What is a Canadian book review and contributors
A noisy excerpt reviews a book titled What is a Canadian edited by Irvin Sundin. It lists 42 Canadian thinkers from politics academia journalism and arts who contribute short essays answering the central question. Notable names include Roy McGregor Pierre Trudeau Bob Rae and Roc Carrier. The piece critiques francophone participation and notes the project never fully launched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClelland & Stewart
Irvin Sundin
Oxford
Soviet Union
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Ben-Gurion
Religentsia
Isaiah Berlin
Michael Ignatieff
Felix Frankfurter
Irvin
Fernand Dumont
John Kenneth Galbraith
Irving Layton
Pierre Berton
Mordecai Richler
Carol Shields
Piere Elliot Trudeau
Robert Stanfield
Dalton Camp
George Bowering
Margaret MacMillan
Paris
North America
Roy McGregor
Globe and Flail
Paul Heinbecker
Washington
Allan Gotlieb
White House
Paul
United Nations
Stephen Leacock
Canada
Mexico
Political fences and paranoia across borders
The piece rails against extreme security measures from Hadrian’s Wall to a proposed U S Mexican border wall and a virtual border plan. It argues such walls aid contractors, inflame fear of terrorists, and misstate threats while noting Canada border interceptions and the 1951 mile Pacific Atlantic line. It cites Ahmed Ressam and Homeland Security plans, mocking the idea of a virtual fence and drone patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Frost
England
China
Maginot Line
Mister Frost
Bush & Co
RCMP
U.S
Canada
George
Congress
Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
Atlantic
Pacific
Chertoff
Winston Churchill
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Fotheringham
John Crosbie
Hugh Segal
Bob Rae
India
Editorial
Quebec
Ible Idea
Robert Frost
Lance
San Diego
Brownsville
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Ahmed Ressam
B.C
U.S. Bor
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