John A. MacDonald

Commentary In the fevered atmosphere of wartime, those who call for peace are treated with disdain. And why not? Surely it is treasonous to want anything less than total victory ...

The City of Saskatoon is looking at dropping the name of Canada’s first prime minister from one of ...

Commentary What would George Washington say? I can ask, even about modern politics, this July 4 because America’s ...

Commentary Happy Dominion Day, from the river to the ends of the Earth. It’s a bit archaic. But ...

The editor of a new book examining Canadian history says he wants to challenge the notion that Canada is ...

A City of Montreal-mandated committee has recommended that a toppled statue of Sir John A. MacDonald not be reinstated. ...

Commentary Many of Canada’s important historical figures have seen their statutes toppled and their names erased from buildings ...

Commentary I used to think it was a pretty good thing to be a Canadian. I could see ...

Commentary This is Part 5 of a multi-part series examining Macdonald’s legacy. Previous parts can be found in ...

Commentary This is Part 4 of a multi-part series examining Macdonald’s legacy. Previous parts can be found in ...

Commentary This is Part 2 of a multi-part series examining Macdonald’s legacy. Click here for Part 1.  Throughout the ...

As the trend of removing symbols of Canada's past and renaming buildings and streets grows, historians warn of ...

Commentary Editor’s note: In the words of author and historian Richard Gwyn, without Sir John A. Macdonald, “there ...

Commentary It seems cancel culture has reached Canada. Literally. Across the nation politicians are cancelling Canada Day because ...

A statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was removed from a public park in ...

The federal government has removed the biography page of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald from ...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney decried the removal of the statue of Canada’s first prime minister on Tuesday. Kenney’s ...

Commentary The B.C. Law Society’s trade journal, The Advocate, is caught in the jaws of a disagreement between transgender ...

The Regina City Council has decided to remove the statue of Canada’s first prime minister from a park ...

 Commentary In the early years of the winding and pebbled road of my working life, a sign was ...

Commentary The town council of Picton, Ont., is to be applauded for its sensible decision not to remove ...

Commentary Judging by how some people describe him, John A. Macdonald was one of the most evil men ...

Commentary The factions who spent their summer days participating in revolutionary cosplay have provided us with yet another ...

A number of municipal, provincial, and federal politicians have spoken out against the toppling of Sir John A. ...