Pearson: Did our once proud Canadian institutions fail us or did we fail them?

If we could speak to our ancestors, we would hear of other moments in history when it felt as though the sun was setting on the human journey. I recall my grandmother telling me as we walked an Edinburgh, Scotland, street that the entire nation felt as though their historic run was ending when the German military machine threatened to invade Britain in 1940. It was one of history’s darkest moments. Read More