The Ways of Ottawa

What’s up with Canada, anyway? A year ago, our usually placid dominion was shaken by a three-week-long protest of trucks in the capital, followed by a summer of mayhem at airports and passport offices. A federal bill aimed to restrict firearms in the fall, and several provincial governments announced they would not enforce it. In the winter, one province, Alberta, passed a sovereignty act aiming to repel federal incursions on its jurisdiction under the Constitution. And these are only a few examples of last year’s turmoil.