Editorial - Sea Shell Game

Summary


Others are wondering about that, too, This week, Dennis Bevington, the New Democratic MP for the Western Arctic, tabled a private member's bill to change the motto to say From Sea to Sea to Sea because Canada is actually bounded by three seas -- the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Arctic oceans. Mr. Bevington and Mr. [Graham] have been joined in their campaign by British Columbia academic Michael Byers and other oddly oriented nationalists around the nation who somehow believe that by adding "a sea" to From Sea to Sea we can somehow protect Arctic sovereignty.

See the full content of this document

Extract


Editorial - Sea Shell Game

THE campaign to change Canada's national motto -- A Mari usque ad Mare, or from sea to sea, as we sometimes say in English -- h...

See the full content of this document

Sponsored links




ver las páginas en versión mobile | web

ver las páginas en versión mobile | web

© Copyright 2012, vLex. All Rights Reserved.

Contents in vLex Canada

Explore vLex

For Professionals

For Partners

Company