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The article examines the national mood of Canadians as revealed by the election in 2021. Topics discussed include the problems facing Canadians such as school safety and continuity, business lockdowns and vaccine deployment, opinion of the public about the government's approach to the vaccine efforts and Indigenous issues, and claims of Mike Colledge of Ipsos Public Affairs Canada that the government postponed addressing such issues as racism and climate change during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The article describes the journey of several Quebec adventurers, including Guillaume Moreau, Nicolas Roulx and Jacob Racine, that if completed, would set a new standard for land crossings of Canada, as of 2021. Topics covered include the setbacks that the group had not anticipated when they started planning the adventure in 2018, the danger with the group's planned route along Back River and the expected arrival of the adventurers in Black Lake, Saskatchewan.

The article discusses several issues regarding Canada's working class, described as once undervalued and politically silent group, and their efforts to fight back during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics covered include why the working class and their interests do not get much attention, the debate over paid sick leave and how social inequality has become more evident during the pandemic.

The article examines the opioid crisis in Canada which killed 207 Canadians from July 11 to 17, 2020. Topics discussed include the emergence of Ontario as the state with the highest number of overdose deaths, death of Christopher Powell-Irving in Ontario due to the fentanyl he consumed on July 11, and efforts of Tammy Gould to advocate for a Canadian equivalent of Casey's Law in the U.S. that allows parents to seek court-ordered drug treatment for their adult children.

Focuses on the legal issues facing companies and consumers who do business on the Internet. Outlook for the effect of Canada's Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act; Details of the legislation, which will require Canadian companies and organizations to develop formal policies for handling personal information; Disputes regarding geographical jurisdiction over electronic commerce.

States officials of the Reform Party of Canada are trying to win support among French-speaking Quebecers and francophones in other parts of Canada by translating policy papers and leaflets into French. The party is expected to field candidates in Quebec in the future.

Considers a report from Agriculture Minister William McKnight which refers to `farmers and other stakeholders.' A more sweeping definition of stakeholder comes from a Conference Board of Canada paper, which urges support for any initiative to reduce school dropouts on the part of `all educational stakeholders--business, government, educators, labor, parents and youth.'

Outlines some documents obtained by the Canadian Press which show the RCMP kept files on as many as 8,200 men in the Ottawa area as part of a massive hunt for homosexuals between 1959 and 1968. The papers show that former prime minister John Diefenbaker expressed concern that the search might violate civil rights. By 1961, more than 100 civil servants had resigned or been dismissed for security reasons as a result of the secret investigation.

Outlines the fundamental differences in the approaches of the French- and English-language media to cultural, linguistic and constitutional issues in Quebec. Differing attitudes are clearly reflected in the handling of specific news events: as per the swift rebuke to `Le Journal de Montreal' for it's headline `Lindros saves Canada.' Differences partly tradition; Francophone journalists protected by union contracts; Denial of outright bias; Media responsibility.

Reports that Canadians are beginning to recognize the lucrative potential of hemp. When Bill C-8, passed by the Canada's Parliament in June 1996, will go into effect; The number of businesspeople expected to attend the Commercial & Industrial Hemp Symposium in February 1997; Sponsors of the event, including the Bank of Montreal, the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association and the British Columbia ministry of agriculture.

Relates that Canadian pulp and paper company Avenor Inc. is paying $3.4 billion to buy Recap Enterprises Inc. Ramifications of the purchase.

Reports that Canadian tobacco-maker RJR-Macdonald ordered a recall of its King-Size Express Kit. Complaints received about the product.

Reports on various aspects of the Canadian banking industry. Failed efforts of banks to gain approval for bank mergers and availability of automobile leasing services; Effect of technology and sophisticated capital markets on bank role as intermediaries; Ranking of Canadian banks in international market; Advantages of bank mergers.

Advises that the operating profits of all Canadian corporations climbed by 11.6% in the third quarter of 1994, to $20.2 billion. Commodities such as wood and paper, oil and natural gas that led the return to profitability; Returns from the financial services sector that remained flat.

