My welcome to Canada occurred in Alberta in 1969. Edmonton is still “home” in my heart. Through work as a policy analyst of Western Canadian issues in the 1990s, including through the Quebec referendum, I gained an appreciation of the yin-yang tensions between Alberta and Quebec that make Canada a difficult country to govern. At…
I was a young doctoral student in my twenties when I first met someone from Palestine. Until then, I knew nothing about modern-day dynamics in this part of the world, even though I was a biblical scholar. Almost everything I read focused on the Palestine of the ancient past. All that changed when I was…
Just before King’s Day in the Netherlands, and not long after the most recent No Kings protests in the U.S., I became a Canadian. So now I am a citizen of two countries and owe true allegiance, whatever that means, to two different kings. The citizenship ceremony took place in Scarborough, east Toronto. This is…
One of the turning points in British and Dutch history is the “Glorious Revolution” of 1688. It decisively influenced the development of Britain’s famously patchwork constitution, which remains until today. For the Dutch, it meant the forging of a military alliance with England against France, two Protestant commercial and naval powers united against Catholic absolutism….
Even as the dark rumblings from down south continue and some Alberta separatists meet with Trump officials (an act that – while not strictly treasonous – could be seen as treasonish), Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has resisted calls from other leaders (most notably B.C. Premier David Eby and Ontario Premier Doug Ford) to take a…
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. . . . The old order is not coming back.” Prime Minister Mark Carney’s diagnosis of our current global context has drawn broad agreement across Canada and the world. But does it go far enough? Is his prescription to repair the rupture adequate? Those…
On January 6, I had two long and separate Zoom calls with close Venezuelan friends. They offered differing perspectives on the state of the nation, though both were deeply disturbed by the United States of America’s military incursion on January 3, which resulted in the capture – or, as they both called it, kidnapping –…
“More than 3.3 billion people live in countries that are spending more on debt payments than on health or education,” the petition begins, “standing in the way of sustainable development. We call on public, private and multilateral creditors, along with political leaders, to stop the debt crisis now.” But this call for biblical justice –…
Back in April, Christian Courier gave three university students a two-part assignment. First, to write an opinion piece sharing their view on the election (published online before we voted). Second, a letter to the new PM, whoever he might be, written after April 28. We hope you’ll appreciate hearing the hopes and fears of these…
In February, when freelance journalist Sarah Lawrynuik approached a Ukrainian man in army fatigues outside the Odessa Opera House, he was understandably defensive. “You from United States?” he demanded. “I’m from Canada!” she replied, with haste. “Ah, from Canada. Good. Friend! Canada.” Both laughed nervously as he agreed to the interview. The interaction was broadcast…
Amersfoort used to be the city we’d see from the train, my brother and I, as we travelled home for the weekend during our student days. It was the last stop of the fast “intercity” trains from Utrecht before they passed through the Veluwe forests to arrive at Zwolle. There, we would run to catch…
Is there anything that Christian citizens can contribute to the Team Canada plan for managing the impacts of change in U.S. policies under the Trump administration? Tactics range from appeasement of a bully with the hope he will leave Canada alone to Captain Canada fighting back; both approaches are needed, but they are surface-level actions….
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