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In this book, Burton Kellock explains how Canadian law teachers, their students, politicians and the general public have been induced to believe that the Canadian Constitution authorizes the Parliament of Canada to impose federal taxes for the purpose of donating the proceeds of those taxes to the governments of the provinces in defiance of the Constitution. The truth is that the Fathers of Confederation decided that this should not and could not be done under the Constitution they drafted and became the British statute originally known as the British North America Act 1867 and remains Canada’s Constitution to this day._____________________________________There is scarcely anything more necessary or bracing in a free society than an open challenge to prevailing orthodoxy. In this book, Mr. Kellock has issued a big challenge to the constitutional orthodoxy of what looks very much like a legal plunder by which Canada’s federal government has been soaking taxpayers to underwrite its own schemes of national control over the provinces. Readers who treat themselves to the feast of detailed legal argument presented here will wait in some excitement for a response from what is sure to be a confused orthodoxy.-- William D. Gairdner, PhD, Author of The Trouble With Canada ...Still!, and of The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree.

The French Traveler -- Letters to “Chère Madame” Adventure, Exploration & Indian Life In Eighteenth-Century Canada The First English Translation of The 1768 Bestseller “Le Voyageur Français”Translation and Commentary by William D. Gairdner, PhDFrom the very first page, readers are thrown into scenes of gigantic, crushing “ice monsters” in the high arctic, dangerous exploration among hardy and curious Eskimos, then the rough and tumble lives of the colonists of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; and finally, deep into the fascinating customs, war, killing, loving, torturing, hunting, and exotic ways of the Huron and Iroquois Indians of “Le Canada.”This is the first English translation of the best-selling 18th-century travel book Le Voyageur Français (The French Traveler), which sold out repeatedly and remained in demand for more than a half-century. The aim of its author, Joseph Delaporte, was to satisfy the insatiable curiosity of Europeans deeply fascinated by the adventure, mystery, and romantic appeal of the New World and its inhabitants. What is Canada Like? Who are the strange Indian people living there? Are they like us? Were we once like them?The French Traveler supplied the answers for curious readers young and old, in this intimately detailed and fascinating blend of action and emotion.

WILLIAM GAIRDNER has published a dozen books, a half-dozen journal articles, and hundreds of insightful essays online. As a consequence, many eager to read his work, are not sure where to begin. Disruptive Essays was created to help them. It is what some call a "Reader," offering a fascinating and varied selection from his bestselling books, articles, and blogs. The disruptive title was chosen because, as Gairdner warns: "There Are No Safe Spaces In This Book!" It's only for those who enjoy deeply-deployed, tough arguments on a wide range of politically-incorrect topics, from the failures of socialism, to the falsities of feminism, to the folly of gay marriage, to the many popular illusions about, well, almost everything. Yes, everything. Readers will come face to face with the perhaps fatal weaknesses of democracy, with Karl Marx, with Lance Armstrong, Rousseau, Hitler, Mill, and Nabokov, and with the broader case for why Liberals and Conservatives will never, ever agree. And more: with the attack on traditional marriage, with sexing society, with objections to global warming, with the war between Christianity and Islam, with moral relativism, and with how there are six kinds of freedom, not just one. This is a book for those keen to challenge themselves with the clarity and controversy of no-holds-barred debate.

Stephen Barker was in his mid-thirties and leading a pretty normal life … until his world was turned upside down when he went blind.In this inspiring and humorous memoir, Stephen chronicles how, within a relatively short time span, he had to face the fear and the challenges of blindness and the trauma of losing close family members to cancer.The turning point came when he discovered the Lions Foundation Dog Guides program and was given his "new set of eyes," a black Labrador named Zulu. With his furry guardian angel, the first of two guide dogs over a period of ten years, he regained his independence and a reason to live. His descriptions of training at the dog guides school and the day-to-day incidents that he faces as a blind person make for at times hilarious and always fascinating and insightful reading.Stephen's sense of humour and hope, combined with the kindness shown to him by so many people, help him overcome everything that life throws at him. His path from light into darkness was one of self-discovery as he came to understand that he went blind for a reason.His journey has brought him to a different form of light, with the conviction that you never really see until you stop seeing.Now he's paying it forward - and still making people laugh.