States that Pacific Press resolved a labor dispute that stopped the presses at Vancouver's two major daily papers for over a week. Settlement involving `The Vancouver Sun' and `The Province.'

Advises that the Canadian federal government released a discussion paper that concludes that a national registry of people convicted of sexually abusing children could help to prevent schools and child care centers from unwittingly hiring offenders. Justice Minister Allan Rock has promised to set up such a registry by the fall of 1994.

Focuses on John MacNeill, 58, publisher of `The Eastern Graphic,' the flagship of his small Canadian newspaper chain. Launch of `The Farmer,' an agricultural publication distributed across northern Nova Scotia; Awards he has won; His British seaman's roots; Journalistic style.

Argues that Finance Don Mazankowski's budget papers reveal in devastating terms just how shoddy and unreliable the whole Canadian budget-process has become. About the only bottom line that mattered was the 1992-93 fiscal deficit, whose publication caused the Canadian Bond Rating Service to downgrade the country's credit standing. History of the deficit total; Unreliable statistics on economic growth; Speculation by investment expert Roy Bennett that Canada's economy would crash.

Lists the 20 acceptable reasons for quitting a job, according to a Canadian government background paper that assures workers they will continue to be eligible for unemployment insurance. Among others, sexual or other harassment; Discrimination within the meaning of the Canadian Human Rights Act; Significant unilateral changes to working conditions; Hiring conditions not honored; Unjustified reduction in wages; Excessive hours of overtime; Unreasonable restrictive conditions; Moral objections.

Examines Canada's finances. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's main problem is that less than 15 percent of federal expenditures in any one year can be classified as discretionary, everything else goes to cover interest on the debt, transfer payments to provinces or direct social welfare payments to individual Canadians. Foundations of Canada's modified welfare state; Leonard Marsh's white paper on employment and incomes dominates thinking of administrations; Pierre Trudeau's legacy.

The article discusses the impact of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on education in Canada. Topics covered include studies showing that Canadian students are falling behind their global peers due to a mounting learning gaps and lagging response, the emergence of a shadow education system, and inadequate efforts to correct inequities.

The article examines the increasing home prices and prevalence of real estate bidding in Canadian towns in 2021. Topics discussed include the role of low interest rates, family savings and rise of remote work in the record resale activity and prices in the country, importance of the sustainable housing market to the post-pandemic recovery of Canada, and the reluctance of older Canadians to sell their houses and downsize into supportive living and condominium complexes.

The article discusses how access to electronic medical records (EMR) by patients is improving health care in Canada as of October 2020, and the efforts by providers like Cerner Canada and Northern Health Authority to promote digital access to EMRs.

The article looks at Frank Meyers, a direct descendant of Revolutionary War-era British loyalist spy John Walden Meyers, and his legal battle with the Canadian federal government over land originally given to the Meyers family by the British government. The government reportedly wants the farmland back to build a military training ground for Canada's special operations unit Joint Task Force 2 and filed expropriation papers against Meyers and two other landowners in March 2012.

This article discusses the possibility that there could be a looming health crisis in Canada, based on the information that cardiac surgeons are unable to find jobs. The article cites the experience of outstanding medical student, resident and heart surgeon Sebastien Trop. Trop has excelled as both a student and resident, but has had to take part-time jobs to make ends meet. The article suggests that new technology and a fee system for surgeries have contributed to the lack of jobs.

The article discusses how Canada responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison with the efforts of Great Britain and United States. Topics covered include the issues with the country's federal drug policy, citing the pharmaceutical industry's delays in providing treatment, Ottawa's failure in dealing with the pandemic and the lessons of the pandemic.

The article describes the how the COVID-19 pandemic started and developed. Topics covered include the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, how Canada handled the beginning of the pandemic and the World Health Organization's declaration of public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. It also describes how the coronavirus causing COVID-19 moved around the world.

Examines the conflict between the Vancouver Island (B.C.) towns of Tofino and Ucluelet over the logging of old-growth timber. Tourism versus logging; Environmentalism versus jobs; Comments by townspeople on both sides of the dispute and logging-company executives. INSET: `Maclean's' Decima poll (logging); Paper tigers.;Bleach balm..

