan’s Bill C-413, if passed, would criminalize any statement that might be interpreted as “condoning, denying, downplaying or justifying the […]
Canada’s immigration system and Islamist terror threats
Arrests linked to terrorism reveal concerns over both imported and homegrown radicalization Recently, Canada’s immigration system has come under scrutiny due to a series of arrests of individuals alleged to be planning terrorist attacks. The first arrests came in July when a father and son, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and Mostafa Eldidi, were charged with […]
Student essay contest: $2,500 first prize
$6,000 in prize money available for students and more The Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy is pleased to join together with The Manning Foundation, C2C Journal, Institute for Liberal Studies, True North, and Generation Screwed, to sponsor the 2nd Annual Patricia Trottier and Gwyn Morgan Student Essay Contest. Undergraduate Canadian students are invited to submit […]
Why Calgary’s Mayor Gondek is unpopular — even when right
Mark Milke, Calgary Herald, September 12, 2024 It’s not the fault of Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek that a 50-year-old water main broke in June. Nor is it her fault that proactive repairs to pipes that deliver water to 1.5 million Calgarians are now underway, again necessitating water conservation measures. That’s critical to ensure remaining water […]
Book Review: On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice
Collin May, The Epoch Times, September 10, 2024 Adam Kirsch’s latest essay-length book takes on the thorny ideology of settler colonialism. In On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice, and despite its concise format, Kirsch covers a lot of ground in a work that is comprehensive, insightful, and a good read. While this is a […]
Disruptive smartphones have no place in school
Cellphones are the ultimate gateway drug for children and should be banned from classrooms Danny Randell, National Post, August 27, 2024 As students prepare to head back to school, it’s high time parents and policymakers take stock of how smartphones are negatively impacting Canadian kids. Self-control is harder for children than it is for adults. […]
The Toronto Star’s multiple errors on Sir John A Macdonald
The Star prefers mythology over facts John Robson, Western Standard, August 26, 2024 Given how dismal most of world history is, many people understandably romanticize their ancestors while governments peddle insolent propaganda. But why would Canada, so blessed by history and geography, have grafted onto a past as discouraging, as it is false? Consider an […]
When did Canada end systemic racism?
When the Canadian Human Rights Commission asserts that systemic racism is deeply entrenched in Canadian society, it does so contrary to the facts. Danny Randell and David Hunt, Western Standard, August 17, 2024 In 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that systemic discrimination is embedded “in all [of Canada’s] institutions,” following two RCMP officers using […]
When did Canada end systemic discrimination? An historical and legal review
Introduction “Systemic racism is deeply entrenched in Canadian society. It is in our written and unwritten policies, our laws, public practices, beliefs, and systems” according to the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC).1 Yet contrary to the CHRC’s claims, the following analysis shows definitively that the Canadian legal system is not “systemically” racist. Indeed, virtually every […]
Why conspiracy theories are more popular than facts
Michel Jacques Gagné, The Epoch Times, August 7, 2024 Last month at a Saturday afternoon open-air rally in rural Pennsylvania, former U.S. President Donald Trump was grazed by an assassin’s bullet, which left three others injured and two dead, including the shooter. The FBI quickly identified the gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, an intelligent but […]
Government should support science — not social engineering
Canada and the U.S. are both diverting significant sums away from scientific research to support “social justice” instead Lawrence Krauss, National Post, August 6, 2024 Lawrence M. Krauss, a theoretical physicist, has led research programs at major universities in the U.S. and elsewhere, and is currently the President of the Origins Project Foundation and is […]
See what Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson re-tweeted from the Aristotle Foundation
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Is Canada out of step on gender policy for minors?
We studied a myriad of gender transition policies in Canada and found that we are one of the most permissive, reckless jurisdictions J. Edward Les, Roy Eappen and Ian Kingsbury, National Post, August 1, 2024 Last spring, esteemed pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass issued her final report of an exhaustive four-year-long inquiry into clinical “gender identity” practices in […]
Transgender policy for minors: Comparing Canada, Europe, and the United States
Are Canada and the United States out-of-step on gender policy for minors? READ the new study by the Aristotle Foundation and Do No Harm: https://aristotlefoundation.org/study… SHARE this video. SIGN our Don’t Cancel Canada petition: https://aristotlefoundation.org/petit… DONATE to the Aristotle Foundation to help us create more content like this: https://aristotlefoundation.org/donat….
