Reg Whitaker
Columnist

Canada
Through the Looking Glass – and Back?
From “Canada is Broken” to “Stronger Together” in one quick step
By Reg Whitaker
International
Germany’s Admirable Honesty About its National History
Germany remains committed to the idea that memory of past horrors is the best antidote to ever again repeating a dark history
By Reg Whitaker
Canada
Not Your Parents’ Liberals, Not Your Parents’ Conservatives
In this era of Trump and Brexit, democracy is having a hard time of it.
By Reg Whitaker
International
Down The Brexit Rabbit Hole
Is More Democracy the Way Out of the Mad Hatter’s Populist Tea Party?
By Reg Whitaker
Environment
The Great Alberta-BC Bitumen and Wine War
Alberta, Ottawa and Big Oil are living in an enchanted world in which economic myths rule, without environmental consequences.
By Reg Whitaker
International
Documents of Civilization, Documents of Barbarism
There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.
By Reg Whitaker
International
The Trumping of liberal democracy
The legitimacy crisis deepens in the United States
By Reg Whitaker
Canada
The strange tale of Canada’s Israeli lobby
How the campaign against BDS turned into an attack on open democratic debate
By Reg Whitaker
International
The last days of Weimar?
The erosion of trust and civility and its consequences for U.S. democracy