Reg Whitaker
Columnist
Reg Whitaker is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria. A frequent commentator on public affairs, his most recent book is Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada from the Fenians to Fortress America, which was awarded the Canada Prize by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences as the best English-language book in social sciences in 2012; was the runner-up for the John A. Macdonald Prize in Canadian History; and was shortlisted for the Donald Smiley Prize for Political Science and the J.W. Dafoe Prize. Other books include The End of Privacy, which has also appeared in French, Spanish, German and Korean editions; Canada’s Cold War; Cold War Canada; Double Standard; A Sovereign Idea; and The Government Party. He was an adviser and contributor to the Maher Arar and the Air India commissions of inquiry and chaired an advisory panel to the government of Canada on aviation security that reported to Parliament in 2006.
From “Canada is Broken” to “Stronger Together” in one quick step
Germany remains committed to the idea that memory of past horrors is the best antidote to ever again repeating a dark history
In this era of Trump and Brexit, democracy is having a hard time of it.
Is More Democracy the Way Out of the Mad Hatter’s Populist Tea Party?
Alberta, Ottawa and Big Oil are living in an enchanted world in which economic myths rule, without environmental consequences.
There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.
The legitimacy crisis deepens in the United States
How the campaign against BDS turned into an attack on open democratic debate
The erosion of trust and civility and its consequences for U.S. democracy
What do the first four eras of Liberal dominance tell us about the new government’s prospects?