Teenagers, Children, and Gender Transition Policy: A Comparison of Transgender Medical Policy for Minors in Canada, the United States, and Europe
Watch video summary Introduction The belief that biological sex and gender are social constructs (i.e., that they are merely the product of social norms, not nature) has made its way into American classrooms,1 courtrooms,2 bathrooms,3 and boardrooms.4 The same holds true for Canada. The wide acceptance of this belief system has coincided with a substantial […]
Race-based anti-poverty programs don’t work
Most poor people aren’t visible minorities and most visible minorities aren’t poor: Federal policy should stop pretending otherwise Matthew Lau and David Hunt, Financial Post, July 26, 2024 You know you’ve hit a political nerve when a federal department feels the need to prepare a memorandum for parliamentarians to explain away its many public policies […]
Canadians need answers on the politicization of human rights commissions
Collin May, Western Standard, July 24, 2024 Judging by recent media coverage, the public would be justified in thinking that the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) is the most troubled of Canada’s federal bureaucracies. Recently, the CBC followed up on a story it did more than a year ago about allegations by CHRC staff against that organization’s […]
LinkedIn just banned my defense of Anne Frank—already seen by 20,000 people
Anne Frank was the German-born Jewish girl whose family left Germany for the Netherlands in 1934 to escape the Nazis. After Germany invaded Holland, the family went into hiding in Amsterdam, and where Frank kept a diary which documented her life in hiding from 1942 until 1944, at which point the family was discovered, sent […]
The federal government responds to the Aristotle Foundation study on poverty and race—and our response
Blacklock’s Reporter and the Toronto Sun recently reported how the federal government responded to our June study on poverty and race/ethnicity. That study by Matthew Lau and David hunt showed that 2.5 million Canadians in poverty happen to be ‘white’ and happen to be the largest number of any cohort in poverty. In a briefing […]
Barry Cooper on George Grant: Laurentian laments and oddly sympathetic to the Soviets
Barry Cooper, C2C Journal, June 28, 2024 Canadian conservatism boasts few intellectual giants like George Grant. As a philosopher and theologian – a rare combination today – his particular contributions shaped a uniquely Canadian vision of the politically-conservative tradition. Appropriately, a recently published book of essays assesses Grant’s work within today’s context: Reading George Grant […]
Harm-reduction activists defend safer supply with conspiracy theories
Adam Zivo, Western Standard, July 3, 2024 Faced with mounting evidence that “safer supply” programs are harming Canadian youth, some prominent harm-reduction activists are now peddling conspiracy theories and blaming the media for rising opioid addictions. This is absurd. These programs distribute free addictive drugs — predominantly hydromorphone, a heroin-strength opioid — under the assumption […]
What’s a Canadian? One who rejects tribalism
David Hunt, Western Standard, June 30, 2024 My wife and I were out for a long-overdue date night this week, and just before we could sit down, I was confronted with the following comment: “There is considerable nuance that you didn’t address in your new study!” The study in question was a short reality check […]
How the Summit Series shaped Canada: It’s not what you think
Rahim Mohamed, The Epoch Times, June 29, 2024 This Canada Day, reflecting on what it means to be Canadian, I want to take you back to the 1972 Summit Series. But not for Canada’s victory over the Soviets, but its indirect impact on an even more high-stakes drama playing out in… Uganda. In early August, […]
Identity politics destroy a country’s unity
Rima Azar and David Hunt, The Epoch Times, June 29, 2024 Canada Day is an especially good time to ask two questions: What does it mean for a new immigrant to become Canadian? And how can immigrants succeed in their new country while contributing toward making Canada more prosperous for all? We are proud Canadians, […]
How the boat people reveal what it means to be Canadian
Chuong Nguyen and David Hunt, The Epoch Times, June 28, 2024 This Canada Day, we should celebrate our country proudly and not let excessive focus on past grievances be used as an excuse to overshadow our accomplishments. Of which, Canada has many. Achievements, that is. Canada’s greatness, however, is found mostly in its quiet strengths. […]
Alberta’s pro-encampment law professors deserve a low grade
Collin May, National Post, June 25, 2024 A month back, the administrations at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta called in city police to remove their pro-Palestinian encampments. In the immediate aftermath, 19 professors from Alberta’s two law schools wrote an open letter claiming that this move was a “violent infringement of students’ right to […]
George Orwell comes to Canada
What do radicals throughout history—iconoclasts in the Protestant Reformation, angry mobs in the French Revolution, and Mao Zedong’s cultural reformers—all have in common? All attacked their civilization’s art, culture, and history. It’s happened before, and it’s happening again in Canada today. The good news is that this destruction can be countered. All it takes is […]
How did colour blindness become racist?
