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Michael Van Pelt Mar 1, 2006 City & country

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Replacing the Pan-Canadian Consensus

The 2006 election may prove to be the beginning of a political realignment, making a decisive shift away from what the authors term the “pan-Canadian consensus,” which has governed Canada since the 1960s. Ray Pennings and Michael Van Pelt propose a most interesting theory: revisiting “the very idea of a ‘Canadian consensus’ and ‘Canadian values,’ and asking whether there really is a homogeneous mainstream that represents, whether with a right or left emphasis, a clear path on which to govern.”

Michael Van Pelt Aug 1, 2005 The best of Comment

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Work

Okay, you would think by now we would have this work thing all figured out. Besides sleep, it occupies more of our day than any other activity. We are often very good at it. But as an exercise for thinking about work, try answering the following questions: Why do I work? For what good do I work? When should I work?

Michael Van Pelt Jan 1, 2003

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An Interview with Herman Leusink

The city of Edmonton, best known as the seat of the Alberta government and gateway to the great industrial energy projects of the province's resource rich north, is home to Computronix, a high-tech company plying its unique software development solutions to...

Michael Van Pelt May 1, 2001

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Pioneering Worldview Economics

My daughter Meghan was hard at work drawing pictures recently. She traveled around the house determining what was valuable to us, what was worth drawing. When she approached me, I showed her how to draw a three-dimensional perspective by placing a point anywhere on a...