The CBC et al have courteously minimized Mark Carney’s father Robert’s long career as an Indian day school principal and superintendent of native schooling programs – presumably to help the Liberal Leader more easily sluff off this “problematic” family history. At PJ Media, David Solway notes the elder Carney’s role was far greater than generally reported – as was his unwavering belief in the rightness of what he was doing – and that this should actually be celebrated.
Inhuman for Criminals, the Luck of the Draw for You and Me
The EU may have banished the “‘inhuman,’ ‘degrading,’ and ‘irreversible’” death penalty for criminals, writes Frank Haviland in The European Conservative – but its member states’ soft-on-crime, easy-on-illegal-immigrants policies are making violent death an increasingly common fate for innocent Europeans. In a world gripped by barbarian forces, writes Haviland, it’s time for Great Britain to hold a national referendum on restoring an older form of justice.
