By Montreal Simon Well I knew what he was going to do from the moment he announced that Jim Flaherty would have a state funeral, for no good reason. And then let it be known that he had PERSONALLY written the eulogy he would deliver. And sure enough he did turn that solemn occasion into […]
Occupy, the Quebec strike, and Canada’s tilt left
By Montreal Simon On my way home today I visited the park where Occupy Toronto once lived. And I could hardly recognize the place. The old gazebo where so many passionate speeches were made, and so many dreamed of a better world, was quiet now. And where there were once tents huddled together in the […]