Re-reading the American Revolution from north of the 49th parallel
Loyalist № 1. Much chatter has been made about the President-elect’s musings that Canada should join the Union as the 51st state. It was initially dismissed south of the border as “a joke” and then rapidly escalated to unveiled conversations about outright annexation. The idea had always received a more sober reception here, and for good reason.
Welcome! You've stumbled on The Loyalist Papers, an upcoming series of meditations on the meaning of freedom, democracy, and good governance in the twenty-first century. Ours is a four-year-long reading project based on the set of American essays known as The Federalist Papers – re-read in the context of contemporary North American politics.