Jean LeClair (Montreal): Federalism, Socrates and Ulysses. Craig Scott (York): Will Canada Be an Open Democracy after May 2? Here are 41 things about Canada's 41st federal election. Worthwhile Canadian Candidate: Michael Ignatieff may want to be prime minister too much for Canadians to give it to him. Does the election mark Common Sense Revolution 2.0? Canada was once defined by the schism between English and French; today, our divide is increasingly ideological — can it be bridged? A review of Divided Loyalties: The Liberal Party of Canada, 1984–2008 by Brooke Jeffrey. From the Globe and Mail, a special report on the trials of Nunavut: How a crime epidemic is challenging the future of Canada's newest territory. From The Walrus, has Nova Scotia put its treasure hunters and the bounty they seek at risk of extinction? Emily Landau investigates; wannabe Canadian Grant Stoddard explains why we ought to curb our devotion to Her Majesty; Allison Martell on a new chapter in the census scandal; and John Semley on why Ultimate Fighting Championship will never measure up to Canada’s golden age of wrestling. Between Rwanda and Sierra Leone: Peter Braul on Canada's beer drinking habit. From LRC, a review of Heroes: Canadian Champions, Dark Horses and Icons by Peter C. Newman and Mavericks: Canadian Rebels, Renegades and Anti-Heroes by Peter C. Newman; and a review of Police in Canada: The Real Story by John Sewell. Welcome to Toronto’s prostitution island. Lament for a TV nation: This is part of that distinct set of Canadian values — indifference to new ideas, shrugging off chicanery, fetishizing hockey, watching Survivor. Canada has nothing to fear but itself: Those old Canadian devils — ear of foreigners, a vacuum of national leadership, petty provincialism — are conspiring to rob us.
