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Donald Trump’s ugly tweet captured beliefs and sentiments that have deep roots—in Canada

History has plenty to tell us about this moment of fraught borders—and about the consequences of racist government policies

The Prime Minister gave Canada’s formal apology for a dark incident in the country’s history

Bob Rae recalls the historical precedents for the MV Sun Sea.

Well, huh. How about that? Apparently, my entirely uninformed theorizing on what might have gone so horribly wrong in Surrey last weekend was pretty darned close to what actually took place.

Or rather, with seemingly insufficient apologies, judging from the reaction to the Stephen Harper’s latest foray into ethnic apologolitics.