Qualis pater, talis filius

• The Editorial Board, Trudeau’s Destructive “Emergency”, The Wall Street Journal, February 18, 2022

When former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked emergency powers in peacetime in 1970, he was accused of “using a sledgehammer to crack a peanut”. Fifty-two years later, his son, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has repeated the mistake. [Read more].

Raphael, Deliverance of Saint Peter, 1514. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Suddenly at Home

Ontario’s premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that Canada’s most populous province will lift its COVID-19 vaccince certificates requirements in two weeks — not because of the “Freedom Convoy” countrywide protest, he says, but just because “it is safe to do so”.

Duel 1971 — Minimalist Movie Poster is a mixed media by Kultur Arts Studios. Courtesy of Fine Art America.

A Long Way Forward