Discusses Canadians' growing concern about the level of pollutants and toxic wastes in their lakes, rivers, and coastal waters. Concern about drinking water; Pulp-and-paper mills; Types of toxic wastes; Tolerance of pollution from industries which provide jobs and tax revenues; Need for stricter regulation; St. Lawrence River; US-Canadian efforts to clean up the Great Lakes. INSET: A glossary of contaminants..

A special report looks at Canada's newspaper wars over readers, advertisers, and revenue. Clashes between newspapers in various Canadian cities over readership and markets; Famous newspaper rivalries. INSET: The little paper that grew..

Focuses on the possibility of a bank merger between four out of the five major Canadian banks. The four banks considering a merger being the Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal, CIBC and Toronto Dominion; Major companies represented on the boards of the Big Five banks; Leaders' percentage shares of total banking assets in Canada and the United States, if proposed mergers win approval; The men who stand to profit from the merger. INSET: `It could be a good thing'.

Discusses how `Maclean's' invited nine campus journalists and student leaders to tell their stores of how university life is changing in Canada. Offers profiles of the student forum members and excerpts from a 10-hour session in which the group wrestled with the important questions confronting students of the 1990s.

This article focuses on the conflict between two Canadian newspapers, the National Post and the Globe and Mail. Phillip Crawley came to Canada in 1998 with a simple mission: kill the upstart National Post. As publisher of the Globe and Mail, he was heralded as a battle-hardened veteran of newspaper wars in his native Britain and was given the support and considerable resources of the Globe's owner and Canada's richest man, Ken Thomson, to repulse the challenge of Conrad Black's cheeky and ambitious new daily. Most media observers are quick to say the Globe has won the newspaper war, but Crawley knows better. If Crawley and Thorsell are right and the Post is here for good, it not only has deep significance for Crawley's legacy as publisher--it has enormous implications for the Globe's business, and for the sector as a whole. Three Toronto financial analysts, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the business is not as healthy as Crawley claims.

Presents letters to the editor commenting on articles previously published in this magazine. Responses to the articles "Teen trouble," "Paper trail," "Gut-check time," "Why Quebecers feel especially betrayed," "They're so sorry [not]" and "Smooth reign," from the March 1, 2004 issue; Responses to the articles "The Lowdown on the low-carb diet wars" and "If at first you don't …," from the February 23, 2004 issue; Responses to "In the country of love," from the February 16, 2004 issue, Response to "Arms and the child," from the February 9, 2004 issue.

This article discusses the new privacy protection legislation in Canada that went into effect on January 1, 2004. CONSIDER THE CASE of the bride-to-be who was inadvertently shown her fiancé's private financial papers. It revealed a line of credit she hadn't been aware of, used by her love to help pay his university tuition fees. Since 2001, federally regulated companies--banks and broadcasters, for instance--have had to comply with Canada's updated privacy legislation.Bank of Montreal had a similar near-miss last September: computers containing records that included customers' names, addresses, phone numbers and bank-account and credit-card balances were for sale on eBay for six hours before their content was discovered. The new law, called the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, or PIPEDA, says organizations can only collect personal information for a stated reason--and can use it only for that purpose.

Watching the countdown to the new year in Times Square on television is usually an unalloyed pleasure. But last week, as millions of Canadians and Americans turned on their sets to witness--and even vicariously join in--the revelry, it was impossible to keep a chilling thought from partially spoiling the moment. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials cautioned that little is known about the individuals--including whether they had crossed into the U.S. from Canada, used their real names and ages, or were alone or part of a group as large as 20. Partly in response to the scare, Canada, the U.S. and several European countries clamped on stricter security measures at airports.According to some reports, the five are believed to be part of a larger group who were issued false identity papers for the U.S. after coming to Canada from Pakistan via Britain. The pressure for governments to take action is also building in Canada. Last week, Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security Bob Runciman warned that the impact of a greater U.S. clampdown on the border would be catastrophic for the economy.

