On 1 July 1867, the UK’s British North America Act came into effect. It is rich fodder for semanticists. The preamble to the Act opens with the words: Whereas the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with a… Continue reading # OTD 1 July – The rich maple syrup of constitutional Canada
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OTD# 11 December – Post-colonial blues
The sailing ship effect is the paradox that the old reaches its peak just as it is being overtaken by the new. Sail, the argument goes, was at its most innovative just as steam was passing it. Evolutionary biology has the Red Queen effect, the Red Queen saying to Alice “Now, here, you see, it… Continue reading OTD# 11 December – Post-colonial blues