On Sunday October 11th, 2015, my essay "Giving Thanks For New-Stock Canadians"—a reply to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper's dogwhistle appeal for unity and primacy among "old-stock" Canadians (read: white; Protestant/Catholic; English/Scottish/Irish), in an attempt to pit them against immigrants, at the ballot box—made the front page of Huffington Post Canada.
It ran on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, and was an exceptionally proud moment for me as a culture critc.
Plus, we got Justin Trudeau, who ran on a pro-diversity platform, on top of everything, else as Prime Minister that year, so the whole thing was a win-win.
I was saddened today, though not remotely surprised, to hear that the site was ceasing publication.
As one of the early writers for the original American Huffington Post, it's been a bit painful to remember those glory days (the one and only time I was ever invited to appear on CNN was because of something I wrote for them) while simultaneously observing how the current climate of online "news" and "culture" has devolved.
We had some good times, HuffPo Canada. Thanks for the memories.
