A new issue of C2C Journal is out. Bruce Erickson (Manitoba): Canoe Nation: Race, Nature and the Making of a Canadian Icon. Music in the monopolization of knowledge: Michael Mackenzie on Glenn Gould, the CBC, and the construction of Canadian intellectual identity. Canada’s rotten government: John Michael McGrath reviews Tragedy in the Commons: Former Members of Parliament Speak Out about Canada’s Failing Democracy by Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan. From 2011, life in Newfoundland is changing; nostalgia abounds for simpler, harder times, and outsiders are required to kiss cod on the mouth — but not everyone’s drinking the rum. John Semley on Will Ferguson, the guy who hates Canada, yet can’t bring himself to stop writing about it. The new conservative love affair with Canada: American conservatives have found a lot to like about our northern neighbor, but they should be careful exactly what they wish for. John Michael McGrath on how Toronto is still not New York, and probably never will be. Benjamin Perrin (UBC): How to Make Canada's New Prostitution Laws Work. Are we Canadians really a funny people? Let’s start at the beginning. What our money says about us: Given the environmental compromises required for Canada’s evolution into an energy giant, it’s no great surprise that the government may want to downplay our bucolic past on our legal tender. Daniel Beland, Rachel Laforest and Jennifer Wallner on Canada’s worst policy ideas of 2014.
