This Saturday we’ll be starting work on the video which will be a central part of our on-line crowdfunding campaign. The first scene to be shot is a “war room” shot, of a group of Republic Now members working on the campaign around a table. The concluding appeal for support, delivered by me, is to…
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Michael McAteer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes,
UPDATE: to date, This House Has 22 Minutes has NOT aired this segment. Michael McAteer, a founding member of Republic Now/ République du Canada and a Director on its Board, will appear in an interview to be aired on the CBC television program, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, on Tuesday, March 17, 8:30 pm. EDT….
A MORE FREE AND DEMOCRATIC CANADA IS BLOWING IN THE SUMMER BREEZE
AUGUST 4, 2014. This past June James Cudmore at CBC News reported that : “At a time of federal belt-tightening, the Conservative government’s return to World War II-era ranks and insignia will require new dress uniforms for Canadian soldiers and naval officers at a cost of $4.5 million.” As Cudmore also noted, these “costs are…
Republic vs. Monarchy
Republic vs. Monarchy The values of equality, democracy, cultural pluralism and national sovereignty are integral to the Canadian identity. The first three are recognized and defended by our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, extolled by our politicians and place prominently in surveys which ask Canadians what they most appreciate about their country; the fourth is…
Our Canadian Republic — Historical Background
OUR CANADIAN REPUBLIC — HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Aboriginal peoples of Canada In the middle of the 18th century Jean Jacques Rousseau declared : “L’homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.” (“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”) Rousseau believed that the way ahead, toward what our Canadian Constitution Act,…