Margaret Wente's recent article in the Canadian Reader's Digest on "7 things you can't say in Canada" has generated quite a bit of interest. Wente, who could be classified as somewhat of a contrarian Globe and Mail columnist (her views are sort of a weird potpourri of left and right) lists the following:
1. Margaret Atwood writes some really awful books.
2. Recycling is a waste of time and money.
3. Only private enterprise can save public health care.
4. David Suzuki is bad for the environment.
5. A national daycare program won’t do a thing to help poor kids.
6. Group of Seven artists are overexposed genre painters.
7. The United States is the greatest force for good the world has ever known.
All true, in my view. For Wente's explanation of why she chose them, see the original article.
Of course, many more could be added ... I'd be interested to hear readers' thoughts. One that I would throw in: "Lester B. Pearson was not a good prime minister." He accomplished little as PM (remember, Suez peacekeeping was well before he got to 24 Sussex) and he never won a majority government in three attempts.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 7:35 PM
