The lesson of the world wars was supposed to be that our victory came at tremendous cost, and that it should never be repeated. What was learned, unfortunately, was the misguided belief that might makes right. And so the political class commits to obsolete alliances that seek to justify themselves, and to maintaining the illusion of a constant and shifting enemy.

On the one hand, writes Taylor Noakes, it seems that the monarchy is just a figurehead and that the oath is ceremonial. On the other, it appears the oath is deeply ingrained in the Constitution and the political fabric of the nation. Simultaneously, we are told the oath is a vitally important and trivial tradition. So which is it?

Canadian society is generally uncomfortable acknowledging the state’s historic responsibility for acts of genocide perpetrated against Indigenous peoples. Yet, with a resurgent nationalist right and forms of residential school denialism undermining truth and reconciliation efforts, the need for a rigorous process of self-reflection is perhaps more important than ever.

In order for Canada’s military to be all it can be—and all the people of Canada need it to be—political leadership needs to reorient military planning to focus on the very real climate change related threats we’re already struggling to adequately deal with, rather than prepare for increasingly suicidal conflicts abroad.

Ignore the propaganda of the mainstream media and their insistence Lizzy not be critically evaluated or assessed: there is no better time than right now to scrutinize the monarchy, critically evaluate their legacy, and propose we collectively move on from the anachronism that prevents us from fully realizing our democratic sovereignty.

McDavid is our ‘Trucker Convoy Trumpian nightmare,’ a symbol of a group many would seek to criminalize, even if that meant suspending certain civil rights to ensure we won’t be bothered by them. Yet here lies the real danger. The elite should never be allowed to dictate what can and can’t be said to them, or who can or can’t protest their actions.

While most Canadians recognize that Holocaust denialism is wrong, commemorations such as Black Ribbon Day are designed deliberately to relativize the Holocaust and even the entirety of the Second World War. At a time when hate is growing in our society, we need to ask ourselves whether blurring the historical record is making things worse.

Canada should condemn the extrajudicial killing of anyone and seek to uphold the universal laws meant to govern all nations. By tacitly supporting the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Trudeau demonstrated belief in a Western exceptionalism that has directed the actions of our leaders for decades and helped to make the world less safe and fair.

It would be tempting to base an argument in favour of nationalizing Air Canada solely off its poor performance over the course of the last few weeks, but in truth the problems experienced by air travellers are more complicated than simply making the nation’s flag carrier responsible to the federal government and, by extension, the entire national population.