Chuong Nguyen and Mark Milke, True North, June 8, 2024 It turns out that there are more white Canadians in poverty than all other ethnicities combined, and yet considerable government “anti-poverty” resources exclude those Canadians on the basis of…skin colour. This comes from a new study released last week by the Aristotle Foundation. Fifty years ago, the […]
Want to defend Canada?
***A personal message from Aristotle Foundation president Mark Milke*** The Red Ensign symbolizes Canada’s war dead over generations You are more than familiar with what is popularly known as “cancel culture.” That term is now a cliché. But the reality is that attacks on Canadian history have become a chronic problem. Here’s an example. A […]
Cancel culture targets those who built Canada
Mark Milke, Toronto Sun, May 26, 2024 It’s popular these days to cancel historical figures when their views do not exactly mimic our own. For those who practice such deliberate historic amnesia, streets, bridges, and entire neighbourhoods are renamed, or statues removed, to satisfy an Orwellian need to block out what is assumed to be […]
Alberta’s new curriculum chooses evidence over fads
David W. Livingstone, Edmonton Journal, May 31, 2024 One would hope that teaching kids a coherent body of knowledge, including important historical facts and events, is a goal widely shared by educators and parents. Yet for too long, education elites have wedded themselves to theories that downplay the importance of acquiring knowledge: discovery-learning, experiential learning, […]
Poverty and Race in Canada: Facts about Race, Discrimination, and the Poor
Introduction Drawing a link between poverty and discrimination is common in Canadian policymaking. The federal government’s anti-racism strategy states that anti-black racism is a cause of high black poverty rates in Canada,1 and its anti-poverty strategy mentions racism as a reason why people from visible minority groups experience poverty. The federal anti-poverty strategy therefore proposes […]
We owe our civilization to Sir Winston Churchill
David Bercuson, Calgary Herald, May 22, 2024 Put the words “Winston Churchill defaced” into Google and scan the pictures that come up: A Churchill statue covered in red paint, or another boxed up to preserve it from being defaced. Then there are the words used (by some) to describe Churchill today: imperialist, racist, empire lover. […]
It’s spring in Canada: Get thee to a garden
John Weissenberger, The Epoch Times, May 22, 2024 It’s finally spring in Canada and that means we can at last go green, but not like post-modern Gaia worshippers. Rather, we can partake in the timeless pastime of gardening, connecting to both the natural world and one of your own design. It’s hard to overstate the […]
Let’s build on the past by honouring it
Mark Milke, Calgary Herald, May 18, 2023 It’s popular these days to cancel historical figures when their views do not exactly mimic our own. Thus, for those who practice such deliberate historic amnesia, streets, bridges, and entire neighbourhoods are renamed, or statues removed, to satisfy an Orwellian need to block out what is assumed to […]
Stop canceling Canada: Sign our petition!
How to think about history: All of us are imperfect. That includes historical figures and all of us alive today, and future generations will also find fault with us. Thus, the proper way to think about historical figures is to ask: “Did they help build a free, flourishing Canada?” To Canadian governments Source: The 1867 […]
Sir John A. Macdonald saved more indigenous lives than any other prime minister
An 1867 Project excerpt Given that he died in 1891, the facts of Sir John A. Macdonald’s life are unchangeable. The story of his life, however, has changed dramatically. For most of Canada’s history, Macdonald was considered a nation-builder worthy of celebration and veneration. Today he is a war criminal, at least to hear some tell it. […]
