Columnists

David Zirnhelt’s column to the Free Press

Marianne Van Osch’s column to the Free Press

Canadians are often portrayed as polite, decent, unassuming, and hard to anger. That characterization is especially apparent compared to our brash noisy neighbours to the south. It was therefore not surprising that the occupation of large sections of our national capital, and the very unneighbourly honking of horns at all hours, was met with widespread disapproval by most Canadians. Angus Reid Institute pointed out that three quarters of Canadians just wanted the protesters to go home.

David Zirnhelt’s column

MLA Lorne Doerkson’s column to the Free Press

South Green Lake column to the Free Press

Guest column to the Free Press

Melissa Smalley’s monthly column to the Free Press

Scrolling through my social media feed last week, I came across a clip of Pierre Elliott Trudeau being interviewed during the FLQ crisis in 1970. When CBC interviewer Tim Ralfe confronted the Prime Minister about putting troops on the streets of Quebec to deal with the threat, Trudeau shrugged and said, “Yeah, well there’s a lot of bleeding hearts around who just don’t like to see people with helmets and guns.

Lorne Doerkson’s weekly column to the Free Press