Profiles Canadian cartoonist George Feyer. Biographical information, including his work as a forger of papers and passports during the Second World War; Cartoons that he sold to 'Maclean's'; Description of the cartoons he drew for Imperial Oil television commercials; Thoughts from his peers; Description of his work; His appearances on television in the U.S.; His suicide in 1967; Publication of his book 'The Man in the Red Flannel Suit,;

Discusses Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's commitment to aboriginal people in Canada. His years as minister of Indian affairs; Release of a document of government intentions which outlines initiatives affecting Aboriginals on almost every page; Opposition to legislation which would alter native governance.

The article presents a number of U.S. food products to boycott in light of the tariffs imposed by Canada. It mentions the tariff as part of the trade war between Canada and the U.S., the Canadian products that can replace the boycotted ones, and how it impacts various food industries.

Discusses the labor dispute between the 'Calgary Herald' newspaper in Calgary, Alberta, and its employees. How the strike leaders want newsroom employees to be certified; How former publisher Ken King revamped the writing of news copy that seemed to lean toward conservative stories offering only one view; Other changes employees are disputing.

The article profiles journalist Jan Wong, focusing on her self-published memoir "Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness" about her struggle with her former employer, the "Globe and Mail" newspaper, over unpaid medical leave. Topics include her former Maoist political leanings, her "Lunch With..." column that lambasted celebrities in interviews, and negative reaction to comments she made about Quebec after a school shooting in 2006.

The article discusses Kory Teneycke, who was the former communications director for the prime minister of Canada Stephen Harper, who is the vice-president of development at Quebecor media conglomerate. According to the article, Teneycke plans to be communications director at a news-and-talk cable television channel. The announcement by Teneycke that he and Quebecor president Pierre Karl Péladeau will rebrand Sun TV as the Sun TV News Channel is discussed.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium sponsored by the periodical "Maclean's" on the Western provinces of Canada is presented. Topics include the political power of the Western provinces of Canada, the gross domestic product of the Western provinces of Canada as compared to that of Ontario, and the conservative and liberal political parties in Canada.

Looks at how the law is affecting grassroots protesters in Canada. The lawsuit by Daishowa executives against The Friends of the Lubicon; Daishowa's claim that the Friends' organization of a 1991 nationwide boycott of companies that buy paper products from Daishowa's Winnipeg plant cost the company millions of dollars in lost sales; The retaliatory legal tactic of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP).

Describes the panic and hope that newspaper publishers in Canada face in light of the availability of so much electronic data to the public as a means of obtaining information. Plans to produce new electronic products or reshape old ones.

Examines how a shortage of raw materials is putting pressure on British Columbia's forest policy. How wood chips are suddenly a hot commodity; Canfor Corp.'s failed hostile takeover of Slocan Forest Products; Intervention of B.C. Forests Minister Andrew Petter in the takeover battle; How wood-chip supply is being squeezed; Predictions by Mike MacCallum of Price Waterhouse.

The article reports on the popularity in Toronto, Ontario, of a trend in which artists make ink by hand from tree parts. Artist Jason Logan prefers to scrounge parks in Toronto for the ingredients in his black-walnut ink. Logan said that the idea is to use the city as a source of colour and inspiration. It is said that Liz and Jon Chan opened the writing-tools shop called Wonder Pen in Toronto in 2013. Other topics include pen drawing, fountain pens, and the Toronto Ink Company owned by Logan.

The article reports on the move by the Canadian government to enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Also cited are the possible effects of the pandemic to individual rights, personal privacy, the free market, and the mental health of Canadians, and the experience of patient Jerilyn Gabruck as example.

The article focuses on the death of Shekoufeh Choupannejad and her daughters, Saba Saadat and Sara Saadat in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on January 8, 2020. Topics covered include the two-week vacation of Shekoufeh in Tehran, Iran with her daughters, story of their immigration to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2011, background of the family and how Abbas Saadat said goodbye to his family before the crash of Flight 752.