The news that former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna will be the next Canadian ambassador in Washington can prompt at least a few bigger early-new-year thoughts, on just what is going on these days in the true north, strong and free. It suggests some larger questions about the nature of Canada’s future relationship with the […]

Here at  the 14th World Conference on Disaster Management, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, June 20-23, 2004, it finally dawns on you  … “Disaster management” is yet another good example of an early 21st century oxymoron. Anyone who has been involved in real-world disasters will tell you they can never really be managed. Yet […]