Modern Cities Are Haunted by the Ghost of British Empire

The Supreme Court of Canada sits on a bluff overlooking the Ottawa River, a few blocks west from Parliament Hill. Where that latter complex twists Gothic spires aloft, the Supreme Court is a flat stone hulk, with a copper château-style roof seemingly bolted on as punishment. Long-tenured prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King demanded the […]

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