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Don’t let partisan politics get in the way of unity

Leave a Comment / Hamilton Spectator, Newspaper columns / May 3, 2025 / 1995 Canada Unity Rally, Canadian 2025 election, Canadian politics, Canadian unity, Montreal Canadiens / 4 minutes of reading

I think my wife is in love with the entire Montreal Canadiens hockey team. Naturally, these guys are young. And rich. And cool. Nick Suzuki has to be the most hip and humble NHL captain out there. So my wife, a lifelong Leafs fan, recently put on my Habs jersey along with our son’s Habs hat and off she and I went to

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Rich and smug, we ignore poorest and poor

I don’t generally get reverse-culture shock. That’s the phenomenon where, after spending time in the developing world, some people return to their rich homelands to scream and pull their hair out while walking in long supermarket aisles filled with every pet food imaginable.