-
The story of how Canadian soldiers captured Vimy Ridge in April 1917 has become almost mythological in Canada’s public consciousness. Should this victory hold the place it does in the annals of the Canadian... -
Did the government make the right decision in 1941? Author Carl Vincent of Stittsville, Ont., says NO. Author J.L. Granatstein of Toronto says... -
Military medals are bought and sold regularly in Canada and elsewhere and there are no rules against it. Is this practice... -
The United States dropped two atomic bombs—nicknamed Fat Man and Little Boy—on Japan in August 1945, resulting in the deaths and injury of more than 200,000 people. Was that action justified to bring the war to an end? Policy analyst John Siebert of Waterloo,... -
The Battle of the Somme was one of the most horrific battles of the First World War. Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost between July and November 1916. Was it worth it? Author Jonathan Vance says NO. Author Andrew Iarocci says YES. Vance... -
Should family members of deceased veterans be allowed to wear the military medals of their deceased relative? Author Glenn Wright of Ottawa says NO. Author John Boileau of Halifax says...
Face to Face
Subscribe VIA RSS
Face to Face | Should Newfoundland have joined Confederation?
Those Newfoundlanders who voted for Confederation in the 1948 referendums did so for pragmatic, unsentimental reasons. The country, especially that part of it beyond the Avalon Peninsula, was indigent, isolated, poverty-stricken, dependent on the whims of a fickle fishing industry. Most of these people had never been to Canada, had never met anyone who had been...
