Trouble in the Garden: Remembering the Sixties Scoop

 Canada’s ugly policy of separating Indigenous children from their families began in the 1870’s with the Residential Schools system. Then generations later the 60’s Scoop (1950s – 1980s) saw Indigenous children forcibly removed from their families to be adopted into white middle-class homes.A dramatic reckoning with this legacy comes Trouble in

We Can’t Live in Glass Houses

 It has been nearly two years since the election of the Trudeau government and his legislative accomplishments are few and far between. Other than pushing the reset button to change the tone from the previous Harper government, nothing of real significance has been achieved. My 18-year-daughter recently observed that “Justin”